Superstar Nora Aunor was named Best Actress at the 24th Annual Filipino International Cine Festival (FACINE 24), held at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, USA. The award for her spellbinding performance in the indie film Hinulid was a fitting honor for local filmdom’s greatest actress on her 50th year in Philippine entertainment. The country's lone superstar, Nora AunorAunor’s FACINE best actress win was her second in October after the 4th Urduja Heritage Film Awards which chose her best actress for her performances in Kristian Sendon Cordero’s Hinulid and Roderick Cobrido’s Tuos. The Urduja Film Awards and Festival aims to promote independent Films in Northern Luzon and CAR to hone the artistic and creative minds of the populace in the make-believe artistry of the celluloid world. Laurel serenaded her erstwhile leading lady with the song “Lollipops and Roses” from the blockbuster 1971 Artemio Marquez film of the same title.

Source: The Standard November 08, 2017 09:33 UTC