Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Picks Up Award-Winning Independent Film “Yellow Rose”

FilAm director Diane Paragas’ narrative feature debut is first Filipino film acquired by Sony for theatrical release in the U.S.

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) announced today that it has acquired all worldwide rights, excluding the Philippines, to the film Yellow Rose, directed by Filipino-American Diane Paragas in her narrative feature debut.

Yellow Rose is a timely story about a Filipino teen from a small Texas town who fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while facing the threat of deportation. The film stars two-time Tony Award Nominee Eva Noblezada (Hadestown, Miss Saigon) in her feature film debut, Tony Award Winner Lea Salonga (Once on this Island, Miss Saigon), Princess Punzalan (Mula Sa Puso), Dale Watson (Friday Night Lights), Gustavo Gomez (The Walking Dead), Libby Villari (Boyhood), and Liam Booth (Ghosts Never Sleep).

Francis Dela Torre is Cinematografo Originals Contest’s Fourth Grant Winner

Festive May –- Asian American Heritage Month -– kicks off for ABS-CBN’s CINEMATOGRAFO Originals Contest with an announcement of its fourth grant winner, award-winning Los Angeles-based Filipino American writer-director-cinematographer Francis Dela Torre whose work, The Trade, will be screened at the CINEMATOGRAFO Film Festival this November.