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Ganap na Babae (Garden of Eve), a film about women made by women directors, was awarded Excellence in Cinematography in the recently concluded SoHo International Film Festival NYC (SIFFNYC).

In Ganap na Babae, produced by HUBO Productions, three stories are interwoven to see the plight of Filipino women from the sensitive eyes of three contemporary women directors – Rica Arevalo, Ellen Ramos and Sarah Roxas.

A prostitute, two sisters and a widow come together to tell their stories about womanhood. A woman (Mercedes Cabral) shares her soul as a prostitute in front of the camera. A survivor, she looks back at her life as a mother. Milagros (Sue Prado) and Elena (Jam Pérez) are sisters tilling sweet potato in a dry land. Poverty provokes Elena to migrate as a mail-order bride in Japan while

Milagros stays to take care of the family. Eos (Boots Anson Roa) is a widow who falls in love with a younger man, Rodrigo (Rome Mallari). They try to make the relationship work amidst the pressure of their family and the society.

Only seven awards were handed out and for the first time a technical award was up for grabs this year when Mient (pronounced Mint), a film distributor and major sponsor this year, partnered with SIFFNYC in the early planning of the festival and decided to recognize technical mastery via a Mient’s Pick for Excellence in Cinematography. Ganap Na Babae is the first recipient of the award.

HUBO CEO/resident director Will Fredo accepted the award and in his speech recognized the valuable contributions of Myk Manalastas and Gym Lumbrera, the cinematographers of the film.

Others in attendance were directors Arevalo and Roxas, and HUBO Productions president Greg Macaraeg, director Ida Ceniza Tiongson, and board member Fernell Cruz.

HUBO Productions is an independent production company which aims to expose the complexity of the individual, thus its slogan “Raw Artistry Exposed.”

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