The
red carpet premiere of Brillante Mendoza’s film “Alpha: The Right to Kill” took
place at the new Director's Club Cinema at The
Podium in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines on January 11, 2019.
Joining the Cannes Film Festival 2009 Best Director at the event were the
film’s scriptwriter Troy Espiritu and lead actors Allen Dizon and Elijah
Filamor.
“Alpha:
The Right to Kill” will be released in select theaters in the Philippines on
January 16, 2019. Among the screening venues are Cloverleaf, Fairview Terraces,
Gaisano, Gateway Cineplex, Glorietta 4, Market Market Cinema, Robinsons, SM
Supermalls, Sta. Lucia, Starmall, Trinoma and Vista Cinemas.
Film Development Council of the Philippines chairman Liza Diño-Seguerra attended
the “Alpha:
The Right to Kill” red carpet premiere with
former National Youth Commission chairperson Ice Seguerra. Directors Joselito
Altajeros and Louie Ignacio and former Tourism Promotions Board chief operation
officer Cesar Montano also graced the event.
Baron Geisler was given warm welcome by members of the press
during the event. “Alpha:
The Right to Kill” marks the third time the actor starred in a full-length film
directed by Mendoza.
Joining
Dizon, Filamor and Geisler in the “Alpha: The Right to Kill” cast are Jalyn Taboneknek Perez, Angela Cortez, Apollo Abraham,
Richard Manabat, Nikko de los Santos, JC Tan, Jim Libiran, Dexter Macaraeg,
Raymond Rinoza, Xixi Maturan and Cataleya Surio. They were all present during
the red carpet premiere.
Other
special guests included Kiko Matos and Ketchup Eusebio, who are set to star in
Mendoza’s upcoming film “Mindanao” with Dizon and Judy Ann Santos. The trailers
of “Mindanao” and Mendoza’s collaboration project with Lav Diaz and Kidlat
Tahimik titled “Lakbayan” (Journey) were shown during the “Alpha: The Right to
Kill” red carpet premiere.
Before making its Philippine premiere, “Alpha: The Right
to Kill” was screened in several film festivals abroad. It made its world
premiere in September 2018 at the San Sebastián
International Film Festival in Spain where it won the Special Jury Prize.
In
October 2018, “Alpha: The Right to Kill” was shown at the Busan International
Film Festival in South Korea and the Warsaw International Film Festival in
Poland. It was then screened in November 2018 at the Minsk International Film
Festival in Belarus, Shaken Aimanov International Film Festival in Kazakhstan,
Tokyo FilmEx in Japan, Cairo International Film Festival, Torino Film Festival
in Italy and Singapore International Film Festival in Singapore and in December
2018 at the Kerala International Film Festival in India.
The film will be shown on the following cinemas:
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