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June 2006
 Auraeus
Solito (Palaw'an) studied theater at the University
of the Phillipines, where he directed for the stage and wrote
screenplays, and later studied filmmaking at the Mowelfund Film
Institute. His thesis dramatic production at the University of
the Phillipines was about the stories of the Palawanon, and after
graduating Solito spent seven years living on the island of South
Palawan, Phillipines. Solito's documentary, Basil Banar/The
Scared Ritual of Truth about the Palawan Islands won Best
Feature Documentary at the Montreal First Peoples' Festival. His
first narrative feature, The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros,
won the Golden Zenith Award at the Montreal World Film Festival
and the Kinderfest International Jury's Grand Prize at the Berlinale
in Germany. The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros was the opening
film of the 2006 New Directors/New Films series presented by The
Museum of Modern Art and The Film Society of Lincoln Center. Solito
filmed The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros in Sampaloc, the
neighborhood where he grew up in Manila, Phillipines As an Asian
Public Intellectual Fellow of the Nippon Foundation, Japan, Solito
is currently making a documentary on island rituals in Okinawa
and Borneo.
"I always thought that I wanted to make a film where the
gay character was happy for being who he is, accepted for who
he is, and his being gay is just incidental or just part of the
main theme of the film."
Screened by NMAI
Image credits:
Auraeus Solito - courtesy of the filmmaker
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