The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
2008 film by Olaf de Fleur
- 10 February 2008 (2008-02-10) (Berlin International Film Festival)
Running time
Philippines
France
Thailand
Visayan
English
Thai
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela is a 2008 drama film directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson.
Premise
Raquela, a Filipino transsexual prostitute dreams of making a new life in Paris. She becomes an Internet porn star and meets Valerie, an Icelandic transsexual, and Michael, the owner of the website she works for.[1]
Cast
- Raquela Rios as Herself
- Stefan Schaefer as Ardilo, Michael
- Olivia Galudo as Olivia
- Brax Villa as Aubrey
- Valerie Grand Einarsson as Valerie Einarsson
Distribution and reception
The film showed at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film.[2] It has been screened in the Emerging Visions section of the 2008 South by Southwest festival in the United States.[3]
It received the Grand Jury Prize in the 10th 2008 Cinemanila International Film Festival at Malacañan Palace's Kalayaan Hall.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ "Summary". Poppoli Pictures. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- ^ "Official Site". Poppoli Pictures. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- ^ "SXSW 2008 Film Screenings". SXSW.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- ^ www.screendaily.com, The Band's Visit takes top prize at Cinemanila fest
- ^ abs-cbnnews.com, Cinema One Originals movies dominate 10th Cinemanila award rites
- ^ bworldonline.com, Arroyo awards winners in 10th Cinemanila festival[permanent dead link]
External links
- Official site
- Official MySpace page
- The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela at IMDb
- The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela at AllMovie
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Teddy Award winners for Best LGBT Feature Film
- Law of Desire (1987)
- The Last of England (1988)
- Fun Down There (1989)
- Coming Out (1990)
- Poison (1991)
- Together Alone (1992)
- Wittgenstein (1993)
- Go Fish (1994)
- The Last Supper (1995)
- The Watermelon Woman (1996)
- All Over Me (1997)
- Hold You Tight (1998)
- Show Me Love (1999)
- Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
- Walking on Water (2002)
- A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003)
- Wild Side (2004)
- A Year Without Love (2005)
- The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2006)
- Spider Lilies (2007)
- The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (2008)
- Raging Sun, Raging Sky (2009)
- The Kids Are All Right (2010)
- Absent (2011)
- Keep the Lights On (2012)
- In the Name of (2013)
- The Way He Looks (2014)
- Nasty Baby (2015)
- Tomcat (2016)
- A Fantastic Woman (2017)
- Hard Paint (2018)
- Brief Story from the Green Planet (2019)
- No Hard Feelings (2020)
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