Batang West Side

2001 Filipino film

Yul Servo
Joel Torre
Gloria Diaz
Angel Aquino

CinematographyMiguel V. Fabie IIIEdited byRon DaleMusic byJoey Ayala

Production
companies

JMCN Productions
Hinabing Pangarap Productions

Release date

December 2001 (2001-12) (Cinemanila)

Running time

315 minutesCountryPhilippinesLanguages

Filipino
Tagalog
English

Batang West Side (also known as West Side Avenue and West Side Kid) is a 2001 Philippine crime film. The film written and directed by Lav Diaz. Its cast includes Gloria Diaz, Raul Arellano, Joel Torre and Angel Aquino.^[1]^[2] The film gives an inside look at the life of Filipinos in America.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] With this murder mystery set against the idea of the American Dream, Filipino director Lav Diaz broke into the worldwide arthouse film market.^[7]

Cast

Yul Servo as Hanzel Harana
Joel Torre as Juan Mijares
Gloria Diaz as Lolita Fordham
Angel Aquino as Elvira Pareño

Accolades

The film won several awards at the Urian Honors, including Best Picture, Best Director (Lav Diaz), Best Screenplay (Lav Diaz), Best Cinematography, Best Actor (Joel Torre), Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Diaz), Best Supporting Actor, Best Production Design, Best Sound, and Best Score (Joey Ayala).^[8]^{[unreliable source?]} It won Best Picture at the Singapore International Film Festival and the Belgium Independent Film Festival.^[9]

References

^ Scheib, Ronnie (July 31, 2022). "Batang West Side". Variety. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
^ "West Side Avenue". IMDb. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
^ "Batang West Side". HKW. November 11, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
^ Fantauzzo, Laurel (October 20, 2017). The First Impulse. Anvil Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-621-420-144-0.
^ Lucia, Cynthia; Hamid, Rahul (November 1, 2017). Cineaste on Film Criticism, Programming, and Preservation in the New Millennium. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-4773-1343-5.
^ "Batang West Side". Harvard Film Archive. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
^ "BATANG WEST SIDE". American Cinematheque. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
^ "Film Review: Batang Westside By Gabriel D. Gabaya". Manila JC Tripod. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
^ The Philippines Yearbook. Fookien Times. 2007. ISBN 978-971-0503-50-6.