First Cine Totoo Winners To Be Aired By GMA News TV Starting Monday Night At 9:30 PM

GMA NEWS TV airs the four winning documentaries of the 1st Cine Totoo: Philippine International Documentary Festival starting tonight at 9:30 with Best Documentary and Audience Choice Award winner “Gusto Nang Umuwi ni Joy,” a film by Jan Tristan Pandy. The film tells the story of Joy, who is not just one of about 200,000 Filipinos living and working in the United Kingdom—she is also one of an estimated 1.1 million undocumented migrants from various countries there. Working as a nanny and cleaner to support her family in Batangas, Joy seeks the aid of solicitors to render her stay lawful. There is no guarantee that the Home Office will decide in her favor, however — all she can do is submit to the process and hope that her petition for legalization will be granted.

“Gusto Nang Umuwi ni Joy” follows Joy as she attends to her daily responsibilities, communicates with her husband and grandchildren and keeps up with Philippine current affairs and soap operas, all the while looking forward to the prospect of at last coming home to her loved ones.

Cine Totoo’s Special Jury Prize winner Mananayaw by Rafael Froilan will air on November 2. Walang Rape sa Bontok by Carla Samantha Ocampo and Kung Giunsa Pagbuhay ang Binisayang Chopsuey (How to make Visayan Chopsuey) by Charliebebs Gohetia, which both earned Special Mention Certificates, will be shown on November 9 and November 16, respectively.