Since winning the unprecedented and much-coveted Best Director Award at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival in 2009 for “Kinatay,” which more than validated his metier and competence not only in the realm of film direction but also in designing his own films and producing some of them himself, Brillante Mendoza has collected close to hundred honors within a span of 10 years.

His most recent oeuvre “Mindanao,” which won for Judy Ann Santos the Best Actress award including Best Artistic Contribution for him at the A-list 41st Cairo International Film Festival was also designed and produced by himself.