Josabeth “Joji” Alonso studied at the State University of the Philippines. After sixteen years of law practice, she ventured into movie production and founded Quantum films. She has since produced over 30 features, both commercial and arthouse titles. She directed a short feature, Last Order, and a long fiction feature, Belle Douleur, which has been awarded at Manila’s Cinemalaya Film Festival.
On the occasion of her presence as part of the International Jury at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, we speak with her about her life and career, producing and shooting films, the Filipino film industry and many other topics.
You started as a scientist, then became a lawyer, then movie producer and now a director. Why all these changes?
Science was a result of the influence of my father and my siblings, who are all scientists. I tried to keep up with them but it was never...
On the occasion of her presence as part of the International Jury at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, we speak with her about her life and career, producing and shooting films, the Filipino film industry and many other topics.
You started as a scientist, then became a lawyer, then movie producer and now a director. Why all these changes?
Science was a result of the influence of my father and my siblings, who are all scientists. I tried to keep up with them but it was never...
- 2/23/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
It is always interesting to watch a producer (the one who gets things done) becoming a director (the one who “demands” things to get done), and that is exactly the case with Joji Villanueva Alonso, who, after 15 years in production and more than 39 films, decided to try her hand directly behind the camera. “Belle Douleur” premiered at the Dhaka International Film Festival while it won the Audience Award at Cinemalaya.
The script was inspired by a 2017 online video that went viral, where a woman named Aryana Rose narrated her true story, of falling in love with a 29-year-old man while she was 45.
Following the same path, the film revolves around Liz, a 45-year-old clinical psychologist working with children with special needs, who has been living with her mother for many years, neglecting her personal life and being still single, despite the fact that she is quite good looking. When her mother dies,...
The script was inspired by a 2017 online video that went viral, where a woman named Aryana Rose narrated her true story, of falling in love with a 29-year-old man while she was 45.
Following the same path, the film revolves around Liz, a 45-year-old clinical psychologist working with children with special needs, who has been living with her mother for many years, neglecting her personal life and being still single, despite the fact that she is quite good looking. When her mother dies,...
- 1/29/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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