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where ABS-CBN also presented video interviews of Holocaust Survivors Margot Pins Kestenbaum and Max Weissler, who were both provided shelter in the Philippines by Manuel Quezon and currently reside in Israel. The film's theatrical release in the Philippines was on May 29, 2019.
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s research phase was the lack of Filipino historical manuscripts tackling the historical account. They referred to theses and dissertations made by Americans, and corresponded with the descendants of Alex and Herbert Frieder who played a major role in Quezon's plan.
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as part of the gala event of the 2018 Cinema World Festival as one of the winning films of the 2018 Autumn Selection. It was also an entry in the IndieFEST Film in California, and the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in Texas.
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Lorena and Matthew Rosen were responsible for the film's original story idea while Janice Y. Perez and Dean Rosen wrote the screenplay. The film was produced to tell of a relatively unknown account of President
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Rosen who is an immigrant who moved to the Philippines in the 1980s, became aware of President Quezon's plan after he learned that his Filipino wife knew the lyrics to the Jewish folk song "
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which tells about the Jews who went to the Philippines describing their experience of prosecution and conflict in Nazi Germany and found new life.
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and temporarily providing them shelter in the Philippines. One of the challenges the writers dealt with during
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was released in various international film festivals prior to its theatrical release. It was released in
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The film won at least 20 awards as an entry in various international film festivals. In January 2019,
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As part of the film's promotion, a VIP screening was held on May 7, 2019 at the
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film directed by Matthew Rosen. The film centers on Philippine President
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won 12 accolades at the Cinema World Fest Awards in Ottawa, Canada.
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Carlo Katigbak
Olivia M. Lamasan
Raymond Bagatsing
ABS-CBN Film Productions
Star Cinema
biographical drama
Manuel L. Quezon
German
Austrian Jews
Nazi Germany
pre-World War II
Manuel L. Quezon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nazi Germany
tuberculosis
Raymond Bagatsing
Manuel L. Quezon
Rachel Alejandro
Aurora Quezon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paul V. McNutt
Mamie Eisenhower
Sergio Osmeña
Manuel Roxas
Douglas MacArthur
Star Cinema
iWant
British-Jewish
Manuel L. Quezon

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