

It won various awards and nominations in Gawad Urian, Star Awards for Movies, Sydney World Film Festival, and 5-Continent International Film Festival.Įarlier he co-produced Magsimula Ka: The Musical (2010) featuring Poppert Bernadas, Ciara Sotto, Fred Lo, and DJ Mike Solomon. Maestra featured the journey of an Aeta teacher (Angeli Bayani) and an impoverished young teacher (Anna Luna) to becoming professional teachers and meeting an iconic teacher (Gloria Sevilla).

I invested in bring the best cast including Jennylyn Mercado, Jodi Sta Maria, Agot Isidro, Coco Martin, Jon Avila, Jay Manalo, Jacklyn Jose, Alan Paule, among others. “I felt duty-bound to help nursing recover from that blunder to our history,” he narrates. The film Nars was a response to the leakage scandal in the nurses licensure examination in 2006. “I produced these films with my intention to improve the public appreciation of these professions, which most of the time are ignored,” says Balita.
