Filipina child star bags top acting award in Mexico

Filipino child actress Sandy Talag was awarded an Outstanding Achievement in Acting award at the Oaxaca International Film Festival on September 29, for her performance in the Dutch-Filipino film, “Lilet Never Happened.” Talag plays an 11-year-old street girl, forced into her line of work by her mother, in the film. Her character Lilet, also nicknamed Snow White, hopes to be an actress to escape her poverty. Talag entered the local entertainment scene by joining the reality contest StarStruck Kids in 2004. She has since played the younger counterpart of several leading actresses in teleseryes and films such as “Lovestruck,” “Quija,” and “Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po.” In an interview with Filmz TV, the 15-year-old admits not understanding most of the mature content in the film, but the cast and crew, along with the resident psychologist, were present to guide her. The film by Dutch director Jacco Groen also won Best Youth Film at the 2013 Copenhagen International Film Festival in September and has already been shown in more than 22 countries.


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