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pepe diokno

jose lorenzo `` pepe '' diokno -lrb- born august 13 , 1987 -rrb- is a filipino motion picture director , producer and screenwriter .
his debut film , `` engkwentro '' premiered at the 2009 venice film festival and received the lion of the future - `` luigi de laurentiis '' award for best debut film , as well as the orizzonti prize for new trends in cinema .
it also received the netpac award for best asian film at the 2010 jeonju international film festival , a special citation from the 2009 cinemalaya independent film festival , and the gawad urian for best editing .
produced on a meager budget of usd 20,000 , `` engkwentro '' tells the story of two young gangsters on the run from a vigilante death squad .
diokno 's second film , `` above the clouds '' premiered at the 2014 tokyo international film festival .
the film follows a teenage boy orphaned by a flood on a journey up an ancient mountain with his estranged grandfather .
the filipino-french co-production took three years to make , and was produced with the support of france 's aide aux cinemas du monde , south korea 's asian cinema fund , switzerland 's visions sud est and the arte prize from the 2012 berlin international film festival .
diokno is included in the 2010 book `` take 100 : the future of film '' , a list published by the uk 's phaidon press , of the world 's `` 100 most exceptional emerging filmmakers '' .
in 2010 , diokno also received the ani ng dangal award from the president of the philippines .
diokno is the grandson and namesake of the late philippine senator jose w. diokno , and son of lawyer jose manuel diokno .
