The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela

2008 film by Olaf de Fleur

10 February 2008 (2008-02-10) (Berlin International Film Festival)

Running time

90 minutes (orig.); 80 minutesCountriesIceland
Philippines
France
ThailandLanguagesIcelandic
Visayan
English
ThaiBudget$400,000 (estimated)

The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela is a 2008 drama film directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson.

Premise

Raquela, a Filipino transsexual prostitute dreams of making a new life in Paris. She becomes an Internet porn star and meets Valerie, an Icelandic transsexual, and Michael, the owner of the website she works for.^[1]

Cast

Raquela Rios as Herself
Stefan Schaefer as Ardilo, Michael
Olivia Galudo as Olivia
Brax Villa as Aubrey
Valerie Grand Einarsson as Valerie Einarsson

Distribution and reception

The film showed at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film.^[2] It has been screened in the Emerging Visions section of the 2008 South by Southwest festival in the United States.^[3]

It received the Grand Jury Prize in the 10th 2008 Cinemanila International Film Festival at Malacañan Palace's Kalayaan Hall.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Summary". Poppoli Pictures. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
^ "Official Site". Poppoli Pictures. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
^ "SXSW 2008 Film Screenings". SXSW.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
^ www.screendaily.com, The Band's Visit takes top prize at Cinemanila fest
^ abs-cbnnews.com, Cinema One Originals movies dominate 10th Cinemanila award rites
^ bworldonline.com, Arroyo awards winners in 10th Cinemanila festival^{[permanent dead link]}