Sunday Beauty Queen

Sunday Beauty Queen is a 2016 Filipino documentary film directed by Baby Ruth Villarama and follows a group of expatriate domestic workers in Hong Kong as they prepare to take part in an annual beauty pageant. It made its world premiere in the Wide Angle documentary competition at the 21st Busan International Film Festival in 2016.[2][3]

Sunday Beauty Queen
Theatrical release poster
Chinese周日皇后
Literal meaningSunday Queen
Hanyu PinyinZhōurì huánghòu
JyutpingZau1 jat6 wong4 hau6
Directed byBaby Ruth Villarama
Produced byChuck Gutierrez
Starring
  • Rudelyn Acosta
  • Cherrie Mae Bretana
  • Mylyn Jacobo
  • Hazel Perdido
  • Leo Selomenio
CinematographyDexter Dela Peña
Edited byChuck Gutierrez
Music byEmerzon Texon
Production
companies
  • Voyage Studios
  • Tuko Film Productions
  • Buchi Boy Films
Distributed bySolar Pictures[1]
Release dates
  • October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07) (BIFF)
  • December 25, 2016 (2016-12-25) (MMFF)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

The film is an official entry to the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival.[4][5]

Cast
  • Rudelyn Acosta
  • Cherrie Mae Bretana
  • Mylyn Jacobo
  • Hazel Perdido
  • Leo Selomenio
  • Bryan Chavez

References
  1. "(UPDATED) MMFF Execom's Wilson Tieng to distribute Sunday Beauty Queen, Oro, and Saving Sally". PEP.ph. December 3, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
  2. "Sunday Beauty Queen a film seeking new take on foreign domestic workers". Today. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  3. Lee, Maggie (October 10, 2016). "Busan Film Review: Sunday Beauty Queen". Variety. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  4. "Here are the films competing in MMFF 2016". November 18, 2016.
  5. "FULL LIST: 8 MMFF 2016 entries, trailers revealed".


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