Official Trailer
06/13/2023 Releases DVD for purchase
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05/30/2023 Releases video-on-demand on multiple platforms
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05/27/2023 Screens at the Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
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05/26/2023 Features Haven Everly's vocal chops
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05/26/2023 Releases soundtrack on Amazon Music, iTunes, Spotify
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05/17/2023 Screens at the New York Film Academy, New York City
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04/02/2023 Screens at Rutgers Cinema, New Jersey
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03/10/2023 Screens at the Cinemark Egyptian 24, Baltimore County
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03/08/2023 Showcases Filipino talent; promotes generational understanding
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10/01/2021 Returns for a sold-out in-person screening at the Regal Los Angeles, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
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08/20/2021 Wins four audience awards for Best Picture, Best Director (Mallorie Ortega), Best Lead Performance (Haven Everly) and Best Supporting Performance (Emy Coligado), DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival
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07/25/2021 Closes out the festival with an in-person screening at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival
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07/15/2021 Makes the “Best things to do in the D.C. area the week of July 15-21” list, The Washington Post’s Going Out Guide
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07/15/2021 Premieres on the East Coast, DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival, streams online through July 25
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03/20/2021 Opens festival as first feature and Q&A, DisOrient Asian American Film Festival, streams online through March 29
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03/13/2021 Receives Gold Winner, World London Film Festival
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03/04/2021 Streams online through March 14, Seattle Asian American Film Festival
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12/25/2020 Streams online through January 1, Cinema Sala
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11/22/2020 Screens at a sold-out drive-in, the Consolidate Mililani Theater in Honolulu, Hawai‘i International Film Festival
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11/06/2020 Gives Paolo Montalban hope
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11/05/2020 Features at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival, streams online through November 29
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10/31/2020 Wins the Emerging Filmmaker Award, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
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10/22/2020 Wins Narrative Audience Award, Center for Asian American Media Fest Forward Film Festival
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10/17/2020 Brings Haven Everly and Emy Coligado together for a chat
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10/14/2020 Features at the Center for Asian American Media Fest Forward Film Festival, streams online through October 18
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10/01/2020 Showcases Emy Coligado
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10/01/2020 Premieres at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, streams online through October 4
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The Girl Who Left Home is the first Filipino American musical feature film. It tells the story of a Filipina American whose ambitions are at odds with her family obligations. It won the 2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Emerging Filmmaker Award, 2020 CAAMFest FORWARD Audience Award, and the 2021 DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance.
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Main Cast:
Haven Everly, Emy Coligado, Paolo Montalban, Lora Nicolas, Liz Casasola
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Credits:
Director, Writer, Lyricist, Producer: Mallorie Ortega
Producer: Russwin Francisco, Angelo Santos, Emy Coligado
Executive Producer: Dylan Thai, Christine Cathcart
Associate Producer: DonMike Mendoza
Director of Photography: Matthew Halla
Editor: Lindsay Armstrong, Katie McClellan
Sound: Diana Chi
Music: Alex Winkler
Lyricist: Steve Greist
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The Girl Who Left Home