Quentin Tarantino in the Philippines for Cinemanila

No, not even the Jolie-Pitt visit to Saigon made me go gaga .

Being a film buff, nothing could make me feel more giddy like the news that the Great Q will be in Manila this August for Cinemanila International Film Festival. (Yes, mahgayprends, I'm drooling!)

Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino will be hitting Philippine shores in August to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during special ceremonies in the 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival. Tarantino will be receiving the distinction for his iconic contributions to world cinema and continued support to the proliferation and promotion of Asian and independent films.

Except if he's coming to Vietnam, too, of course. If he is, do let me know cause I, ummm, will bribe all the staff in his hotel and stalk him til he gives me an autograph. Oh Q, you'll be my first and last. I won't do that for Leonardo Di Caprio, that's saying a lot since I read Arthur Rimbaud just because Di Caprio portrayed him in one of his movies. Or perhaps, just perhaps, not for Ewan McGregor, the god of big things even if he shows up in my doorstep naked.

Since Cinemanila is "seeking to promote the identity of ASEAN cinema", it being the ASEAN's 40th anniversary, it will also be showing some films from other countries in the region. Unfortunately, no mention of Vietnamese films.