The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

Winning over a dozen awards and selected for screening at over 30 international film festivals, this film exposes the purity of first love, pitted against the squalor and corruption in the slums of Manila.

Gay, pre-teen Maxi is deeply and uncomplainingly devoted to his family of petty thieves -
until Maxi meets Victor, an honest, well-meaning and handsome policeman.  The two become fast friends.  Victor inspires Maxi to hope for a better life, which soon incurs the ire and disapproval of Maxi’s family.

WINNER International Jury Grand Prize for Best Feature – Kinderfilmfest, Berlinale 2006
Official Philippine Entry, 2007 Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film

Director Auraeus Solito
Philippines, 2005, 100 mins