Elijah Canlas, Best Actor sa 2020 Asian Film Festival

August 7 ------ Dumadaan man sa krisis ang movie industry na affected ng COVID-19 pandemic, good news ang sumalubong sa producers ng pelikulang “Kalel, 15” dahil panalo bilang Best Actor ang bida nitong si Elijah Canlas sa 17th Asian Film Festival na naganap sa Rome, Italy. Ito ay para sa kanyang performance sa highly-acclaimed movie na “Kalel, 15” na idinirek ni Jun Lana. Ang “Kalel, 15” ay tungkol sa isang binata na anak ng pari at naging HIV positive.

Magandang timing ito sa career ni Kalel na sikat ngayon dahil sa online Boys’ Love o BL series na “Gameboys”. Narito ang full congratulatory message ng Idea First Company para kay Elijah: “CONGRATULATIONS Elijah Canlas for winning the BEST ACTOR award at the 17th Asian Film Festival in Rome, Italy for Jun Robles Lana's KALEL, 15! You make the Idea First Company family and the #GameboysTheSeries global community very proud!”

Proud at nagbahagi din ng congratulatory message ni direk Perci Intalan, na co-founder ng IdeaFirst, para sa young actor. “We're all so proud of you Elijah Canlas! Jun and I want to say thank you once again to Jane Jimenez Basas, Sienna Olaso, Vitto Lazatin, Guido Zaballero and all of Cignal Entertainment with Isabel Arañez Santillan for producing KALEL, 15 with us! Congratulations Ferdy Lapuz, Jen Mauricio, Carlo Canlas Mendoza, Benjamin Tolentino and all of Team KALEL, 15!”

Source: push.abs-cbn.com