For its difficult topic. The director wanted us to present and take consciousness about the harsh life of a certain community of the Filipino population. He succeeds in doing so by the violence of certain images.
For immersing the audience in the din and blare of an illegal industry and for providing resonance to the character's attempt to recover his humanity amid the corruption around him.
For its revealing take of heretofore unknown underworld of an illegal industry and for its powerful engagement of audiences in the struggles of transgenders caught in the web of their own criminal undoing while also seeking personal redemption.
For his effective depiction of a dark character belonging to the criminal underworld; for his bold take on a gender-bending role; and for endowing his portrayal with a right mixture of repulsion and sympathy.
For its cross-cutting take on the criminal underworld; for its effective employment of the resources of film language in evoking the dark world of illegal cosmetic surgery; and for its gripping tale of corruption and personal redemption.
