Phil-Asia Assistance Foundation, Inc. (“PAAFI”) will be holding a fund-raising special screening of “Right Footed”. The film is a multi-awarded documentary on the life of Filipina American, Jessica Cox, who despite being born without arms, never let her disability get in the way of becoming a pilot, martial artist, motivational speaker, and disabilities rights activist.
The documentary has received the following international awards:
- Best Documentary Film Mirabile Dictu Film Festival, Rome
- Best Social Action Film 2015, Hollywood Film Festival
- Best Documentary Film, International Film Festival Manhattan
- Best Documentary Film, Offshoot Film Festival
- Best Documentary Film, Beloit International Film Festival
- Best Documentary Film, Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
- Best Documentary Film, Big River Film Festival
- Platinum Award, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards
- Audience Award, Awareness Film Festival
- Audience Award, Atlanta Docu Fest
- Audience Award, The Loft Film Festival
- Audience Award, Kansas International Film Festival
- Audience Award, Newburypost Documentary Film Festival
- Audience Award, Beloit International Film Festival
- Audience Award, MOSTRA American Films in Brazil
- Representing the USA in the American Film Showcase
The screening of “Right Footed” will be on Saturday, February 4, 2017, 4:30 pm, at the Cine Adarna of the UP Film Institute, UP Diliman, Quezon City. Tickets are on sale at P300. For tickets, please call 415-9297; text or call 0956-4237174; or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The funds that will be generated from said screening will be used by PAAFI to give educational assistance to underprivileged children.
