DonBelle's 'An Inconvenient Love' wins Best Asian Feature Film at 2023 ContentAsia Awards

by Patricia Matalog

<p>The hit romantic movie &quot;An Inconvenient Love&quot; starring Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano has been honored as the Best Asian Feature Film at the 2023 ContentAsia Awards!  </p><p>The award was accepted by the head of ABS-CBN international production Ruel Bayani on Thursday, August 24, during the awarding ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand.</p><div> </div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CwVDSG4PIBx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"> </div><div 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href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CwVDSG4PIBx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by ABS-CBN PR (@abscbnpr)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>The Petersen Vargas film bested the entries &quot;Lebai Sampan&quot; and &quot;Sekolah Sampah&quot; from Malaysia, and &quot;Silent Walls - 2023 Telemovie&quot; and &quot;Silent Walls - 1938 Telemovie&quot; from Singapore.</p><p>Direk Petersen shared some snaps taken during the awards ceremony as he expressed his gratitude on behalf of the whole &quot;An Inconvenient Love&quot; team.</p><p>&quot;Just got word that AN INCONVENIENT LOVE wins Best Asian Feature Film at the ContentAsia Awards 2023 in Thailand. Shaking as I type this. Congrats to us, @donnypangilinan &amp; @bellemariano02, @StarCinema, @deeeeeeeeeesi &amp; the entire team! 💫 Para sa Pilipinas at Pelikulang Pilipino!&quot; he said via Twitter.</p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Just got word that AN INCONVENIENT LOVE wins Best Asian Feature Film at the ContentAsia Awards 2023 in Thailand. Shaking as I type this. Congrats to us, <a href="https://twitter.com/donnypangilinan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@donnypangilinan</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/bellemariano02?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bellemariano02</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/StarCinema?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StarCinema</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/deeeeeeeeeesi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@deeeeeeeeeesi</a> &amp; the entire team! 💫 Para sa Pilipinas at Pelikulang Pilipino! <a href="https://t.co/IkDfOUIFQ1">pic.twitter.com/IkDfOUIFQ1</a></p>— Petersen 4-Ever (@petersenvargas) <a href="https://twitter.com/petersenvargas/status/1694704133687959915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2023</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>Congratulations on the well-DASURVed win, team #AnIncovenientLove! 🧡💜💚  </p><p>&quot;An Inconvenient Love&quot; follows the story of Ayef (Belle), a convenience store staff who dreams of becoming an international animator, and Manny (Donny), a boutique plant shop owner by day and secret social activist by night.  </p><p>Both believing that love is just another one of life’s many inconveniences, they agree to a contractual kind of love — with an expiration date! As that dreaded expiration date nears, they deal with the dilemma of whether to end their contractual relationship or to face love by ending their inconvenient beliefs.  </p><p>If you still haven&#x27;t seen the film, you can now watch “An Inconvenient Love” on Netflix via this <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81615943">link</a>.</p><p>RELATED VIDEOS:</p><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wc0cg1qjn7I?si=4JypDh0L6q3jT8SX" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hrfcC8S6GU8?si=DpMrxZCCtAMuVLW_" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><p>RELATED STORIES:</p><div><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/starcinema/articles-news/icymi-donbelles-an-inconvenient-love-will-be-competing-alongside-entries-from-singapore-and-malaysia-20236">&#x27;An Inconvenient Love&#x27; nominated for Best Asian Feature Film in 2023 ContentAsia Awards</a></div><div><a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/starcinema/articles-news/an-inconvenient-love-breaks-through-the-netflix-global-top-10-for-non-english-films-19146">&#x27;An Inconvenient Love&#x27; breaks through the Netflix Global Top 10 for non-English films</a></div>

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