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GUAM PACIFIC DAILY NEWS
'Shiros' Head' Receives Award
By Agnes Donato
March 2, 2009
 All
they wanted was to make the "best
Guam movie we could." This spring,
brothers Don and Kel Muña will earn
official recognition for their
creative efforts.
"Shiro's Head," written and directed
by brothers Don and Kel Muña, has
been chosen for an award at the 2009
Las Vegas International Film
Festival, according to a news
release from the filmmakers.
Guam's first feature-length film
will receive the Silver Ace Award in
Las Vegas next month. Twenty films
in each competitive category are
given the award, the release said.
According to the news release, the
Las Vegas film festival judges chose
Shiro's Head because it
"demonstrated superior and standout
filmmaking and is deserving of
special recognition and was among
the best of nearly 2,000 films
submitted from over 50 countries
around the world."
Shot entirely in Guam and starring a
cast of local actors, Shiro's Head
revolves around a man shunned from
his family for his father's death
and his ensuing struggle to come to
terms with his family's history.
L.A. Film Festival
In May, Shiro's Head will continue
its U.S. film festival tour in
California. It has been officially
selected to be shown at the 25th
annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific
Film Festival, which will run from
April 30 to May 7.
The film was previously shown at
film festivals in Philadelphia and
Hawaii.
Both Don and Kel Muña told the
Pacific Daily News they didn't
expect recognition when they made
the film.
"All we could really do is do the
best that we could under the
circumstances of a no-budget
project," Kel Muña said. "The only
criteria we always had for it was
that it needed to be a project that
we could be proud of. Everything
else is out of our hands."
'Passion project'
Don Muña echoed his brother's
statement, saying, "Shiro's Head is
a passion project through and
through."
Asked how he feels about the film's
success, Don Muña said, "I was
satisfied just being able to say I
finally had enough guts to live my
dream. Now to find that Shiro's Head
is attracting international press,
and most importantly being accepted
by the locals, it's a dream come
true with whipped cream and a cherry
on top."
Kel Muña said he shares the award
with the cast and the people of
Guam.
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