Veteran actor John Arcilla was named Best Actor at the recently concluded Venice International Film Festival.
Held Sunday, September 12 (PH time), Arcilla was bestowed with the Coppi Volpi (Volpi Cup) for Bes Actor for his role in Erik Matti's "On the Job: The Missing 8".
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— La Biennale di Venezia (@la_Biennale) September 11, 2021
With his win, Arcilla became the first Filipino actor to have received the coveted Venice International Film Festival Best Actor Award.
Meanwhile, director Erik Matti received Arcilla's award since the actor cannot be physically present in Italy due to commitments here in the Philippines.
Arcilla instead was given the opportunity to gave speech via video recording. In his speech which he also shared on his Instagram account, Arcilla said he regretted not to be able to receive his most prestigious award personally.
Meanwhile, just a day before his big win in Italy, John even tweeted about his dream of joining the roster of big names who have won the coveted Venice International Film Festival Best Actor award.
Little did he know, the next day his dream will quickly come true.
Here are the roster of some Great Actors who wont the most coveted Volpi Cup at the Venice international Film Festival. I wish i can have one someday! Hahahaha if you dream as they say. Dream big! God bless everyone https://t.co/r4CiBunXWx
— John Arcilla official (@JohnArcilla) September 11, 2021
