Still from Diane Paragas's "Yellow Rose" with Eva Noblezada and Dale Watson - Photo by August Thurmer
Still from Diane Paragas’s “Yellow Rose” with Eva Noblezada and Dale Watson – Photo by August Thurmer

Sony Pictures released the trailer for the award winning film Yellow Rose which opens in theaters on October 9, 2020. Yellow Rose is the timely story of a Filipina teen from a small Texas town who fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between staying with her family or leaving the only home she has known.

The film stars Grammy-winner and two-time Tony Award® nominee Eva Noblezada (Broadway’s Hadestown and Miss Saigon) in her feature film debut, award-winning country music artist Dale Watson, Princess Punzalan (Mula sa puso) and Tony Award-winner and Grammy-nominee Lea Salonga (Mulan, Aladdin).

Yellow Rose is the winner of thirteen film festival jury and audience awards including: Special Jury Award – Best Narrative Feature (Asian American International Film Festival); Grand Jury Prize – Best Narrative Feature and Best Breakout Performance for Eva Noblezada (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival); Jury Award – Best Competition Narrative (Bentonville Film Festival), Jury Award – Best Narrative (Center for Asian American Media); Best Feature Film Award and Audience Choice Award (Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival); Audience Award – Best Narrative Feature (Hawaii International Film Festival); Festival Prize – Best Narrative Feature Film (Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival); Audience Award (San Diego Asian Film Festival); Grand Jury Prize – Best Narrative Feature and Audience Award – Best Film (Urbanworld Film Festival); and People’s Choice Award – Best Overall Feature (Vancouver Asian Film Festival).

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