Veteran director Francis ‘Jun’ Posadas dies at 76

Veteran filmmaker Francis “Jun” Posadas, recognized for his work in motion, drama and grownup movies within the eighties and nineties, died. He was 76.

The demise of Posadas was confirmed by his daughter, Susan Kelly, through a Fb message on Tuesday 12 August. The reason for demise was not instantly introduced.

“Direk Francis Jun Posadas has packed himself. I really like you a lot, my father,” Susan endorses subsequent to a black -white photograph of her father.

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Within the commentary part, condolences got here in from actual life and industrial buddies. Producer Dennis Evangelista was a type of who paid tribute to the deceased director.

“I labored with Direk Francis Jun Posadas as his screenwriter in ‘Tampisaw’, ‘Masarap na Pugad’ (the place he introduced me for an ocular in Palawan), ‘Balat-Sibuyas’ and ‘Intercourse Scandal’ and ‘Intercourse Scandal’ and ‘Intercourse Scandal’ and good good friend wrote a terrific good friend and good good friend. Evangelista on Fb.

Posadas obtained a family title within the native movie trade by way of his work in “Pene” or Softcore Erotic Movies, a well-liked however controversial style within the late 80s. “Pene” refers to movies with precise sexual penetration throughout intercourse scenes, which was often demanded by the director for ‘sake of realism’. The time period is a play concerning the Filipino phrase “penetration” and “pelikula” (movie).

In a single interview With content material maker Rhy TV in 2024, Posadas stated that his choice to show his again on the “Pene” style as a result of his youngsters received older, so he later shifted his focus to motion and socially related dramas, a motion that outlined a big a part of his profession.

Other than his movies “Itog”, “Kaulayaw”, “Tampisaw”, “Bakat” and “Kerida” who earned him a nicely -known title underneath Daring Movie Viewers, his most placing works have been “Ambush” (1988), about collisions between the navy and insurgents; “Cordora: Lulutang Ka Sarili Mong Dugo” (1992), a biopic from an inspector of the police chief who gained massive prizes on the Manila Movie Pageant; and “Pugoy – Hostage: Davao” (1993), who dramatized the hostage disaster of 1989 in Davao.

Posadas additionally directed the anti-drug movie “Bawal na Gamot” (1994) and the sequel, in addition to “Ganti ng Puso” (1996), “Babayaran Mo Ng Dugo” (1989), and “Sige, Subukan Mo” (1998), amongst others.

Posadas continued to work within the trade in later years and direct impartial initiatives and documentaries, together with “Kuya: The Mayor Edwin Jubahib Story.” /EDV