Critically-acclaimed Filipino indie movie "Foster Child" has won it's 4th international nod by winning the Signis Award in the 9th edition of the Palmas de Gran Canaria Film Festival in Spain.

The Signis Award was given out by the World Catholic Association of Communication last March 8, 2008. The official website of the said film fest described Foster Child as “the story, fictitious and documentary, of a foster mother who takes care of abandoned children in the outskirts of Manila. It follows the life of John-John, a three-year old who is to be adopted by an American family.”

The other international awards bagged by Brilliante Mendoza‘s Foster Child:

Best Actress Award for Cherry Pie Picache
New Delhi, India

Special Jury prize
Kazakshtan

Best Feature Film
Paris Environmental Film Festival

This indie film also stars Eugene Domingo, Jiro Manio, Dan Alvaro, Alwyn Uytingco, and Kier Segundo. The script was written by Ralston Joel Jover for Seiko Films.

In 2006, Brillante’s Masahista won the Signis Award in Brisbane.

Foster Child is set to compete at the Cinema Novo Film Festival in Stutges, Belgium and in Durban, South Africa in July. It will also screen as part of the New Directors, New Films in New York on April 3 and 4 at the Lincoln Center and Museum of Modern Art.