Pinoy Sunday, a movie about two OFWs in Taiwan and directed by Cannes winner Wi Ding Ho, has been chosen to open the 12th Cinemanila International Film Festival.

The film is jointly produced by Taiwan’s Government Information Office and NHK Japan. It’s also a product of Cannes film fest’s L’Atelier/Cinefondation workshop in 2009.

It was co-written by Ho and Indian colleague Ajay Balakrishnan. The cinematographer was Jake Pollock, an American.

It stars our very own Bayani Agbayani, Epy Quizon, Alessandra De Rossi and Meryll Soriano, considered by Ho (a Malaysian) as the heart and soul of his multinational film.

It tells the story of Manuel (Epi Quizon) and Dado (Bayani Agbayani), two Filipino OFWs in Taiwan who discover a discarded sofa one Pinoy Sunday in Taipei. This transforms their normal Sunday into a tale of adventure, perseverance and self-discovery.

Pinoy Sunday is set to premiere in the Philippines as the opening film of the 12th Cinemanila International Film Festival on December 1, 2010.

Watch the trailer of Pinoy Sunday here: