Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc
Alexis Tioseco | |
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Born | |
Died | September 1, 2009 Quezon City, Philippines |
Occupation | Film critic |
Partner | Nika Bohinc |
Nika Bohinc | |
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Born | 1979 |
Died | September 1, 2009 Quezon City, Philippines |
Occupation | Film critic |
Partner | Alexis Tioseco |
Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc were
Biographies
Tioseco was born in the Philippines, but moved with his family to Canada in 1983.[4] In 1996, he returned to the Philippines where he completed his college studies and worked in the family business.[4]
Tioseco credited the Lav Diaz film Batang West Side as having awakened his interest in Philippine cinema.[4] He established a website, criticine.com, which was hailed in Filmmaker as "arguably the most influential, intelligent blog on Southeast Asian cinema".[5] Tioseco became known for his efforts to expose foreign audiences to Philippine independent cinema.[1][6] He helped organize established filmmakers in a failed attempt to seek reforms to the Metro Manila Film Festival.[4]
His 2008 article
Murders
On the night of 1 September 2009, Tioseco was killed at his Quezon City home in an apparent burglary staged by three armed men who fled the scene. He was 28 years old.[1] Bohinc, who had moved to the Philippines to be with Tioseco, was also slain. Police were investigating the participation in the crime of a stay-in housemaid recently hired by Tioseco, who had fled together with the suspects.[6]
Tioseco is interred at the family mausoleum in Angeles City.
On 26 February 2016, the woman accused in the murders of the couple was arrested in Angeles City.[9] In May 2018, Criselda Dayag (formerly the couple's housemaid) was convicted of robbery with homicide, and sentenced to forty years imprisonment.[10]
References
- ^ a b c Clifford Coonan (September 2, 2009). "Film critics murdered in Manila". Variety. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- ^ a b Liz Shackleton (September 2, 2009). "Film critics Tioseco, Bohinc killed in Manila robbery". Screen Daily. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- ^ a b Patrick Frater (September 2, 2009). "Two film critics killed in Manila". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 3, 2009. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Alexis Tioseco (July 15, 2008). "The Letter I Would Love To Read To You In Person". Rogue Magazine. Archived from the original on September 5, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- ^ a b Jason Sanders (September 2, 2009). "A Time to Love: Alexis Tioseco, Nika Bohinc, and the Global Film Community". Filmmaker. Archived from the original on September 5, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- ^ a b c Nancy C. Carvajal (September 3, 2009). "Fil-Canadian, Slovenian killed by robbers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on September 5, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- The Auteurs. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- ^ a b "Fil-Canadian film critic, lover shot dead in QC home". ABS-CBN News Online. September 2, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
- InterAksyon. February 26, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Maid jailed over murder of her employer and his girlfriend". Asia Times. May 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2019.