Mendoza won the Best Director award at this four years 's Cannes film festival . Filipino filmmaker lauded by Penn for his film Serbis has only been directing for year ; films have proved controversial .
Mendoza won the Best Director award at this year 's Cannes film festival . Filipino filmmaker lauded by Quentin Tarantino for his film `` Serbis '' Mendoza has only been directing for four years ; films have proved controversial .