She was married to cinematographer and educator Manolo Abaya and they have two sons: singer/actor Marc Abaya and David Abaya, a cinematographer.
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1997: Sa Pusod ng Dagat (In the Navel of the Sea), written by Jun Lana, produced by GMA Films; starring Jomari Yllana, Elizabeth Oropesa, Chin Chin Gutierrez, Rolando Tinio, Jhong Hilario; exhibited at the film festivals in Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, Singapore, Brussels, Fukuoka, Tokyo, Pusan, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hawaii, and others; NETPAC Award; FIPRESCI award.
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She went to Los Angeles for further studies and graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in Master of Arts in Film and Television in 1978.
Cameron Diaz | Porfirio Díaz | Junot Diaz | Gloria Diaz | Justino Díaz | Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias | Roberto Díaz Herrera | Marilou Diaz-Abaya | Laura Diaz | Bernal Díaz del Castillo | Lav Diaz | Carlos Díaz Olivo | Aarón Díaz | Sully Diaz | Roxana Díaz Burgos | Roxana Díaz | Ron Diaz | Raphael Diaz | Porfirio Diaz | María II Díaz de Haro | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Kicho Díaz | Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | Fruela Díaz | Francisco Gil Díaz | Esperanza Diaz | Diaz | David Díaz (boxer) | David Diaz | Armando Diaz |
According to unofficial counts, the towns of Echague, Cordon and Ramon all went to Aggabao, while Santiago went for Abaya, with Aggabao possessing a large overall margin.
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Other disturbances included the confrontation of Cordon Mayor Amado Vallejo, Jr. of two lawyers of the Abaya campaign who allegedly harassed poll watchers.
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Abaya won at Santiago by around 5,000 votes and at Dinapigue by 62 votes.
Muro-Ami, also known as Coral Fishing, is a 1999 Filipino film directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya starring Filipino actors Cesar Montano, Amy Austria, Jhong Hilario, Rebecca Lusterio, Jerome Sales, Teodoro Penaranda Jr., and Walter Pacatang.
Central Australian Aboriginal leader Bess Price criticised the UN for not sending a female repporteur and said that Abaya had been led around by opponents of the intervention to meet with opponents of the intervention.
When the film won the Best Picture award over the much favored film Bagong Buwan (a film about the military conflict in Muslim Mindanao directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya).