Alexis Tioseco, a well known Filipino-Canadian film critic was shot dead with his best friend and love Nika Bohinc, a Slovenian programmer and critic. Both have been killed during a robbery on Tuesday night at their home in Quezon City. The door was opened by a household when the bell was rung by three gunmen who then robbed the valuables and shot the couple, according to the local news reports.

Alexis Tioseco was of good reputation lecturer, critic and writer and his murdered news has made the Asian film community sad. Rising wave of independent filmmakers was also helped by Tioseco to the overseas and local audiences as well. Tioseco was an editor of Criticine.com and was a champion of the cinema of South-East Asian.

Criticine.com takes interviews of local directors and makes in depth criticism of the films of South-East Asian Alexis Tioseco was also a writer for a large range of local, newspapers like “Philippine Star”, “Philippine Daily Inquirer” and for other publications as well. Tioseco also served as a jury member of the FIPRESCI and NETPAC at several festivals.

Nika Bohinc, the best friend and love of Alexis Tioseco was also a highly honored journalist of the film industry and a programmer for several festivals like Cinema Film Festival and Ljubljana International Film Festival. Nika Bohinc also served as a FIPRESCI Slovenia president. The loss of their death is staggering to all those directors and people of film industry who called them friends, said by Raymond Phathanavirangoon.

Alexis Tioseco and Nika Bohinc (Killed)

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