Markova: Comfort Gay

Markova: Comfort Gay is a 2000 Filipinobiographicalcoming-of-agedrama film based loosely on the life of Walter Dempster Jr., the last surviving Filipino "comfort gay" (male sex slaves for Imperial Japanese Army) from World War II. Written by Clodualdo Del Mundo Jr. and directed by Gil M. Portes, the film tells the story of her hardships during her childhood and her travail during the Second World War. The character was portrayed by actor Dolphy, who played the adult Markova while two of his sons, Eric Quizon and Jeffrey Quizon, took on the role of the younger Markova in two earlier phases of her life.

The film was released theatrically on December 25, 2000, as one of the official entries for the 26th Metro Manila Film Festival, winning Best Supporting Actor in the film festival and the 24th Gawad Urian Awards for Jeffrey Quizon. Aside from local acclaim, it also received international acclaim with the recognition of Prix de la Meilleure Interpretation to the father-and-sons Dolphy, Eric Quizon, and Jeffrey "Epy" Quizon at the 2001 Brussels International Film Festival.