A former seaman long presumed dead returns to the Philippines and tries to reconnect with his wife and three children with the help of his gay best friend.
A documentary film that tells the story of Ivy as she reveals her dark past as a former rebel in the New People’s Army (NPA). It begins from her recruitment…
In the near future, Manila is an almost-utopian city, but they still believe in ghost stories. Nobody survives the mysterious blackouts that happen in random parts of the city after…
One evening, Martin, a broadcasting student, is invited for coffee by Lawrence, the TV reporter he idolizes. During the days that follow, Martin shares with his friends separately three versions…
To better connect with other people – and her own emotions – Aimee, an HR manager, seeks the mentorship of Uno, a coveted escort, who soon opens her heart.
The film follows the story a man who travels to Saga to expand his pottery business in the Philippines, then falls in love with a Japanese woman who is the…
Adira is a 16-year-old Tausug girl who was forced by her parents to marry a man twice her age. Isolated and with limited freedom, Adira must find her voice as…
Follow an attractive feline saleslady at a department store as she figures in a love triangle between her mongrel janitor boyfriend and her high society businessdog.
An introverted teenage boy lies to his parents that he’d sleep over at his friends’. However, he made an appointment with a random guy found on a dating app. The…
Agusto, a man who gets by day to day by singing on the street ends up getting caught in the middle of his younger brother’s problem that got him crossing…
A hideous crime beside a Catholic school in Carcar City, Cebu—the girly and mischievous Oona and the silent and plain Tris, both raised by their single mothers, conspire to hide…
In Alunsina, Dalena explores the potentials and limits of engagement within a community facing trauma. Working closely with human rights organizations, she finds herself documenting the struggles of children and…
Bullet-laced Dreams follows the Lumad children in Mindanao as they escape from military rule due to the incessant armed conflicts between the government & communist rebels. Rising tensions pushed these…
Three illegal miners journey back to their island after months of toiling in hellish conditions. With their hard-earned money, they traversed the sea, the mountains and the forest until they…
John flies home to furniture in one corner, the dining table arranged for guests, and their bedrooms removed of its function– he comes home to his father’s funeral. With his…
Kints and Charles have been together for almost a decade. One day, Kints wakes up and discovers that her lover has changed, literally. Although troubled at first, she eventually understands…
A resolute man unapologetically abandons his first-born, believing that it was the right thing to do. Many years later, an inquisitive documentary filmmaker interrogates him.
Stunned by the death of his parents, a struggling teenage boy was forced to look after his siblings while battling against nature which he took for granted, costing the life…
A forest guard in his late 50’s leads the confiscation of equipment used for illegal logging, even if he works under the government he is still unassertive of his power…
The film documents a filmmaker’s experience with his father’s death due to Alzheimer’s disease. Taken from a personal perspective, the filmmaker gives a first-hand look at how his family dealt…
In Angeles City, we get inside the lives of two women: a mother who’s a former sex worker and her half-German teenage daughter, as they make small everyday choices to…
Margie, a medical technician whose dream of becoming a doctor has never come into fruition, and Mike, an artist who struggles to get by in his day-to-day life, are two…
The story takes us into the colorful pop-culture world of these four 13-year old friends, back in the days when video games were still a novelty. Mimaw and her friends…
Mikey is at the peak of his career as a chef, but to everyone’s confusion, he remains single and unattached. Unbeknownst to them, beneath his manly and innocent good looks…
Kidlat Tahimik’s son, Kabunyan de Guia, embarks on a journey from his hometown of Baguio to the southern urban city of Davao using an orange minivan and explores other places…