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During the course of one night, a young journalist is set to finish his investigative report that will expose the private army of an influential...

A gaggle of friends and observers ponder the fate of a relationship as they watch it collapse in this independent drama from the Philippines. Cris is...

“Pusong Bato” (Stone Heart) is about Cinta Dela Cruz, a middle-aged faded actress who tries to relive and remember her glorious days as a...

Ling is in her last year in elementary school. One school day, her botanist father fails to pick her up and doesn't return home from fieldwork....

Confined and isolated within the four corners of her room, a woman’s confusion grows as her room becomes smaller, with marks appearing after...

An elderly man tries to repair his relationship with his estranged son, but a mysterious black figure gets in the way.

Ace, a closeted gay guy, learns Judo in a class full of straight men, channeling his inner Mulan.

A film by Fea Fortuna

An ambitious dancer hallucinates her other self while practicing the piece.

A war-torn grandmother, Lola Mame conceals her past from her tenacious and curious grandson Sen. He is persistent in uncovering his grandmother's...

Annie must memorize a poem for school declamation and her grandmother, a former teacher, Nanay Bernadette helps her with her performance. But as...

Within the walls of a domesticated city, three Filipina PCOS warriors find themselves stuck in a loop of their nightmares from women’s hell....

The Reyes family prepares to take a family portrait.

25-year-old Frank lives in a shared space with a close friend. As they talk about difficulty in commuting and employment in the time of pandemic, and...

Struggling to pay for his 16-year-old daughter’s laptop, a conscientious father applies for a product loan purchase after getting convinced by...

A trans woman mourns her lover’s inexplicable disappearance through ritual and performance across different spaces that tether her to both his...

Short and innocent glimpses of human relationships through the lens of a photobooth aching for connection.

A young woman goes back to her province in the countryside where she gets to once again meet her Grandmother Loleng - a distant relative and a senile...

A mother tells her young son that his grandfather has turned into a goat in order to cover up the grandfather's death.

Ana embarks on a captivating journey back to her roots in Cabanatuan City for her grandmother’s grand 75th birthday celebration.