Raya Martin Movies

  • 2017
    Smaller and Smaller Circles

    Smaller and Smaller Circles

    Smaller and Smaller Circles

    5.82017HD

    A serial killer in Payatas leaves the bodies of young boys in the dump as two Jesuit priests try to solve the murders.

    Smaller and Smaller Circles
  • 2013
    How to Disappear Completely

    How to Disappear Completely

    How to Disappear Completely

    5.82013HD

    A young girl from the countryside dreams of disappearing. She plays a lonely game of hide-and-seek while her mother quotes the Bible and her father...

    How to Disappear Completely
  • 2005
    A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

    A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

    A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

    6.72005HD

    What follows is a black-and-white silent film set in the 1890s during the brewing Filipino revolution against Spanish colonialism. A series of tragic...

    A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
  • 2013
    The Last Film

    The Last Film

    The Last Film

    6.52013HD

    A famous American filmmaker travels to the Yucatán to scout locations for his last movie. The Mayan Apocalypse intercedes.

    The Last Film
  • 2018
    Some of my Best Friends are Ghosts

    Some of my Best Friends are Ghosts

    Some of my Best Friends are Ghosts

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    It is deep autumn — I wonder I never thought I'd be lost and searching for one warm, friendly smile — but I got me some people and I...

    Some of my Best Friends are Ghosts
  • 2021
    The Letters That Weren’t Also Are

    The Letters That Weren’t Also Are

    The Letters That Weren’t Also Are

    02021HD

    Idea by Garbiñe Ortega, celebrating four years of work, cinema and love.

    The Letters That Weren’t Also Are
  • 2012
    Jeonju Digital Project 2012

    Jeonju Digital Project 2012

    Jeonju Digital Project 2012

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    Jeonju Digital Project 2012
  • 2009
    Manila

    Manila

    Manila

    6.42009HD

    A tribute to filmmakers and National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal. In the "Day" segment, Piolo Pacual portrays the role of William, a drug...

    Manila
  • 2010
    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

    4.82010HD

    Documentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.

    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
  • 2011
    Good Night, Spain

    Good Night, Spain

    Good Night, Spain

    4.82011HD

    In another lifetime, a Spanish couple takes drugs and teleports through their television set. A troubled young man travels through the countryside...

    Good Night, Spain
  • 2012
    The Great Cinema Party

    The Great Cinema Party

    The Great Cinema Party

    5.52012HD

    A group of friends, sharing a passion for cinema, assemble in Corregidor, a small island in Manila Bay that has preserved relics from the Pacific War...

    The Great Cinema Party
  • 2004
    The Visit

    The Visit

    The Visit

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    Raya Martin's award-winning short film Bakasyon is about a young girl who goes to the province to take care of her grandma, where she discovers...

    The Visit
  • 2011
    Breather

    Breather

    Breather

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    A touching ode to Leonardo de la Cruz, the filmmaker's late father, who died earlier this year of lung cancer at the age of 65, the film is a...

    Breather
  • 2008
    Years When I Was a Child Outside

    Years When I Was a Child Outside

    Years When I Was a Child Outside

    02008HD

    Filmmaker John Torres describes his childhood and discusses his father's infidelities.

    Years When I Was a Child Outside
  • 2010
    Independencia

    Independencia

    Independencia

    52010HD

    Early 20th century Philippines. The sounds of war signal the arrival of the Americans. A mother and son flee to the mountains, hoping for a quiet...

    Independencia
  • 2005
    The Island at the End of the World

    The Island at the End of the World

    The Island at the End of the World

    4.82005HD

    Martin travels to Itbayat island, of the Batan group, on the far north of the Phillipines, to record the customs of its inhabitants and their life...

    The Island at the End of the World
  • 2020
    Death of Nintendo

    Death of Nintendo

    Death of Nintendo

    6.42020HD

    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....

    Death of Nintendo
  • 2011
    Boxing in the Philippine Islands

    Boxing in the Philippine Islands

    Boxing in the Philippine Islands

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    Raya Martin loves old silent films and knows better than anyone how to use old moods and techniques in his own films. You could say that he loves...

    Boxing in the Philippine Islands
  • 2012
    A Simplistic Altar from a Prohibited Film Scene

    A Simplistic Altar from a Prohibited Film Scene

    A Simplistic Altar from a Prohibited Film Scene

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    A collaboration film by Raya Martin and Jim Lumbera. Shot on Super 8mm.

    A Simplistic Altar from a Prohibited Film Scene
  • 2008
    Possible Lovers

    Possible Lovers

    Possible Lovers

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    A one-sided romance, from the gazer (JK Anicoche) and the subject of his gaze (Abner Delina), a sleeping man wearing a coat and a top hat.

    Possible Lovers