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

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...

Jun is a farmer who lives near a pineapple field with his mother Dita and his brother Mako. His aunt from Manila who can’t bear a child offers...

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...

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

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

After losing both parents, two brothers search the skies for solace and clarity. Could the answer be really out of this world?

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

The Reyes family prepares to take a family portrait.

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....

A local barbershop will be closing soon after serving for 28 years. Rey, the barber, has decided to open his shop for one last time. His last day...

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

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...

After spending the night drinking, a woman spirals into drunkenness and grapples with the different colors of warmth and grief.

A young girl on the brink of puberty wakes up one morning to find that her pet dog had escaped, leaving her with a wound in her vagina.

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

In the Bagong Lipunan Negros Island, Philippines of 1985, a family of dumaan farmers and their community faces a brutal threat of the Amomonggo....

A machine capable of recording ideas directly from the mind is invented, and an out-of-work comedian suffering from depression uses it to learn if he...

The Slums is a 2019 comedy mockumentary film about an urban poor family terrorized by a documentary crew that promised to help them.

Two strangers walking in a circular road find themselves in another place where they have to drift in the middle of who they are and who they want to...