Discoveries from Philippines World Cinema

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

A love story fraught with emotions and tenderness.

A slice of the eccentric lives of Roca and Sammy, two members of the Gay Inmates Organization detained at the Pampanga Provincial Jail, intertwined with animated sequences of an inmate's incarceration story.

An ambitious reporter and his cameraman attempt to get their big break by venturing into the mountains by themselves to get in touch with a group of rebels. But what they find leads them into a living nightmare, as the very limits of their humanity are tested.

A follow up on the big hit Utol Kong Hoodlum

A 1990 Filipino action film starring Ramon Revilla Jr.

In the colorful and exciting world of the Baguio music scene, Garie and Rocky share the perfect romance. Garie is a backup singer, while Rocky is a keyboardist they are members of a band that is all set to go to Japan for a contractual gig. Happily in love and brimming with dreams of a future together, Garie and Rocky believe that nothing can come between them; not even the fact that Rocky comes from one of Baguio’s richest and oldest clans, while that Garie only has humble roots. They exchange promises that no matter what happens, they will not let anything get in the way of their love.

His bad fate and past life drove him to find another life in the mountain. He obtained his power from an old hermit who gave him his magic cane before he died. He faced a lot of trials and saved the barrio from the mercy of bandits.

Rochel (Film) is a timely documentary in memoriam of the recent Los Baños slay-case victims, which also doubles as homage to the lost spirit of the town.

One stormy night, in a sea side village, a childless couple finds a mysterious beautiful woman in the beach without any consciousness. The next day, the girl wakes up and introduces herself as Isabel.

Pinoy classic comedy movie

An underaged couple falls in love with each other despite their parents' disagreement. They run off to nowhere until they encounter heavy rainfall and storms. They get shipwrecked and are brought to a deserted island. At first, they are separated until they are finally brought to each other's arms.

Weeks after the death of his estranged father, Red visits his aunt – his father’s younger sister. Through her stories and cooking, how does red come to know his father?

To earn money that could be used to save his girlfriend from blindness, a stuntman named Dante agreed to perform the most dangerous stunt that no other stuntman would ever dare to perform. Should he ever made it alive, it would also bring him lasting fame of being known as "King of Stunts".

The billiard ball is round... like the life of Carding which revolves around the billiard table for the survival of his small family. As a master of the game, he's prey to the big bets and vices of rich gamblers. He seeks revenge on them when he was falsely accused of playing the game backward.

A gunslinger was tasked by an antique collector to find a missing treasure, on his way he meets 6 more gunslingers to help him on the task but as they arrived at the town where the treasure was buried, they are mistaken for military aid.

A man gets a new look at life after losing his job and becoming a taxi driver.

Sgt. Clarin goes AWOL with a bunch of ragged mutineers. Together with his band of self-styled heroes, they go against all odds in this highly explosive crash-and-bang movie.

The poster promises visions of Satan's altar, an underground black mass, blood rituals of the undead, the birth of Satan's messiah, a dead village of the damned, the assassination of the Prince of Darkness and a zombie attack. Why isn't this available for viewing again?

A painter's new muse becomes his nemesis when he discovers her connection to his past.

Charo and Raffy are lovers when she starts seeing another man, Paul. Charo knows what she is doing is wrong. Enraged, one-night Raffy not finding Charo, drives his car to look for her. He met an accident and died instantly. Raffy's family blames Charo for their son's early demise. To save face, Charo avoids Paul. After all, it's her infidelity that drove Raffy crazy.

Based on an actual case, Fatima Buen Story mixes tabloid sensationalism with paranormal symbolism and features O’ Hara’s trademark qualities: sudden violence and heroic love against a background of cinematic magic.

A straight A-student deals with her biggest obstacle in a group project yet: an extremely eccentric group leader who fancies herself a tortured auteur and seeks to make their bar soap commercial her shining magnum opus.

Kimkim was made thru a mobile phone using one picture. Manipulated with photo editor and screen recorder, a story about how one was mummed and thoughts confined.

FPJ plays a man who take matters to his own hands and settles the score when he is pushed to his limits.

Upon her retirement from being a school teacher, a mother slowly realizes that her children are already grown-up and she now is faced with the dilemna of being part of their lives

Aevan, an artist in her twenties grapples with the anxieties of making art and making money out of it. In this comedic noir experimental film, Aevan placed a camera to capture herself putting down drawings from the wall when the recurring spark of existential creativity came to her.

A fourteen-year-old farm boy’s life is suddenly upended when a video of him brutally attacking a classmate goes viral.

Long separated husband and wife Nelly and and Nelson who are famous actors are being brought back together by their only daughter Sandra with the help of Auntie Irene and grandmother Beatriz.

A brilliant man loses his drive after a series of unfortunate events. His luck changes as he meets a random person online that would change his life forever.

A frustrated filmmaker afflicted with a terminal illness. With such a daunting fate, Darius decides to make a series of videos about himself, his community, and the beauty of life. With the passion of filmmaking giving him comfort, strength, and healing, Darius rediscovers his gift, and in so doing, remembers what it means to live.

Mar and Cynthia celebrate their anniversary during the wrath of Ondoy. After the typhoon, they closed down their factory and tried to sell it. Soon after, one by one each of her family members starts to die due to drowning caused by a dark, hidden secret they've done in the past.

Two identical sisters vying for the attention of one man they both love.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the island of Mindanao where Pedring Eusebio, the corrupt Mayor of a fictional city called La Paz, rises to power. Eusebio, who started out in the rebel paramilitary group New People’s Army, has become the most influential politician and feared man in La Paz.

A rich girl dies in childbirth, leaving the baby with her grief-stricken husband. Her parents kidnap the infant but he abducts the little boy back. Poor and jobless, the father is now faced with the responsibility of providing for his son.

A flamboyant gay teen finds himself in a mind-boggling love triangle while trying to fulfill his dream of becoming a dancer.

Three friends made their way in the big city. One ended up the mistress of a rich married man. Another became a suicidal prostitute. And the third found true love where it had always been all along despite her long fruitless search. In the end they all thought of the things they should never have done, wondering what might have been had these tomorrows been their yesterdays.

A young boy comes back from a field trip in the woods with something inside him. His mother must resort to supernatural means to save her son and herself.

Four high school friends hatch a plan for a farcical heist that sends them spiraling into a series of surreal events littered with clowns, fast food, and ‘rakenrol’, in an even more absurd nation of squalor and entertainment.

Contra Mundum: Ang All-star Concert ng "Ang Larawan" Ang Larawan follows the plight of unmarried sisters Candida and Paula Marasigan, the daughters of high-profile painter Don Lorenzo Marasigan. The story is set in Intramuros right before WWII.

Shine is a jolly and happy-go-lucky girl who will do anything for her family. But when it comes to love. she hopelessly finds one, and wishes to meet her one true love. Until one day when she was praying to meet the love of her life, she unexpectedly meets Luke, a rebellious and grumpy Filipino-American boy who was sent to the Philippines by his parents from the United States.

A story of two high school senior students who believes passing the UPCAT will help make their dreams of becoming successful come true.

Hector learns about his parents' tragic past, including his father's death at the hands of a traitor.

A girl lives alone in a rural area of the Philippines and works as a prostitute. Many of the male villagers in the area want to have sex with her or have crushes on her, and most of them barge their way into her house and assault her, where, after 30 seconds or so, she gives in and has sex with them, which she appears to enjoy greatly. One of the boys has a crush on her, and gets mad when she continues her job as a prostitute, and tries to get her to give it up.

A dying man gives Domingo Alejandro Santiago, aka community official Kapitan Inggo, an amulet that attracts lightning and gives him super-strength.

A 30-year old man who returns home to Manila is forced to confront his old life, his old friends, and his ex-boyfriend at their high school reunion where the drama of the past and the present collide.

A disillusioned and suicidal Rizal, a cross-dressing Bonifacio gripped with paranoia, an ex-Katipunero who joins the US army to save his own neck, and a widow whose sex-for-food errands lead her to become the first ever Makapili. These are the historical mosaics that will form a singular hypothesis as to why we are like this as a people and up to now still reeling from our damaged culture.

While on vacation, a group of young friends learns about betrayal, true love, loyalty, and the true meaning of friendship.

Moises, a single Filipino dad, comes home to celebrate his son's fourth birthday and learns that the Israeli government is going to deport the children of foreign workers.

A respected cop has been assigned to a what seems to be an unsolvable series of murder cases only to discover a pattern and the fate of her own.

Migs needs to settle a huge debt to a loan shark. When Migs explains that he doesn't have the money yet, the loan shark proposes that he could settle the bill if Migs could find Lovi Poe and introduce him to the actress. How does a regular guy who knows no one in show business meet a celebrity?

A 12-year old Anita falls in love with the new woman in town; years later, a girlhood crush blossoms during the Fiesta of Santa Clara in Obando, Bulacan.

A simple man runs for Congress with hilarious consequences.

Massacre Files

Alex, in an altercation after a car accident with Gaston, loses his brother Joey. Gaston is eventually arrested, but during the exchange of bullets during his arrest, Gaston's son Sonny unfortunately dies. Alex thinks the arrest will give justice to Joey's death, but instead it still leaves him distraught. After Joey appears in Alex's dreams and comforts him, his life changes. Meanwhile, Gaston is in prison and wants to avenge Sonny's death.

A boy is attracted to a girl and a boy in turn…

Separated as children, two brothers find themselves on opposing sides of the law as adults, with one working as a cop trying to take down the drug lord for whom his brother works.

Puppeteer Hernando Alamada returns home, experiencing a bitter transition in the aftermath of the unexpected death of Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay. Communicating only using his puppet, he goes on a journey with a nun, a sex worker and a teenage boy to a remote island where gold has been discovered.

A 1989 Filipino action film starring Phillip Salvador.