Discoveries from Philippines World Cinema

Based on a play by Tony Perez, this drama tackles infidelity and its strain on relationships.

A 1978 drama starring Lorna Tolentino, Eddie Garcia, and Amy Austria.

A man and a woman rule the streets with their somewhat extraordinary skills. One is a hustler and the other is a thief. One day they are yanked out from their happy world of petty crimes.

A 1958 Filipino fantasy film with four stories from the original "Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang" by Severino Reyes.

Alma and Teresa Carrillo are illigitimate children of Basilio who belongs to a rich clan, but they were never accepted by his mother Josefa and his wife Doreen. The sisters never expected any help from their father despite all their suffering. They suffered more when Alma's husband Teddy was killed, leaving in their care her two sons Abet and Jun. When Alma died, only their half-brother Raffy helps Teresa. Teresa fights back and confronts the Carrillos.

With the arrival of Lily and her two children, the new neighbors, Roy, a company employee, decides to look after them.

While on a mission, a group of commandos must fight for their lives against a strange and fearsome creature that started hunting them one by one.

In Manila, a solitary man from a far-away province lives in poverty. The only thing he has is a camera, and he stays at churches hoping people will hire him to take their photographs. During one day, he has three encounters that change his life: the first, with a smooth-talking young man who's standing by the church door who berates him for wasting his life in church, the second with a boy who offers to take his picture, and the third with a Mercedes-driving man who's been stuck in traffic and has no patience left. Is there any deliverance from the soullessness of the city?

Three intern nurses get locked down in an asylum where they meet three special patients. Together, they attempt to escape before the other patients kill them.

Chito is the son of the owners of a lodge in Coron, Palawan. Because of a shortage in eggs in the town, he gets encouraged to go into growing organic chickens.

Jennylyn Mercado, Jodi Sta. Maria, Agot Isidro, Coco Martin, and Jon Avila portray five graduating nursing students who are at a crossroads in their lives and their careers. Their different stories are a cross-section of society's nurses. Each character reflects the Pinoy's aspirations, motives, realities, ambivalence, and fears in becoming a nurse.

Winnie is a 21-year-old hypersexual girl who suddenly cannot reach a climax. She sets out on an adventure to find the supposed albularyo who will cure her reflection.

JHUNNIFER juggles multiple odd jobs but never ends her day with enough for a livable lifestyle. When a “stable” job opportunity finally appears, she’s stopped by one requirement: a valid ID. What follows is a brutal, absurd journey that requires her to cross seas and climb mountains, revealing how the web of the system keeps people like her running in circles—with nothing to show for it.

Two filmmakers take on a journey to explore the intricacies of the long-suffering Philippine agriculture, seeking for possible solutions as they figure out the factors causing the crisis.

“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 movie star in the 1970s. She does this by watching films at home everyday until one day, during an earthquake; something breaks into her window and wakes her up from her Hollywood dream.

A liberated and uninhibited stage actress involved with several men and a lesbian theater director.

From several immersion trips and in-depth interviews conducted by performance artist-activist Mae Paner and playwright Maynard Manansala emerge four characters, four monologues that each give a human face to the issue of extrajudicial killings (EJK). A photojournalist transformed by the brutality he witnesses while covering the tokhang beat; a Zumba instructor haunted by her husband and son, both victims of summary killings; a cop who lives the double life of law enforcer and lawless hitman; and a young girl lighting candles in the “Tokhang Wall” of a Manila cemetery as she reminisces about acquaintances and loved ones, EJK victims all.

Rak of Aegis tells the story of Aileen, a bright, young girl with a huge voice and her ultimate dream of becoming a viral YouTube sensation. The musical takes place in the seemingly fictional but strikingly realistic locale of Barangay Venezia, a waterlogged barangay that faces challenges like community health and a flooding problem that just never goes away.

Pretending to be happy in a high school reunion, Sheila, Daisy, and Sandy find comfort and love with each other when they reveal about the sad realities of their lives.

Gloria is a pretty laundress working for a rich young couple. Her male employer is sick and tired of his wife's negative ways, so he decided to use Gloria to rile her.

Princess has a void within her heart where her parents should be. Her father works abroad while her mother has long since passed away. When her aunt Marie cannot truly give her the love she longs for, she begins seeking solace in food.

Ariel is pursued by two groups the first one, is a group of three notorious gunslingers headed by Rufo and his two men, Labuyo and Mario. The fanatical Rufo was too obsessed to face Ariel to determine who between them was the fastest gun in the land after Ariel gunned down Diegong Kidlat, known for his fast draw; the second one, a posse led by a sheriff named Hepe also keen to find and arrest him on Diegong Kidlat’s death. Diegong Kidlat was the one responsible for the death of Ariel’s wife named Erlinda. Ariel had Erlinda’s name engraved on his gun and vowed vengeance and justice.

Romano and his men are ambushed in one military operation. Romano almost gets killed but wakes up after staying in coma for several days. His life will never be the same again. He resigns from the military and goes into seclusion in their Baguio ancestral house after realizing that he now has a supernatural gift.

When Dr Armstrong is kidnapped by the Bozanians, the Voltes 5 team must go through an intense journey to the Planet Bozania. In order to free Dr Armstrong, the Voltes 5 team must destroy the Bozanian Empire and their advanced weapons. And along the way, secrets will be revealed that will change the lives of everyone. A compilation of the unseen final 5 episodes of the Anime series "Voltes 5" This compilation film was released 13 years after the series was last seen on Philippines TV in 1986.

A young family breadwinner witnesses a crime and assumes a female identity to elude the criminals who doggedly hunt him down.

Sergeant Hardrock loses three of his fellow soldiers and his left eye in an ambush. While recovering from surgery, he opens a third eye that makes him see the ghosts of his comrades. Each of them as a mission for Hardrock that will complete their respective lives. As he sees the darker and more complex side of his comrades, Hardrock gains a new perspective in life. Even if he only has one eye.

This drama is based on the serialized comics of Nerissa Cabral.

After her father's passing, a young woman attempts to sell his record collection but ends up spending the day at a local record store, where she reconnects with her dad's memory through music and the community.

Social misfits Elvis Presto and James Dacuycoy try to win the affection of the woman they like and defend rock ‘n’ roll music against a classical music teacher.

Zany foursome Errol, Herman, Tacio, and Peewee merely geared up for a short underwater dive towards Hundred Islands when a series of miscalculations cause them to resurface on the shores of Mexico.

Three brothers set out to kill one another.

A fantasy epic about the life of mythological strongman, Bernardo Carpio.

A 1980 Filipino action film from Carlo J. Caparas

The manager of a failing gay bar and his macho dancer boyfriend are having relationship troubles as their business collapses around them. But things turn around when a provincial young man arrives looking for a childhood friend and becomes a part of their lives.

Sisters live in a remote island when a group of sideshow performers washes ashore.

Manang Biring is a feisty but terminally-ill old lady who has learned to accept her imminent demise. Until one day, she receives a letter from her long-estranged daughter abroad announcing of her return for the holidays.

An undercover Muslim cop named Lt. Jamal goes to Manila to identify a dangerous syndicate's leader. While serving as a bodyguard to a Police Major, he competes with two syndicate members.

Tina and Lea are best friends who are also avid fans of Vilma Santos. They were inseparable until Lea decides to leave the country and go to Korea. They promise that someday they will really become one big happy family when their children get married. Years after, by virtue of an old vow, Lucky Girl and Lucky Boy are forced to be together by their mothers. Problem is, they hate each other's guts. But, just when they're falling for each other, love plays a trick on the meddling moms which threatens to bring the young lovers apart.

On a sinking island in Manila Bay, an aging Japanese man searches for the daughter he abandoned as a child.

A troubled Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is forced to return home and come to terms with the family she left behind.

After his mother dies suddenly, Samuel goes into a mysterious cave that claims to grant wishes and asks for his mother’s life back.

An overseas worker is forced to go back to her home country to deal with her son, whose sex video has gone viral.

Opposites attract when Trixie, a spoiled rich brat, asks Alex, a hardworking taxi driver, to be her boyfriend to appease her grandfather.

A mother and her four children are alone in a cruel world. Is it the mother's fault if her loved ones go astray after all her sacrifices and concern for their welfare?

A man in another land

Two totally different strangers get entangled with each other’s fate as a single winning lotto ticket brings them together in luck and love.

A story about Carding Sungkit, an ex-convict who just got out of the joint.

Police Officers have a very tough job. Who among us is willing to give our lives for people we do not know or for people who do not care about us? That is what they are willing to do every day they put on their uniforms and leave home. This movie is based on the real-life story of five police officers, namely, Chief Inspector Rolando Ramos, SPO2 Conrad Baldemor, PO2 Jumeil Javier, Senior Superintendent David Aragon and Senior Inspector Melinda Mallari.

A story about a kid whose entire family was killed yet he escaped and found an amulet then seeks justice with the help of four beggars.

Teenager Henry begins longing for another life when he visits a mansion's construction site to seek compensation for his older brother's work injury.

For love is our anthem, our dream and golden flame - to make beautiful tomorrows as we burn yesterday's sorrows.

"Balut Country" follows the journey of Jun, an heir to the duck farm left to him by his late father. He must decide whether to sell the property to secure his future, or spare the land's loyal caretakers of inevitable displacement.

After a sudden hiatus, a former media darling struggles to navigate the ever-evolving world of technology, hindering her comeback efforts in the entertainment industry.

As a devoted entrepreneur wins the affections of a free-spirited traveler, he must also win over her stern and disapproving father.