Discoveries from Philippines World Cinema

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?

Set in Ilocos Norte, it is about a woman who inherits their Tapuey (rice wine) business, but the ones she makes lacks an important ingredient: passion. When she meets a man from Manila, she soon learns to perfect her craft as she begins to dall for him.

The dead come alive as an ambulance driver and a nurse try to keep awake recounting road ghost stories on a Good Friday, the day of Christ’s death.

A young effeminate boy attempts to find his place in a dying world of men with the help of a miraculous jackfruit.

A bank teller and avid detective-story reader lives out her sleuthing fantasies when she meets real-life bank robbers.

Buelta Force is a hilarious but fearless group of men doing their duty for the greater good of humanity and peace.

Mart Delgado is tinseltown’s latest “it” boy. He graces blockbuster sexy flicks that are talk of the town. To up his ante, he decides to team up with his rival Lance Jacinto who’s only too willing to share the spotlight with Mart. The film, directed by Pink Flick auteur Popoy Legaspi, is called “Rated X”, and it promises to be as magniloquent as the title. Publicity mill starts drumming up interest and several male starlets want to be part of it. Unfortunately, just before wrapping up principal photography, the supervising producer runs away with the production budget, leaving the project unfinished and in limbo. What happens then?

A 1976 film by Maria Saret.

A story about a war veteran with a heart problem, after being discharged from the hospital meets his old war buddies and seeks out to meet the parents of a fallen comrade. On the way to the parents, the man fatefully gets into a car accident and meets a rich woman. One day the family lawyer of the woman comes bearing news, the woman should get married in two days or half of her inheritance would be donated to charity.

When his father is killed by bandits, a young man turns vigilante with the aid of a magical talisman.

Kulob is everyone who believes in nothing

This documentary is a compilation of archival footage, faded photographs, and intimate conversations with the filmmaker’s twin grandmothers to revisit the memories of a once-beloved resort.

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A RESTLESS YOUNG WOMAN FAILS AS A WIFE AND MOTHER , LEAVES HER FAMILY FOR THE CITY, AND GETS INVOLVED WITH A NUMBER OF MEN. FRUSTRATED AT FINDING A SATISFACTORY RELATIONSHIP, SHE HEADS BACK FOR HOME BUT DEATH OVERTAKES HER.

Out of the gutter, the din, the squalor of the big city - A rousing story of 6 people seeking success that will startle you with its frankness and stir you its truth.

A heart-touching story about the hardship of a grandmother and her two parentless grandkids.

Gloria Sevilla plays a woman who works hard to tend to her child and sick husband in the seaside town of Danao, Cebu. After an incident, the woman must face the court in this classic Visayan melodrama from 1969.

Comprised of ten conversations between a man and a woman on the theme of infidelity, the film essays the topic by interrogating its effect on a relationship after-the-fact.

Elvis and Presley are two clown performers who performed at the shopping mall when they interacted with the little girl along with her father who works at a tailoring shop.

Ross Rivera, a writer whose cynicism has converted him into a government apologist, is suddenly forced to reassess his role as journalist when he finds himself right in the middle of unearthing a conspiracy linking Muntazir Ghazi, a local warlord, with election fraud and the sporadic killing of journalists in various parts of the country. While Ross wrestles with his conscience and attempts to convince Greta Manarang, television newscaster and grieving girlfriend of a recently murdered journalist, of his newfound integrity in Manila, Azad and Claire, local journalists who are deep into the tracks of Ghazi, are hunted down by Ghazi’s henchmen. Their stories eventually intertwine, revealing a more frustrated than concerned outlook of the state of free speech in a country that supposedly fosters democracy.

This is the story of Marie Mayuga, who finds herself burdened with different kinds of problems. She is facing the dilemma of giving up her morality and importantly, her husband's high code of honor to resolve her problems, as well as to advance the stagnating career of her husband.

Five friends delve to find what lies under the surface.

Hindi mapigil ang init: Directed by Angelito J. De Guzman. With Albert Eugenio, Joy Sumilang, Lampel Cojuangco, Mark Joseph.

Tells the exploits of Victor Lopez Jr., the beloved Robinhood figure in Tondo.

Through the eyes of a farmer's daughter, the land bears witness to generations of struggle and sacrifice, as she grapples with the choice to embrace the dust they call their own or chase a future beyond the fields.

Ayi looks back to a simpler time in her life as she walks around the village she grew up in; where she discovered what freedom meant.

Directed by Orlando Nadres.

In the eyes of a new civilization, choices are often perceived as being determined by blindly following the inducing mechanisms of money and power.

In order to face a dark entity that haunts him every night, Roy must face and accept the painful truth of his past.

A hunter meets and rescues a wounded woman who is trying to escape from a group of people trying to kill her. As he escorts the woman to safety, dark and dangerous secrets slowly unfold.

Five brokenhearted LGBTQ individuals will be given a chance to heal in the most beautiful places, and there’s a million-peso prize at the end. Can they stay single and prove to everyone that their lives will still go on? Or will their hearts open up to loving once more?

A boy living in the dark struggles to find light as he encounters weird and eerie things when he lives with his grandfather. As he investigates the hauntings, dark secrets will be revealed.

THE HAPPY, HARMONIOUS LIFE OF A LOVING COUPLE IS THREATENED WHEN A BOY - THE HUSBAND'S LOVE CHILD WITH A PREVIOUS LOVER - ENTERS INTO THEIR LIVES.

The story of a woman ravaged by war in Mindanao. In search of peace, she runs to the city but violence and death continue to haunt her.

A non-traditional family discovers the existence of the insidious creature on the night it merges its lair into their home.

Two against a world on tyranny and greed.

Beastmode interweaves what at first sight seem to be two unconnected storylines: the first two years of rule by President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, notorious for his war against drugs, and the reconstruction of a social and artistic experiment about violence and performance—a sort of Fight Club 2.0.

An American gets killed by a Filipino. Early version of the later feature film.

As her long-awaited wedding day finally unfolds, Eba’s recounting of memories with her childhood sweetheart takes her onto a journey of nostalgia… and deception.

'Enemy' is elegaic science-fiction: a fable about the young men trained as Guardians of the Stars and their failure to ward off an unknon 'enemy' who manifests himself as white light.

A 1980 Filipino comedy film about a henpecked husband starring Vic Vargas and Gloria Diaz.

This is the story of millions of Filipinos for them to live a life of penury.

Returning to Iligan to settle their old home, a daughter confronts her estranged mother, forcing them to face grief, regret, and the choice to rebuild or let go.

Sexually frustrated Perla wants out of her marriage; servant Lea yearns for power; streetwalker Joan has a secret; and Diana is lost in grief. They find escape and salvation in the only place that inspires hope: the karaoke bar. Music is the only way they're able to feel whole once more, but will it work in the long run?

A film from the late Nestor Torre.

Fresh from the Korean campaign, Roberto saves a boy from a group of bullies. To calm the boy, Roberto assures him he is the boy's long-lost father. Roberto sets out to help the boy and his mother, but complications arise when he falls in love with Lilay, a factory worker at Roberto's new job.

"May and Nila" is a film that delves into love, identity, and reincarnation as May, a butch lesbian delivery girl, and Nila, a talented seamstress, connect and feel a deep bond. Their intertwined story takes us from the present day to the Japanese invasion in the Philippines, where we discover their past lives as Oryang and Maria Clara, two individuals who faced different struggles but shared an enduring love.

Khavn resurfaces the lost film 'Aswang.' The first film made in the Philippines to feature optically recorded sound was George Musser's Ang Aswang (The Vampire). In 1932, Musser imported 50,000 PHP worth of optical sound equipment and turned his house into a studio. He spent a year shooting the film with Charles Miller as his cinematographer and William Smith as his soundman. Despite its Tagalog title, the film was actually recorded in Spanish and English. The film opened to acclaim at the Lyric on January 1, 1933, then at the Tivoli on January 4. Unfortunately, according to some observers, the sound was sometimes out of sync and inaudible.

Two families are rivals in the funeral business.

Piyo refuses to accept the responsibilities that comes with being the only son of a Datu from the Talaandig Tribe. He defies his destiny and runs away from home to pursue his dreams of freedom only to find himself behind bars when he is mistaken as a rebel.

A man befriends a young vendor but their friendship is cut short when a lamp post hits the boy. Faced with death and stripped all of his comforts, the man becomes conscious of his situation and starts to grow more irritable and impatient as he observes everyone around him is indifferent and stationary. Having had enough of his situation, the man gets off the line and makes a way to the unknown.