Discoveries from Philippines World Cinema

Set in 2040, Lee, a 15-year-old boy, thirsts for love and affection as he goes through an existential crisis.

Tony Ferrer stars as Tony Falcon, Agent X44 in a crazed low-budget spy adventure and all-star goonathon!

In the wake of a typhoon, three farmers find themselves helpless until they hunt for truth in a myth.

A comedy film starring Nida Blanca, Chiquito, Nova Villa, and Rod Navarro

A story about Tanzan a wild man who was sought out by a hunter, the hunter then finds out about both granddaughters being alive and well but both living in the jungle.

A comedy film starring Seiko Films' top young love team.

A short film by J.E. Tiglao

The documentary film weaves personal testimonials from survivors of the violent massacre in the town of Escalante in 1985 with footage from community art activities with local children during their research visits. Against the backdrop of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s current regime and its attempts to suppress those testifying to structural violence in the Philippines, Langit Lupa explores how the Escalante Massacre endures as both a rupture and inflection point in Negros’ collective memory, whilst also portraying the revolutionary culture that subsists among the people.

Andrew E movie.

A 1979 film by Maria Saret.

When Otep and his dance crew create a dance video in a forest, they unknowingly disturb an enchanted spirit called Mangangatok. Now the furious spirit comes after them and takes their lives for retribution.

A father spirals into depression when his young daughter accidentally drowns while on vacation.

In the rural northern town of Damortis, Miguel sets up a thriving faith-healing practice with his wife Anna. Their new apprentice Lando, however, overtakes the faith healer in popularity – even winning over Anna – and basks in the material riches it provides him. But Anna, realizing the spiritual corruption of her husband and lover, takes her freedom into her own hands.

The audition process for an exploitative game show becomes the latest test of a long-suffering mother’s fortitude and tenacity.

Lolita Rodriguez plays multiple characters in this Sampaguita production.

D' Aswang Slayerz is a horror comedy story of Paps (Mel Martinez) and his niece Eve (Athalia Badere) suddenly being informed that they come from a family of "Aswang Slayers". The messenger La Niña (Magdalena Fox) tells them that their hometown in the province is being destroyed by the aswangs and that only Paps and Eve can save the town from the Aswangs. Faced by so much financial burdens in the city, Paps and Eve together with their friend Logan ( GJ Dorado ) decide to join La Niña in the province. This is where their adventure or should we say misadventures begin. They are given amulets to protect themselves and undergo physical training to fight the aswangs. The Queen Aswang (Sharmaine Arnaiz) is informed of the Slayers' arrival in the province and is determined to bring them down. With the help of the Queens right hand man Troy ( Lester Tolentino) Paps falls in love with him but Eve is not happy about it. She is determined to prove that Troy is one of the aswangs.

Casilda diagnosed with terminal cancer, has a few months to live. She finds a way for her husband to become close to a beautiful woman with the same guts and forbearance of her caliber. One she can leave all of her loved ones with when it’s time for her to go. Then, the unexpected happens…

A generation feud between three stars.

Driven by a big cash reward, Pamboy requests little Osang to pretend to be a dying rich man's long-lost grandchild. But the plan makes both of them targets of an envious heiress.

A heavy romance drama about a man poor man and his family who lives in the province. Due to the kind-heartedness of the couple found favor with their godparent, and gave the man an opportunity to work in the metro at a shoe factory. One day the owner of the factory fell ill and so the ownership was transferred to the owners' daughter, due to the man's kind-heartedness the daughter starts to fall in love with the man and so drama ensues.

12 Days (to Destiny) is a 2019 Filipino romantic comedy directed by CJ Santos and the first film in the #BladeStories film series. It chronicles the story of 12-day friendship and eventually romance between Camille and Daniel.

Rio Locsin's favorite movie

Trapped and lost in a crowded metropolis, the Grief navigates its way to find its missing owner. It has no timeline, it has no directions, and it is a cycle. The Grief evolves as it moves through different urban spaces & public transportation. As the Grief finds its missing owner, it has come to a realization that all this time, they’ve been together but both are lost.

The musings and works of artist Lamberto V. Avellana.

Filipino horror movie from 1972.

A love story salvaged from the chaos of war. It tells the drama between two individuals who meet at a moment when one is about to be married to a vocation.

A 1979 Filipino comedy film starring Nora Aunor and Rey Malonzo.

Raymond, a deaf working student aspires to become a school paper photographer. Set in 2009, Raymond refuses to let his disability prevent him from being a voice.

A ruthless assassin's plan is interrupted when she discovers that the man she needs to kill has more to hide than expected. Her life unravels as she must juggle her new priorities with her inner demons. Set in a world where violence rules over virtue, she must face the hardest reality–is she the real danger or the monsters that control the criminal underworld?

Four couples who met through the Internet experience funny, sad, bittersweet and poignant situations that reflect how the Filipino romantic has adapted to the World Wide Web.

On an ordinary morning, months before the country’s Presidential election, a mother listens to her child’s cassette tapes, audio recordings from years before. As she recounts and reimagines the events that happened during her daughter’s thesis defense while waiting for her daughter’s return.

About basketball and love

The forthcoming wedding of Norma and Armando, a young lawyer, was supposed to be a great and wonderful event for the two, but everything went haywire.

A Manobo tribe flees from fear only to find themselves in another dreadful situation: a lockdown due to the pandemic.

A film which dares to imagine an alternative historiography of Jose Rizal by working the figure of Rizal into the society and sexuality of Sisa, a character in Noli Me Tangere.

A 1983 Filipino comedy film starring Redford White as Johnny Tanggo.

EDSA XXX takes us on a wild ride through the ups and downs, twists and turns in the life of one man’s downfall and the rise to fame of another. The present leader KULOG NEGRO has led the country to progress; his rallying call is championing poverty for the benefit of tourists and film festivals. But the well-meaning leader is a mere puppet in the political arena and someone has just decided that he has to go.

Maita spends her last moments with her daughter, Mika before undergoing a process which will tamper with her emotions and change their relationship forever.

When a brownout disrupts their digital routine, Ta and Rina are forced to confront each other as buried tensions in their relationship come to light.

The journey of a head priest in a small town who struggles with his faith when a beautiful lady named Vanessa confesses her sins to him.

A team of investigators confronts the so called crime of the century as it unfolds its harrowing connection to them.

The opening voiceover informs us that Lex (Vince Tañada) is returning to the Philippines from Los Angeles, where things didn’t go exactly as planned. In Manila, he is working for film director Jim (Jun Urbano), writing a script for an independent film. He takes inspiration from the people who live in his building. He is enamored with his neighbor Sabina (Monique Azerreda), who he sees climb into a vehicle owned by a congressman running for reelection. Starting from this one fact, he begins imagining an entire life of intrigue of betrayal that has him returning to his childhood.

A hornet that is stuck inside a photocopier is unable to fly. With nowhere left to go before its inevitable demise, the hornet reminisces a birthday greeting from the past until every word spoken begins to die.

Three generations of women, who run a destitute eatery, navigate through life in the slums with their love potion-laden dishes that mirror their desires and affection.

A timid young man must burn his mother's corpse after the city refuses to bury her.

In a remote village where faith and science collide, a young schoolteacher must reconcile with the local shaman’s ancient powers to banish superstition when his wife’s life—and that of their unborn child—hangs in the balance.

Zoren Legaspi stars in this actioner between a man and the crime that runs rampant in society.

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In an abandoned house, three young adults tried to reminisce about their childhood lives and the community they were once part of. As the storytelling continues, we find remnants of tragedy and trauma from their past.

Sean struggles to navigate the winds of his aspirations against the currents of his father’s expectations. He is torn between setting sail for his dreams or being anchored to his father’s vision of him becoming a marine.

It’s the last day of high school. Three misfits: Mike, Jeremy, and Marie are tasked to edit the graduation video. As they review the footage, their batchmate’s video contains a confession that their principal harassed her. The group has to decide whether or not to expose the issue as each deals with their own secrets.