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TAKBO(en)

‘TAKBO’ is a short experimental film that studies the realities by which young Filipino women live.

Kwentong Barbero(tl)

Dado is loving and responsible husband. He also told stories to his loyal customers, Alas and Pablo the secret of his strong relationship with Isay and how to treat women correctly. Eventually, the origin of the saying "Kwentong Barbero" will unfold as Dado shares his love conquest tales.

My Partner(en)

Two high school boys from different social worlds experience romantic feelings for each other. Edmar, a high-performing Filipino student, and Pili, a Native Hawaiian student-athlete, learn that navigating self-growth and teenage love in Hawaiʻi is as complicated as their understanding and love for Hawaiʻi and it’s ever-changing cultural landscape.

VS(en)

Set in 1992, a Filipino kid working at his father’s liquor store seeks community through the arcade game Street Fighter II, but finds himself clashing with a local bully.

Luna(tl)

Paco(en)

A Filipino immigrant struggles to maintain his façade of success in Vancouver when his family in Manila asks for a hard favour.

Bata, Batak Ka Pa(tl)

A young boy's innocence is slowly deprived by digital overstimulation and the War on Drugs. Surrounded by a world of vices, his future becomes uncertain when he learns the truth about the people around him.

A Catholic Schoolgirl(tl)

A 15-year-old A-student defies the views of her all-girls Catholic school as she confronts her feelings for a school nun.

Little One(tl)

A pregnant mother, unsure of how to raise a child, arranges an interview with her two gay dads but fate intervenes when his dad suffers a heart attack. Her dad reflects on their family's history, captured on an old camcorder.

The One-Armed Executioner(en)

An Interpol agent is out for revenge against the gangsters that cut off his arm and killed his bride. This tragedy left him deeply depressed, and his battle with depression has to be won first before he can be thoroughly trained in martial arts. After his training, Ortega hunts down his adversaries for a final reckoning.

Alitaptap(tl)

The film follows an old man who looks back on a fleeting love that illuminated his life, only for it to vanish without a trace.

Lurch(ru)

Filipino-born Ella works as a nanny in a prosperous Moscow family. Day by day, she carries out the same routine actions: washing, cooking, cleaning, babysitting. But once she accidentally hurts her arm, her smooth repetitive life gradually gives a lurch…

Ilo Ilo(zh)

During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.

Come Around(en)

Bela, a first-generation Filipina immigrant, must face her parents' prejudice regarding her sexual orientation.

Before(tl)

In a hidden paradise somewhere in the Philippines, two brothers share a simple but sufficient life. Things change when an unexpected visitor brings a new-found attention to their island home. With their idyllic island now on the tourism spotlight, they're now forced to cope with the perils of uncontrolled urbanization.

Tonight, You Will Shine!(en)

A Filipino mother's obsession with her teenaged son becoming famous turns into delusion when she sneaks into his play rehearsal.

Baka Búkas, Bukás Na(en)

Two old men, Jorge and James, hang out every day in a local coffee shop. As typical pensioned senior citizens, they laze around and talk to each other tirelessly inside the coffee shop with a habit of gossiping about the customers who enter, especially the young ones. One day, two young men enter the shop, which brings them to reminisce about their bittersweet past.

Kalakalaro(tl)

Benok, robbed off his childhood, had to work due to poverty. While his mother spends time on gambling. In his eyes, the world has changed where children work and adults play. Benok finds his way to experience how to become a real kid again.

A-Maiseh(he)

The warm relationship between Mendel, an elderly Holocaust survivor, and his Filipino caretaker, Jose, is tested when Jose does not have a work permit and the police begin searching the neighborhood for illegal foreign workers.

Sisingilin Ko Ng Dugo(tl)

A Filipino movie