Child of the Sun

Burning Sands(en)

Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.

Sa Ilalim ng Tulay(tl)

A light comedy drama for the family set in Metro Manila and Subic about the plight of children.

Malinak Ya Labi(tl)

It is a custom in some towns in Pangasinan to offer a life of an animal when constructing buildings, but one day during the town’s fiesta they discover the body of a young boy that leads to a chain of story and a chain of deaths.

Si Magdalola at ang Mga Gago(tl)

Drug-dealing and sex-starved goons mistakenly disturbs the peaceful lives of a frail witch and her grandchild in a remote town in the mountains.

Tisay(tl)

In the world of semi-pro basketball, a beautiful bookie recruits a naïve but promising player to the underworld of game-fixing.

The Unmarried Wife(tl)

A woman is torn between trying to save her failing marriage or pursuing the possibility of a new love.

12(tl)

A subtle and brilliant sexual awakening of a boy, who is torn between following his wishes or away from them, even though the world that opens before it is too powerful to be ignored in this way.

Ishmael(en)

An ex-convict who is ostracized by his neighborhood. Little does he know that this neighborhood he once knew is set to awaken his past. Ishmael decided to come back home to find peace and solitude in a place familiar to him. But his dream of rebuilding his shattered past is shaken when a mysterious innocent girl ends up in his front yard. A powerful religious cult headed by an enigmatic leader known as the Ama, is running the town.

2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten(tl)

Felix is a friendless achiever in high school whose life changes after the arrival of the half-American Snyder brothers, entangling him in their dark ambitions.

Lily(tl)

Stories abound in Cebu about a woman rumored to be a murderous monster, but behind the myth is a mother seeking justice.

Harbinger(en)

A Los Angeles detective discovers the unbelievable while searching for a missing child and in the aftermath his life begins to unravel.

Fires on the Plain(ja)

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.

Too Late the Hero(en)

A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.

I Love You, Goodbye(en)

All her life, Lizelle Jimenez has always searched for love. When she met Dr. Adrian Benitez, she couldn’t ask for more. He showered her with love and affection and she has never felt so special. There is one thing Lizelle is struggling with as they live together- fitting in Adrian’s world. Coming from humble beginnings, Lizelle finds it difficult to belong.

Men in Her Life(en)

A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: he will settle her debts if she teaches him how to be "a gentleman".

Over the Hill(en)

In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.

CFA Presents: Waxwing Slain (1968) by John Boggs (commentary by Charles Minnimatsu)(en)

A former student of a recently deceased and forgotten '60s filmmaker provides commentary to the late director's film, offering a unique interpretation as only he could.

Santa Santita(tl)

After taking up with a charming cab driver, a wild and hedonistic teenage girl returns home to succeed her mother as a prayer woman.

Silvester Home Run(de)

The Affair(tl)

An ex-seminarian slash communist runs a hotel in Baguio. He then meets a handsome upcoming lawyer. A once-a-year trip to Baguio by the lawyer and conversations with the hotel owner develop into an affair which encompasses decades of socio-political changes in the country.