CEASEFIRE: COUNTRYSIDES

Ang Maikling Buhay ng Apoy / Act 2 Scene 2: Suring at ang Kuk-Ok (Excerpt)

A Palawan myth. Suring invokes the spell of Parimanis, a spell of absolute beauty, and befriends a Kuk-ok, a creature whose fingers are stuck together and can transform into any form, including Suring...

MINSAN ISANG PANAHON

An experiment using old Super-8 home movies transferred to 16mm using an optical printer.

DOON SA KABILA NG BULKAN (Trailer)

The Aetas, a group of simple folk live peacefully in isolation at the other side of the volcano. Suddenly, the silent volcano awakens in anger and they were forced to venture beyond their beloved home...

TITO'S WEDDING (ALAMAT NG LALAKING LUMULUHA)

A young boy narrates some scenes from his uncle’s rural wedding.

The White Funeral (Puting Paalam) - Excerpt

A bride walks on the desert and symbolically dances for a new heaven and earth to take place.

AGOSTO 9

An expressionistic story of a soldier’s lament as he lies on his hospital bed 50 years after the Second World War.

SA MAYNILA

An impressionistic portrait of a Philippine metropolis

Ang Bantay (Excerpt)

Diego, a prisoner, is visited nightly by a specter claiming to be the keeper of a hidden treasure. He confides his nightmares to a fellow inmate, Tiago. But the untrustworthy Tiago tells the Kapitan w...

A STUDY FOR "THE SKIES" (Excerpt)

A man’s struggle to reach the heavens.

MOTHER IGNACIA (ANG ULIRAN)

A community of native women in the 17th century colonial Philippines struggles to attain religious freedom during the past three hundred years. The founder of this community is Ignacia del Espiritu Sa...