Heaven’s Waiting
Lisang’s soul is trapped in purgatory due to her bad behavior. Once again, her name is picked and reconsidered. Will she be able to make it this time?
Otoko
Glorious
It revolves around Glory, a 52-year-old woman who falls in love with Niko, a guy 30 years her junior. They start a risqué May-December love affair, but will struggle to…
How She Left Me
A young man suffering from face blindness and a young woman with a troubled past fall in love.
Through Night and Day
It follows Ben and Jen whose relationship is put to test as they embark on a trip of a lifetime to Jen’s lifelong dream destination Iceland.
To Love Some Buddy
A story about Faith, a hardworking marketing professional who has an unlucky streak in romance. After over a decade of not seeing each other, she reaches out to her college…
MMK Break The Stigma
#MMKBreakTheStigma – Scarred by his turbulent childhood, Billy tries to seek love and affection from his loved ones and other people around him.
Ode to Nothing
Sonya, an old maid, is about to give up on herself until, one day, she meets a corpse in her family’s embalming business that changes her life.
HIV Rising
HIV Rising digs deeper into the alarming rise of HIV/AIDS cases in the Philippines with award-winning journalist Korina Sanchez-Roxas. The program presents data on the number of people living with…
First Love
In what appears to be a serendipitous encounter upon saving the life of a stranger, the calculated and reserved businessman Nick meets the impulsive and optimistic photographer Ali, who believes…
Bamboo Dogs
This is not a film by Khavn. A crime-thriller retro-road movie based on the Kuratong Baleleng Rubout Massacre of 1995.
Never Tear Us Apart
An aging spy, his delusional wife, and promiscuous son are driven into madness as they confront the terrors caused by the monster known as The Shadow.
Double Twisting Double Back
A year ago, Badger is one of the best gymnasts in the Philippines. He wants to be the very best, until his reckless best friend sabotaged his athletic career. Now,…
Liway
The true story of a young mother who uses story-telling to protect her child from the reality of growing up in prison and the difficult life she endured.
Wild and Free
Ellie and Jake fall in love, but struggle with their relationship when they discover an unexpected connection between their pasts.
For the Broken Hearted
Three different stories about heartbreak and happy endings.
When the Storm Fades
In this affecting, provocative docudrama from Sean Devlin, a Filipino family reenacts their own experiences of resolutely rebuilding their homes and lives in the wake of the devastation wrought by…
Exes Baggage
After a chance encounter, Pia and Nix instantly hit it off. Natural conversations eventually develop into deep attraction. Despite their wounds from previous relationships, both decide to take a chance…
The Trigonal: Fight for Justice
An underground fighting circuit run by an international crime syndicate invades a retired MMA champion’s small, idyllic island hometown. Syndicate thugs brutally assault his wife and kill his best friend,…
Come On Irene
Iwao Shishido has found a wife. After paying three million yen for a bridal tour to the Philippines, he comes home with Irene, who is promptly confronted by Tsuru—Iwao’s freshly…
1957
A historical drama. A story of struggle, hard work, and hope – even when the very reason for hope is all of a sudden gone. A group of farmers in…
Way of Life
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…
Mga Anak ng Kamote
Set in the Philippines, 2052, the planting of kamote (sweet potatoes) has been outlawed and those caught planting and selling kamote are put in jail, no thanks to the Kamote…
Tanabata’s Wife
An adaptation of Sinai Hamada’s short story. A Japanese farmer living in the Cordilleras hires a Bontoc woman to work at his farm, and eventually marries her.
Sol Searching
This is a story of Sol, a farmer-teacher in a public school near Nueva Ecija. Following an unexpected death, without any family to organize a burial, a friend and former…
The Hows of Us
A young couple dream of growing old together as they deal with the struggles of being in a long-term relationship.
Miss Granny
Fely is an elderly woman who finds second chance at youth after a visit to a mysterious photo studio.
Alpha
Signal Rock
Intoy was left to take care of his parents when his sister Vicky leaves to work overseas. Eventually, like many women in the island, Vicky married a foreigner thinking it…
Dark Is the Night
Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs when their son goes missing.
Bakwit Boys
A supertyphoon ravages the hometown of a family band composed of four boys, putting a halt to their musical pursuits. While taking refuge in a distant farmland, they meet a…
Distance
Liza is still drowning in grief from losing the love of her life when she receives a visit from the most unlikely person — her husband, who she left five…
Kung Paano Hinihintay ang Dapithapon
An old unmarried couple broke the monotony of their daily lives when the woman’s estranged husband reached out to them, seeking reconciliation and forgiveness.
Kuya Wes
Kuya Wes, a timid remittance clerk, feels like he does not exist, except when he is working at the remittance center. He is mostly ignored by his younger brother Raf…
The Sweet Taste of Salted Bread and Undies
A special little homeless girl travels about the Philippines curing the afflicted with her mysterious healing powers, until one day she befriends a sick old man who for some perplexing…
BuyBust
A special forces team is sent to snuff out a drug den, but find themselves trapped inside it after being set-up and betrayed.