A young woman who has been emboldened by the tragedies and traumas she had to endure, such as rape and the death of her loved ones.

When Elise falls in love, she decides to stop being an escort. But her manipulative mother won’t let her and would make her life more chaotic.

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.

Sarah, a middle-aged woman who hustles as the sole breadwinner of her family of two, scrambles to teach online courses and meet her food orders to provide for her delinquent…

Trouble begins one night when a mysterious, masked man intrudes into a room as Josefina and her male customer are in the thick of their passion.

Set in an indigenous community in the hinterlands in Mindanao, a family goes up to the mountains to grieve and bury its youngest member who died from sickness.

Emma and Sandra, bound by loss and love, find solace and passion in each other while haunted by the illusions of their past. As reality and fantasy blur, they navigate…

The old Aguinaldo speaks from another time as he writes his memoirs of Bonifacio, the Katipunan, and the revolution. He has a strong urge to tell his side of the…

Luis, a motel roomboy, finds out the place where he is renting a room is about to be demolished. This sends him hunting for a new place to live with…

Anna is an ordinary girl who receives an extraordinary birthday gift from a mysterious old woman. Anna discovered that she has given the power to grant any kind of wishes…

A thirty two year old faded actress who loses everything in her life and decides to commit suicide. However, on the day she decides to kill herself, she receives a…