The long-standing conflict between the military forces and the rebel group Abu Sayaff has severely ravaged the poor town of Patikul in Sulu. Residents have become so accustomed to the…
This film tells the story of a group of children whose lives are inexorably bound up with Sampaguita the national flower of Philippines and the myths that surround it. Sampaguita…
Two strangers who board at the same station to commute on the MRT form an unlikely bond in this drama. Hopeless romantic Betsy thinks Michael is her ideal mate —…
Moises, a single Filipino dad, comes home to celebrate his son’s fourth birthday and learns that the Israeli government is going to deport the children of foreign workers.
Billie, a teenage rock star, moves to the province and meets Emma, a model and almost the perfect example of a good daughter. Together, they go through the experience of…
Different students from a high school cleaners group each deal with different pressures of being clean and pure while also discovering that the world is dirty and superficial to begin…
Jonard is an angry young man out to take revenge on his sister’s killer. Miguel is an old and jaded ex-convict and a former hired killer looking for his wife….
The film tells the love story of Junjee, and Sheena. Junjee just cannot seem to catch a romantic break. Their personalities stand opposite to the characteristics traditionally associated with masculinity…
Little Opao and Biboy grew up together in an orphanage in Taal, Batangas and promised themselves to be best friends forever. As they grow older they head into separate ways;…
A story set in a coastal Quezon town where the mundane lives of a grieving widow, her socially-handicapped son and a helpless grandfather interconnect to create bumps in their flatline…
Senator Gabriel Alcaraz is preparing to deliver a privilege speech alleging corruption in the highest levels of government. On his way to the Senate, he gets wind of a plot…
This Filipino vampire film co-directed by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes tells the story of an aswang, the traditional shape-shifting creature of local legend. Here, the vampire makes appearances as…
A straight-laced student and the campus bad girl shock the people around them with news that they are dating. But when misunderstandings and arguments come their way, they realize that…
Toni and Uge play close cousins in this movie. One is trying to end her marriage and the other trying to get married. Together they will discover and rediscover the…
Seventeen-year-old Athena Dizon unwittingly plays a trick on resident heartthrob and bad boy Kenji de los Reyes. All of a sudden, she finds herself pretending to be his girlfriend to…
The story is about an orphan named Anna who searched for her long-lost father. With the guardian angel Barbiel’s help, Anna was able to see the latter’s father even for…
Minda, in her forties, is having a torrid affair with the younger Dave, and is trying to hide it from her husband Chito. Dave is an occasional tattoo artist. He…
“Dayo” follows the adventure of 11-year-old Bubuy as he tries to save his grandparents who have been abducted and brought to Elementalia, a mysterious and magical land that is home…
Brocka’s potboiler about the rise of a starlet is the quintessential rags-to-riches, prey-turned-predator story, brimming with true-life anecdotes and an authentically acerbic sense of the seamier side of show business.
It’s Andrew E. versus Redford White in this hilarious story of a feud between families. Despite living under one roof, Tonyo and Berto constantly argue with each other. When their…
A part-time dancer and male prostitute is having an affair with a politician’s wife (Sharmaine Arnaiz). He met and fell in love with Ara Mina, who turns out to be…
Ara Mina plays a woman who romances a ghost. One who’s trapped in the mystery locked beneath the patter of rain on a cold night. That’s when she falls in…
Temujin, who later became Genghis Khan is wise, or sometimes cunning. He goes through several heroic episodes; competing at the Man of Men contest, falling in love with the enemy…
Pornikula: Sex in Philippine Cinema 5 is another thrilling anthology that’s chockfull of the most explosive and provocative never before seen film and video footage. Pornikula features twelve celebrated sex…
About young people learning that happiness comes from learning how to give of one’s self. MANYIKA is about an enchanted doll who came to life and taught two orphans the…
