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- A cautionary tale told in three contradicting accounts, this is a story of a broadcasting student who discovers the shady truth about the TV reporter he idolizes, a dignified newsman who is supposed to be a paragon of virtue, but is not who he appears to be on television.
- Ninja Party is a coming of age story of two teenage coeds who find themselves in a comprising situation when they get involved in secret debauchery.
- A young woman is found unconscious in a city street - claims to be another person who was brutally murdered two months earlier - escapes from a psychiatric hospital in order to prove her identity and find the truth about her life, her death, and her murderer.
- Bambanti questions the prejudice of the rich towards the poor when a servant's son is suspected to have stolen the employer's missing gold watch.
- A story about an unexpected connection between a Filipino and a Taiwanese aborigine who are both in search of their identities.
- Tu Pug Imatuy, which means "The right to kill" in Manobo, follows Lumad couple Obunay and Dawin who are uprooted from their traditional way of life after a military encounter. Soon, they find themselves unwilling instruments in the soldiers' anti-guerilla operations. What will it take for them to reunite with their family? Inspired by actual events, the film tackles the Manobos' struggles against environment plunder and the militarization of their communities.
- A syndicate old-timer named Ben needs to do one last assignment before the boss he works for grants him his much delayed retirement. Assigned to be his partner is the neophyte Morris, a trigger-happy, sadist who yearns to impress the syndicate boss. For Ben, this last assignment turns out to be a journey of introspection, self-healing and redemption. With this awakening, he takes it upon himself to pull Morris out of the eventual hell-of-a-life he says he has lived as a hitman.
- Jess is a young woman running from her past and moves into the house of a warmhearted landlady. She finds a diary in her room that belonged to an old tenant. As days pass, strange occurrences ensue and the diary's words take an eerie turn when Jess finds herself in the middle of a malevolent turn of events from a dark past not entirely her own.
- Two small-time felons with disparate personas cross paths: One's a principled tough gay; the other is a scheming, street-smart teenager. Together, they get caught up in a string of petty exploits while managing to forge a stronger bond. Can they survive the ordeal?
- Imbisibol tells the tale of illegal Filipino immigrants in Japan and their plight to evade authorities.
- Swap takes us to the internal conflict of a young father, torn between solving a crime and committing another crime when one day his only son is kidnapped and the criminals demand him to steal another kid in exchange of his son's life.
- 70-year-old Virginia shares her ancestral home with her ever-loyal maid Delia. Delia is marrying her long-time boyfriend Rene and tearfully confides in Virginia that she wants to return to her parents in the province to start a new life with him. Haunted by a past that Virginia tries to conquer--her only son Sonny Boy who disappeared years ago-- what follows shows a portrait of a woman and a mother trying to juggle the sad realities of life in a cycle of life and death.
- This uproarious comedy tells the story of a small-town boy who agrees to be the subject of a reality show to find his long-lost father. How far can one put up with pretense in order to search for the truth?
- MIGUEL is an abusive husband to TERESA, a former town-beauty queen. They have an eight-year old son, JR. Their small family lives with Miguel's parents. The family is shattered by the vicious cycle of domestic abuse. After a night of beating, Teresa, goaded by a friend, seeks TPO (Temporary Protection Order) from the court. TPO is a legal remedy that a woman can avail of under Republic Act 9262 (Violence Against Women and Children Law) to protect her and her child against anyone harming them. Teresa is granted the TPO against Miguel. But in this legal tug-of-war of familial rights, their son ,JR, is ignored. Until, he shows aggression in school.But Miguel's parents coax Miguel to file for Child Custody. Just like our legal system, the film slowly unravels their story.
- As two brothers try to understand and cope up with loss and separation, they look at the sky for answers. Could it be aliens? This is a film shot entirely with a drone.
- Ladyfish follows a gay misfit's search for clarity and acceptance after being unjustly fired from her job. The plot thickens when her best friend appears at her doorstep with her adopted Swedish son. Soon, the friends must face the challenge of thriving in a cold, judgemental society.
- If love means to suffer to prove faith and humility, then why does it hurt as much as fighting for its righteousness?
- In an effort to cope with the loss of his wife and son, a man decides to follow through with his family's plan to climb the Philippines' highest peak, Mount Apo. Soon, he finds himself in a journey of redemption, closure, and healing.
- Balut Country follows the journey of Jun, heir to the duck farm left to him by his late father. He must decide whether to sell the property to secure his future, or to spare the land's loyal caretakers from the inevitable displacement.
- Three friends wait along Dalton Pass every dawn to jump at the back of rice delivery trucks to steal the goods and sell it at the wet market as their means of income. One of them accidentally gets a pack of drugs in one of the trucks they jumped and finds themselves in jeopardy when its owners track them down to retrieve the stash, and gives them a chance to get off the hook by means of taking on a risky mission.
- Filipino street dance legend answers this question: 'Can one make a living of street dance?' by telling his life story as an example.
- A story of unheard voices deep in the heart of a daughter who seeks light as she hit the keys of a piano, aged woefully as her soul.
- A senile old woman believes she is God and tries to convince her nurse she is so.
- (Mahal, 2017) is an auto-ethnographic experimental documentary composed of shot and donated footages about a millennial ilustrado and her life as a scholar from the 'Third World' being confronted with 'First World' experiences. It tackles issues of identity, displacement, the spectre of comparison, 2nd class citizenship, nationality and the privileged position of belonging in the academe, all disguised in the everyday struggles of sustaining a long distance relationship. Seen from the point of view of the one who writes to a lover left behind, (Mahal, 2017) serves as a reference to the daily battles of a scholar who is burdened with the choice of reconciling the need to find solutions to the social problems of her country and the desire to live a reactionary life with the person she loves.
- Alvy Jung, a young father, is given a task to think of elaborate and terribly humorous ways to easily tell his 6-year-old daughter, Dana Alda, that she has brain cancer.
- Nazareno's birthday falls on a very special day, as thousands of people move through the streets of Manila. When he comes back to his mother after the festival, with a piece of aluminum foil as a gift, of all things, it is touching and shaking at once.
- Salvador or Sal to his family, a man who has been engaging to all unhealthy vices, is complemented with an understanding, conservative, health-conscious, loving wife Isabela. Although they have a long list of differences and disagreements, their opposing traits set the balance that creates happiness and serenity in their marriage. Until an illness came to test their faith and love to each other. Both if them unprepared and shaken by the ironic turn of events in their lives. But despite if it all, they still lived up to their vows.