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- DirectorGil PortesStarsAlessandra De RossiDexter DoriaGina AlajarA young idealistic teacher enters her kids in a city choral competition. A victory there would not only gain funds for the school, but prove to these children of poverty how even they can afford to hope.
- DirectorAuraeus SolitoStarsNathan LopezSoliman CruzJR ValentinA young boy falls in love with a handsome policeman who is investigating his family's criminal activities.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsGina PareñoJaclyn JoseJulio DiazThe Pineda family struggles with bigamy, unwanted pregnancy, possible incest, and skin irritations in a dilapidated movie theater.
- DirectorYam LaranasStarsCarmina VillaroelRhian RamosTJ TrinidadA 12 year old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an old abandoned road where a gruesome murder is left undiscovered for three decades.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsIsabelle HuppertKatherine MulvilleMarc ZanettaFollows the hostage crisis of the Dos Palmas kidnappings in the southern Philippines, the life of the hostages whose survivors were freed after an awful year in captivity.
- DirectorMarie JamoraStarsDominic RocoDawn ZuluetaFelix RocoGibson Bonifacio stopped speaking as a child. Now 20 years old, he's returning to Manila from his studies abroad, his first visit home in three years. He finds his family trying to keep it together, his mother still hurting from a tragic loss in the past. In the backdrop of the vibrant local music scene, his childhood best friend reaches out to him, and he finds a chance at his first real romantic relationship. Amidst the holidays, Gibson reconsiders and redefines his relationships with his family, his friends, and himself.
- DirectorJun LanaStarsEddie GarciaPrincessRez CortezGruff and cynical Rene is no stranger to loneliness, living an emotionally detached life with his dog, Bkawaw. Yet a connection with a middle-aged taxi driver begins to soften his outlook on life.
- DirectorTikoy AguiluzStarsJorge EstreganRoi VinzonDanny LabraBiopic of the notorious late-1940s Manila gangster until his death at 26 in 1951: a legend known to this day who came from Tondo, a town in Manila known during that period as a tough and dangerous place.
- DirectorMarlon RiveraStarsEugene DomingoJM De GuzmanKean CiprianoJocelyn, Rainier, and Bingbong are film-school graduates dead-set on making an Oscar-worthy film. They set out to do a quick pre-production as a courtesy call to their lead actress (Eugene Domingo), and a thorough inspection of their film's major location, the Payatas dumpsite. They believe they have a winning script and the energy and drive to make their dreams come true, no matter what the cost.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsCoco MartinMaria Isabel LopezJulio DiazA young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then realizes that this job involves killing a woman.
- DirectorBrillante MendozaStarsJiro ManioCoco MartinKristoffer KingFrom Filipino bad-boy director Brillante Mendoza comes Slingshot, an exhilarating portrayal of teenage thugs and petty thieves, all out to get what they can in the teeming slums of Asia's notorious city of sin, Manila.
- DirectorAuraeus SolitoStarsGammy LopezAnnicka DoloniusCarl John BarramedaAmidst the chaos of Martial Law in this Third World country in the 1980s, six teenagers in the top high school for the sciences discover themselves as they go through the joys and pains of adolescence. They were the top two hundred students from all over the Philippines who passed the examination for the Philippine Science High School, which was created for the purpose of giving an education highly enriched in the Sciences to exceptionally gifted Filipino children. Selected from the best and brightest from all over the country, they endure college-level courses in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics from their sophomore year onwards. Those who can make it are hailed as the future science and technology leaders of the New Republic, those who don't are deemed unfortunate victims of natural selection. They all learn however that they are neither isolated from the real world, nor are they exempted from living real lives. They find the world outside, erupting into the People Power revolution in 1986 against the Marcos dictatorship, being replicated within the school as they struggle to graduate, contend with teachers, classmates, family, school officials, and a new classification to segregate students meeting the high standards of excellence from those who do not.
- DirectorJeffrey JeturianStarsGina PareñoFonz DezaNanding JosefIn this starkly realistic narrative, director Jeffrey Jeturian presents a captivating portrait of a once-proud woman, haunted by memories of a dead son and hounded by the police, and her fragile and lonely life as a "kurador".
- DirectorAdolfo Alix Jr.StarsSid LuceroHilda MetriWarren MunarAbout two lonely people who met during the whaleshark watching season in Donsol, Sorsogon.
- DirectorMario O'HaraStarsGardo VersozaYoyoy VillameLou VelosoIn a poor village by the Manila Bay breakwater, brothers Buboy and Basilio come to the city to escape from the violence at home. They meet a prostitute named Pakita and become close with her when Basilio treats her wounds. All they want is to lead normal lives, but the town's leader Dave has knavish interruptions that await them.
- DirectorMaryo J. de los ReyesStarsLorna TolentinoAlbert MartinezGloria RomeroEven though he is not good in school and belongs to a poor and unfortunate family, Magnifico still has a big heart and a large amount of optimism that enabled him to help not only his family, but also the community.
- DirectorMark MeilyStarsSharon CunetaHilda KoronelAngel AquinoA whimsical comedy about three women who cry at funerals, professionally.
- DirectorMario O'HaraStarsGardo VersozaYoyoy VillameLou VelosoIn a poor village by the Manila Bay breakwater, brothers Buboy and Basilio come to the city to escape from the violence at home. They meet a prostitute named Pakita and become close with her when Basilio treats her wounds. All they want is to lead normal lives, but the town's leader Dave has knavish interruptions that await them.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsVilma SantosChristopher De LeonPiolo PascualA middle-class Filipino family struggles to survive in the era of dictatorship.
- DirectorLaurice GuillenStarsGloria RomeroHilda KoronelDina BonnevieThe decision of three siblings to sell their ailing mother's property causes deeply burried resentment to resurface as each of them also faces difficulties within their own families.
- DirectorMike De LeonStarsRicky DavaoJoel TorreCris VillanuevaPart-investigative documentary, part-satire and shot entirely in black-and-white, the film tackles the mystery that surrounds the life and death of the Filipino hero, Jose Rizal.
- DirectorRory B. QuintosStarsVilma SantosClaudine BarrettoJoel TorreFilipina Overseas Contract Worker is forced to leave her family and take a higher-paying job in a more-prosperous Asian country, unaware of her husband's death.
- DirectorMarilou Diaz-AbayaStarsCesar MontanoJoel TorreJaime FabregasJose Rizal's life and works are recounted through a series of non-linear flashbacks which reflect on various aspects of his life - as writer, propagandist, lover, friend, brother, doctor, and the man that inspired a revolution.
- DirectorTikoy AguiluzStarsMichelle AldanaGary EstradaRuby MorenoBy day, Karen is an insurance saleswoman in Manila, but by night she works as an escort in a club. She is very successful at selling insurance to her escort clients. On the weekends she returns to her husband and daughter in the provinces, who are living amongst the volcanic ash from Mount Pinatubo. She is forced to take stock of her life when Sonny, a rich car dealer, offers to set her up in an apartment.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsVilma SantosAriel RiveraAlbert MartinezWomen's-rights advocate Lea has two children from two different men. Although her children's fathers find madness in her methods, they pretty much let her have her way as far as their children are concerned.
- DirectorLino BrockaStarsPhillip SalvadorGina AlajarVenchito GalvezAn apolitical worker in a printing press who works as a scab during a company strike belatedly realizes that everyone is affected by the evils of society.