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Milan · 2004Milan
★ 6.42004
MovieDramaRomance
Loving husband Lino is on a mission: his wife, who works as a domestic in Milan, is missing and he's determined to find her. To do so, he enters Italy illegally and takes cover as one of the hundreds of Filipino migrant workers who make their way to Europe.
Unison · 1990Unison
1990
MovieDocumentary
This avant-garde, associative collage equates the system’s relationship to Filipino citizens as a marriage. But instead of a wedding full of majestic gestures, we witness a tyrannical system led by a conductor-like figure representing colonial domination and a military regime. The work, which was created under German cinematographer Christoph Janetzko's direction, borrows on archived records from such classic Filipino documentary filmmakers as Nick Deocampo and Ricky Orellana.
Beneath the Cogon · 2005Beneath the Cogon
★ 7.02005
MovieHorrorThriller
Sam is a former soldier who unintentionally gets disturb in a robbery gone wrong. Escaping with the bag of stolen loot, he hides inside an abandoned mansion where he meets the mysterious young woman Latia. They begin a passionate and blazing affair even as the crime kingpin Johnny B and his armed men launch a desperate search for the money.
Death in the Land of Encantos · 2015Death in the Land of Encantos
★ 8.12015
MovieDrama
A poet hearkens back to his Philippine village after years abroad in Europe. Horrified to discover that the community has been buried under landslides, he wanders the countryside, reconnecting with friends, lovers, and family whose lives teeter on the brink of destruction.
Three Figures in a Room · 2015Three Figures in a Room
2015
MovieDocumentary
Foley artists re-record the sound of the 2015 Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. Two channel installation.
Johnny Crawl · 1986Johnny Crawl
★ 7.01986
MovieDrama
A man crawls on the street of Manila at the height of EDSA Revolution.
SPIT/OPTIK · 1988SPIT/OPTIK
1988
MovieAnimation
Originally a three-part experimental film, respectively titled SPIT, WORDS AND OUTAKES..., and OPTIK, combining animation, illustration, found footage and liquid mercury.
Pandanggo · 2006Pandanggo
2006
MovieDrama
Pandanggo has three stories with parallel themes converging in one event, the Kasilonawan Festival in Obando: a career woman learning to dance tango who is torn between her dance partner and live-in partner has to choose the man who will satisfy her dream of raising a family; a wife whose wish to conceive a baby boy to make her husband happy brings her feet to the festival, but fate has other plans of bringing the child into her life; and a modern woman who, amidst her medical condition that might render her childless for the rest of her life, finds connection with an ancient lore about fertility.
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