Cris Bringas

A powerful and moving historical drama that tells the courageous story of three Filipino Catholic priests: Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora.

A young man’s quest for truth and justice interwines with a plane crash mystery, uncovering a sinister plot that propels his desire to be heard but also threatens his community.

The quiet life of the dreamer Ka Benjie was shattered when he heard of the enrollment in the other village.

Told through the tales of love of a retiring film projectionist and a late-blooming actress, the short documentary delves into the journey of Manila’s oldest movie theater from grandiosity to obsolescence.

The search for a burial token for her mother forces a woman to dig up a buried past and confront the house she abandoned for 11 years. As she descends, the house speaks to her.

Solitary men in a roomy but empty cinema, omnipresent smartphones, and pop-up sexual intimations coalesce in a raunchy yet incisive portrait of Manila's evolving queer space.

Paul, a Filipino nurse, hooks up with David, an Israeli soldier. They meet and have sex, sharing intimacies that reveal opposing histories of violence. The encounter, recorded in a Berlin apartment, documents the precarity of seeking safety in a world where brutality is ordinary.

In the summer of 2001, 16-year-old Andoy searches for his long-lost father in the most unlikely of things — VHS tapes. His reality becomes mystified when two movie-like characters appear in their small hometown.

Dos father, Jimmy Boy, a retired boxer, is diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer. This hinders Dos from focusing on his dream of becoming a professional boxer himself. Moreso, Jimmy Boy is arrested for a crime he did not commit because of a drug-related conflict with his old boss. Despite the support of his grandmother, his best friend, his unexpected love interest in the newcomer Trina, and the community of souvenir sellers in Benguet, Dos makes the ultimate sacrifice.