Lenard Christian Apao

A queer transmasc college student enters the campus Miss Intramurals pageant not to win, but to understand: is this who she is? Or is this the farewell to who she was?

As her childhood best friend prepares to depart for the US, a college student navigates her academic pursuits, strained family relationships, and a growing dread of the inevitable goodbye. ‘Sandy’ is a film about grief, memory, and how sometimes life forces you to bend into uncomfortable shapes as you go through it. Entirely self-funded and shot over two years in Davao City and Panabo City, it’s a love letter to the places and people we lose...or that lose us.

After being suspended from his job, an artist wanders and wonders why he is unable to paint for himself

a trio of amateur filmmakers take a last minute project about the summoning of "Maria Labo", a local sinister figure.

A cinema lover finds his so-called sacred place get defiled by commercialism.

A girl bears the consequences of her brother's rebellious act.

In the aftermath of loss, an orphan girl flees her gloomy fate and is drawn to a mysterious light, leading her to a life reflection and a journey of intertwined destinies.

In a remote community, a girl named Joy faces a menacing land grabber, Rommel, who violently coerces her grandfather into selling their ancestral land, culminating in a dramatic and harrowing confrontation that threatens their future.