Maria Timonina

A woman, desperate to reunite with her deceased mother, uses an occult box to sacrifice her father and unleashes a malevolent entity from the other side, plunging her into a harrowing battle against the forces she dared to disturb.

Polina goes to the hospital for a simple medical procedure. As she's given anesthesia and asked to count backwards from ten, things become awry. Polina fights but she's on the verge of passing out and by then it's too late.

Stigma remains an ongoing issue for a former Filipina actor living with HIV alongside her gay son who was born positive — but tenderness and resiliency prevail.

Struggling with a deep loss and feeling disconnected from his home country while abroad, a young man begins to have a body transformation as he longs for a life of freedom.