Franchesca Pagatpat

On the eve of his departure, a father finds himself caught between the tender truth of who his son is and the harsh expectations of the macho world around him.

In a nail salon, a feminine hand requests for a manicure. However, what they get is not the pampering they expect.

Set in the late 2000s, a payphone booth at an all-girls Catholic school stands witness to the intimate performance of its callers.

A production thesis by Aimeery De Castro.

An amateur film set descends into chaos when a lovers’ quarrel involving a crew member threatens their production.

Two friends embark on a quest to uncover allegedly planted marijuana in the backyard of their town's mayor, only to encounter an appalling surprise.

Pusanggala, a teen with the likeness of a stray cat, ventures off into the city with her distant brother to find a place for themselves long after their parent's separation— yet faced with the barricades of endless construction, she is forced to confront the memory of the places she once called home.

A thesis short film written and directed by MXRDD.

Kaloy, a 22-year-old embalmer who illegally moonlights for a corrupt syndicate, extracting bullets from bodies and replacing them with counterfeits for extra cash. But when he finds a familiar face buried within the violence, the reality of his younger brother’s death jolts back his senses.

A film by Kit Munsayac.

In a small rural town, 9-year-old Gelo comes up with a plan to earn enough money to buy his tricycle-driver father a day off—so he can watch Gelo perform a poem written just for him at the school’s poetry contest.

In a secluded area in the City of Manila, a kapre working as a security guard watches over a closed establishment for the night. As he smokes, he is interrupted by a jolly, teenage boy asking for food and coins. The kapre tried to shoo him away but the boy stayed. Later on, as the night progressed, the presence of each other filled in their loneliness and they found solace from this simple encounter.

A man struggles to survive a routinary life as the line between reality and a mobile game blurs.

Burdened by a tragic demise in their condo unit, two friends grapple with grief by turning to pills and alcohol abuse, dancing along the delicate line between life and death.

Facing the imminent death of her people, the leader of a group of young rebels must decide whether she will take the risk of freeing her people by challenging their oppressors: an aging tyrannical king and his loyal knight.

Badi, suffering from lung cancer, and Thelma have an only child—a pig named Baby. Due to the need for medication, they reluctantly sell their beloved pig-child.

When Miguel is haunted by his dead ex, he is forced to heal emotional wounds by confronting feelings he has been suppressing.

An intoxicated graduating college student confronts her similarly inebriated father for the first time while waiting for him to drive them home.

In a 24-hour salon, two vampire women with history look back on their centuries-old memories, before one of them gets married to a mortal man.

An experimental mixed media film on existence and co-existence; on finding peace within oneself.

A working student bustles through scorching Manila, pushed to a cycle of exhaustion as the disparities of a distant world of capitalist excess kindle a common tenderness.