Khean Bañez

Tala, a closeted gay young man, reluctantly joins his friend Pita at a hidden underpass for their 18th birthday celebration.

A student and a police officer finds themselves on the same stick but on different ends, as they try to survive the unjust system of their country.

A grieving man writes a heartfelt eulogy for his late lover, grappling with the courage to publicly say goodbye to the love of his life—a man who never accepted his true identity.

On Christmas of 1990, a man returns to the village where his lover was laid to rest, but in a community determined to erase their love, his mourning becomes a quiet act of resistance.

Celo, a socially anxious introvert who can only speak to non-living things, develops a crush on his classmate, Koleen. To approach the girl of his dreams, he attempts to overcome his mutism.

Embarking on a remarkable journey, Otep, a 16-year-old high school boy, faces a challenging narrative of education. It is where resources are as scarce as they are essential: as simple as a paper to write on and a pento write with. Realizing that his brother’s efforts in yielding meager wages will not make the cut in reaching for his dreams, Otep makes it his compass, resolving to carve his own destiny.

In a world where love is policed by fear and conformity, a closeted girl finds her courage through her vibrant, unapologetic girlfriend, discovering that freedom sometimes means defiance, even in silence.

Envy strikes for a young bird who finds himself lost and unwelcome in a garden of fairies.