Mery Grace Rama-Mission

Stolen mornings, their bruised hands, and the dreams they quietly protect beneath the weight of survival. This film highlights intimate portraits of courage and exhaustion, it exposes the harsh systems that strip away innocence and future alike. More than a witness, it is a plea: to see these children, to hear them, and to help end a reality that should never exist.

Centered around the diminishing trade of the Mananguete, the story unfolds against the backdrop of Nilo’s encroaching memory loss, a devoted father, racing against time to carve out a brighter future for his son.

During the American colonial period in Brgy. Paraiso, Sagay City, Negros Occidental, the American-owned Insular Lumber Company established one of the largest hardwood logging operations in the world under a government forest concession. The film follows Caloy, a young laborer sent to deliver the payroll to a hacendero’s mansion on the night a catastrophe descends upon Sagay. As it tears through the workers’ settlement, the hacendero couple remains sheltered inside their mansion.

In a village where silence speaks volumes and the dead are never truly gone, a stranger's arrival sets in motion a ritual that will change everything.

A female praying mantis faces a moral dilemma when considering a romantic involvement with a playful male who, surprisingly, is aiding her in finding another mate instead of him.

When the sea has gone mad for 8 relentless days, would you risk leaving your young family, hoping the promised 8 days of calm will follow? A young family battles the brutal Walo-walo season—will they endure the storm or be consumed by it?

A surreal journey of a man exploring a bustling community as he attempts to fit in with his innocence.

In the middle of World War 2, Tonton loses his innocence, finding the gruesome fate his sisters and friends go through at the hands of the Japanese soldiers, as he fights for himself, his family, and his country.