Bryan Espeña

A store where the lost, the searching, the waiting, and those headed toward a destination come to a stop.

A solo retreat at an Airbnb was meant to be a sanctuary for a woman grappling with an anxiety disorder. When an intruder breaches the home, the woman is plunged into a suffocating darkness that triggers her claustrophobia. Trapped in a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse, she must navigate a house that now feels as though it is physically closing in on her, turning her place into a labyrinth of terror.

During a chaotic Halloween night, two lonely strangers drift out of suffocating relationships, and toward each other, after a tarot reading hints that fate might show up when the sun shines at night.

After getting a swimming scholarship in Manila, Igra helps her non-Tagalog-speaking mother get a silent job in the city.

After a typhoon ravages a quiet town, two people discovered a mysterious woman they believe to be miraculous, but as the townspeople's devotion grows, so does a creeping dread. When her veil slips, they confront the terrifying truth: faith made her holy, not divinity.

During a classroom writing activity, a new classmate, Gela, tells hard-of-hearing Odesa, “I see you,” but she mishears it as “ICU”, sending her on a quiet journey to decode its true meaning.

Manila, 2009. Thirteen-year-old Gino passes his time through television and phone games—until he discovers his father's stash of adult DVDs. When he catches sight of his father flirting with a bar girl in a seedy karaoke joint, Gino begins to question his father's authority and morality. But it's through an unexpected bond through catfishing Giliw, a trans woman from the same nightlife underworld, using his father’s identity, that Gino slowly confronts his longings, boundaries, and the tender confusion of growing up.

An elderly couple’s relationship is tested as Flor cares for her husband, Tony, who experiences symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.