Bryan Espeña

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.

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.

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

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 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.

In a coastal town reshaped by dredging, two fishermen find their lives disrupted: one kept ashore and separated from the sea he once knew, the other adapting to the growing responsibilities of family life.

An editorial news writer is challenged to write an article that will be published in their school newspaper.