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A couple seeks for an answer to a question in a motel.

After her boyfriend breaks up with her, Hana, an underpaid graphic artist, reinvents herself as Kitty K-7, the newest camgirl of the alter world.

When an alien comes back to take him, a mouthless young man's life twists and turns as his memories untangle.

When two young siblings are accused of theft by a convenience store owner through CCTV footage, they are thrust into a challenging situation that unravels their family's deep-seated trauma, forcing them to confront their past and find a way to heal.

After a sexual assault, a young woman navigates a cold and bureaucratic system over the course of 24 hours, fighting to reclaim her safety and sanity while battling the manipulations of her assailant.

“School Year 2007” draws inspiration from New Hope Club’s single “Just Don’t Know It Yet”. The short film was produced by Manila-based production house Projects 8 Projects, led by upcoming director Geo Lomuntad. Renowned for their acting in local productions, Filipino darlings JC Alcantara and Kaoiri Oinuma capture the nuances of puppy love and lost love and the bittersweet essence it brings.

Divorced salaryman Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the realization that he has nothing to live for. A chance encounter with Minerva, a Filipina migrant worker who appears to sense his sadness, urges him to see his situation in a new way. A former nightclub entertainer, Minerva now works as a caregiver to provide for her only child in the Philippines. When Yoji discovers the decomposing corpse of his neighbor, an old man whose name he does not know, the death is ruled a kodokushi, or the lonely death. Unwilling to meet the same fate, Yoji throws caution to the wind to follow Minerva to Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.

In a fading town in Bulacan, a group of teenage misfits Lance, Maya, Alon, and Kidlat find company as they work together to pave a hidden path and sanctuary in the midst of their hometown facing imminent threats of erasure.


A mother and son’s generational clash over the American Dream and fulfillment at home boils over at a Filipino family dinner, erupting in a battle for the last lumpia – the dreaded “dyahe piece.”