On Our Own Time

Marcos then, Marcos now. Filipino workers unite and lead the struggle for economic and political rights, determined to shape the course of history. In between, a janitor painstakingly rewinds videotapes featuring these struggles, unknowingly aiding in the preservation of history.​

A lonely, introverted girl faces mysterious encounters during her high school class’ religious retreat trip.

The news of Patricia’s sudden death disrupts the lives of her friends. After several years apart, they have to meet back together to pay their last respects to their dearly departed.

The film recounts experiences within the Baguio Public Market during the COVID-19 pandemic and the country’s community quarantine. Through the words and images of vendors and market-goers, the film looks into the history of the space and its possible future with the impending redevelopment and modernization undertaken by the city government and a large conglomerate.

A cinematic documentary about the struggle of the Dumagat people against the Angat Dam construction, as told by Nanay Conching who has led the fight since the regime of Marcos Sr.

A story of a young woman and her journey on taking up the armed struggle in the countryside and her internal conflicts as she attempts to reconcile her dreams to serve the people with ensuring the well-being of her family. In her decision-making, she is reminded of her arguments with her sister when announced her decision to leave the city, and conversations with her mother beckoning her to stay home.

Still Here, Still Walking is a diary film about the contradictions that the filmmaker continues to face as an activist struggling between mental health issues and political work. It goes from her experience as a naive art student from a school founded by the Marcoses to her participation in the mass movement, which eventually overlaps with conflicts with her family, her studies, her organizations, and herself, ending in a wavering “revolutionary optimism”. While the work is mostly self-reflections, it is an attempt to view these subjective emotional experiences through impersonal and political lens. It delves not just into the psyche of the self, but also of the depressed and deprived masses who, despite it all, continue to seek out an alternative to this rotten system and build a better life grounded in communal support.