Second Coming

Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

Lost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible. The silent past is a horror film. The smell of nitrate in the morning. How many ghosts can the cinema contain? 75 films. 22 years. What is the numerological significance? Too late. Never too late.

Melancholia

Three people start a strange therapy to escape their agonies. Each attempts to process those they lost during the Marcos dictatorship while examining their own grief.

MNL 143

On a commuter's trip from Manila's business district to the suburbs, the director finds a myriad of possibilities, ranging from miniature ironic situations to a love story that is finally finding its unexpected closing.

Fruitcake

In modern-day Metro Manila, a diverse group of Filipinos faces life's lows as their destinies collide on a fateful train ride, unfolding a heartwarming and comedic tapestry of interconnected stories.

Matangtubig

A story of how a violent crime disrupts a quaint rural town in Batangas. A girl’s dead body is discovered and puts the whole town on trial while the former’s companion remains missing. The ensuing media spectacle slowly exposes the town’s secrets. As they celebrate its yearly festival by the lake, an unknowing sleeping evil unravels and haunts the townsfolk.

The Search for Weng Weng

The bizarre history of Filipino B-films, as told through filmmaker Andrew Leavold's personal quest to find the truth behind its midget James Bond superstar Weng Weng.

The Last Pinoy Action King

An intimate and often heartbreaking portrait of one of the Philippines' most beloved screen icons.

A Toy in The River

A mischievous child arrives on an enigmatic island and learns the value of time and life as he finds his way back home to his father.

Unli Life

A guy is given a chance to mend the breakup with his girlfriend by going back in time through the help of a magic whiskey, called “wishkey.”

Hosanna

A young effeminate boy attempts to find his place in a dying world of men with the help of a miraculous jackfruit.

Transients

After reconnecting through a phone call, Justin, an analog filmmaker, and Grace, a frustrated poet, reminisce about the day they first met — a day that Justin tries to recreate from memory.

Ang Pagbabalik ng Ibong Adarna

"Ang Pagbabalik ng Ibong Adarna,” looks into our lost film history and the fight to restore and protect films for the future generations. It focuses on “Ibong Adarna,” one of only six surviving pre-war Filipino movies and the first Filipino film partially made with color. Jeff also follows the story of Mila, one of the movie queens during the golden age of Philippine Cinema, who passionately fought to protect the industry she loved.

Sketsa na Dagupan

Mariano and Doc Ann, visual artists in Dagupan, explore different art spaces and community support to create and exhibit their artistic expressions amidst the perception of a flourishing creative movement in the hometown of the National Artist, Edades.

Blank

The film opens with images of a sorrowful young woman. The film concludes with images of a desperate young man fleeing into a jungle. In between, images that comprise a wealth of information, but there is still no clarity. Only the despair of the disappearance.

The Embalmer, the Madman, and the Corpse

In a lifeless morgue, an embalmer is consumed by a strange desire to secretly taste corpses he prepares, searching for something beyond the ordinary. His morbid obsession spirals when he’s sent to retrieve a body—only to discover that the corpse is his own.

Mighty Robo V

When a documentary crew covers the Philippine Giant Monster Defense Institute's MIGHTY ROBO V Program, they learn that maybe the wrong people were hired for the job.