Rob
Dali's life, a make-up artist and fashion designer, is happy and gay. But when he falls in love... Surprise! He's straight!
Joel
Felix, a horny young man meets an alluring woman who will live at his house and teach him Sex 101.
After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.
Paul
K and Cream believe they're soulmates. When K finds out that he's dying, he thinks setting her free would be best for her.
Set in Ilocos Norte, it is about a woman who inherits their Tapuey (rice wine) business, but the ones she makes lacks an important ingredient: passion. When she meets a man from Manila, she soon learns to perfect her craft as she begins to dall for him.
Dess' Brother
Dess embarks on a soul searching journey and accidentally bumps into her ex-boyfriend who left her without any explanation.
Tonyo
This song-and-dance musical follows the journey of an island girl with a natural gift for dancing as she navigates through life in the city to follow her dreams and find love along the way.
It follows Madame Bato-Bato, a rich widowed mom who has everything except the attention of her only son. He then crosses path with Chito, a rich bachelor who recently won the lottery but has a big void in his heart.
Miguel
Three different stories about heartbreak and happy endings.
Fely's Husband
Fely is an elderly woman who finds second chance at youth after a visit to a mysterious photo studio.
Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs when their son goes missing.
Barrie
Throughout his four years in college, Fidel, a stuttering student, tries to finish 100 poems dedicated to Stella, an aspiring but frustrated rock star, to win her heart.
Mark's Friend
College friends Derek and Mark slowly realize they mean more to each other than either had initially imagined. In the days leading up to Valentine's Day, their friendship blossoms into something much more enduring as time goes on - which challenges both to question who they thought they were and who they truly want to be.
70-year-old Virginia shares the old ancestral house with Delia, her ever-loyal maid. Delia is marrying her long-time boyfriend, Rene, and tearfully confides to Virginia that she wants to go home to her parents in the province to start a new family life with him. Haunted by a past that Virginia tries to conquer her only son Sonny Boy who disappeared years ago, what follows shows a portrait of a woman and a mother trying to juggle the sad realities of life in a cycle of life and death.
Dorm life can be helter-skelter fun when you’re hanging out with a group of cool guys who shrug off their problems like disposable tissue. Tonton longs for the company and affection of his father who has a family of his own. On his 5th year in Engineering, Hector is still a sophomore and keeps failing his classes. To make matters worse, Hector’s gay professor is pressuring him for a concupiscent rendezvous. Iggi only dreams of making it to Canada alongside his ladylove Carla, but she is infatuated with Tonton. Ruben harbors a crush on Liezel who maybe mutually attracted to him. But the grapevine suggests that she maybe peddling flesh to dirty old men, or isn’t she? Richard, privileged but neglected, clandestinely plays around with sexy girl friend Cynthia who happens to be his teacher in college. But one day, he discovers that his girl friend is sleeping around with another guy.
It tells the story of Marlon a pathetic student but excellent in class who is regularly picked-on by his classmates and even cyber-violated by using a cellphone to film the attack. Dessa, a 16-year-old girl and a victim of child molestation, is being relentlessly bullied by three of her classmates as she tries hard to improve on herself. Amy, a junior high school student on the other hand is a social climber trying her best to please everyone but ended up being hated and despised. Gelo, an elementary pupil with average skills suffers emotional pain after a series of physical and mental abuse by his classmate and former basketball teammate. One final incident of bullying sends him over the edge and leads him to almost commit an act of violence that stunned the entire school community. The whole story is presented comically, highly amusing and entertaining for minor audiences but the message of bullying is emphasized and addressed.
