Arthur Maningas

Movies

That Boy in the Dark
Production Design
A boy living in the dark struggles to find light as he encounters weird and eerie things when he lives with his grandfather. As he investigates the hauntings, dark secrets will be revealed.
Kwits
Production Design
After the lockdown silenced the Higantes festivities, Tupe finds himself jobless and isolated. He sees a glimmer of hope when he qualifies to receive financial help from the government. But getting his hands on that money is not as easy as he thought it would be.
Huwag Kang Lalabas
Production Design
Three stories of haunting secrets, folklore, and urban legends.
Kiko en Lala
Production Design
Born with two-different personalities in one body, Kiko and Lala struggle as they fight for their right to love.
The Lookout
Production Design
The Lookout tells the story of Lester Quiambao, a gay hired killer, whose abusive relationships in childhood propels him into a life of crime and depravity. It compels him to betray Travis Concepcion, the man he loves, in order to exact his revenge.
Pastor
Production Design
Pastor Luis Aguila and his family are seemingly tested with their faith. Luis is an ex-convinct who is now the head of his church. Mildred, his wife, tries to hide her secret as she grapples between her family and church duties. Their youngest son Carlo wrestles with growing up and tying up his family together. All of them try to overcome these obstacles but things intensify when Pastor Aguila's daughter, Katrina defies her family when she falls in love with the mysterious Jigo.
Eyeball
Production Design
A vain man is out to meet a woman he met on Facebook for the first time. While waiting for her, he comes upon a naive guy whom he teaches his ways to attract women. But the vain man may need to learn something more.
Zone 7
Production Design
A countryside dramedy (drama-comedy) that follows 14-year-old Diana and her younger brother who live by themselves after their mother went abroad and their father lived with another woman. Set in a remote purok, where people display positive outlook in life despite daily struggles, the film features the light side of country lifestyle as the main characters take advantage of the fun and thrills of the town festival to take hold of their sweet childhood.
Puntod
Production Design
Baby is a 10-year old deaf mute who was born amidst the stench of poverty. Destitution was her first teacher. The cruel realities of life were magnified to her through her gift of sight.
24K
Production Design
Manok is a middle-class treasure hunter who’s been digging for Japanese treasure for years. He and his companions are in the final stage of their current site in the mountains of Suyo, Ilocos Sur, an area reputed as a Japanese stronghold during World War II. All the signs at their site indicate that they are certain to find treasure. With their resources nearly depleted, Manok convinces his godfather in marriage, Freddie, to finance the rest of their operations. Manok, Freddie, and another friend, Boyet, journey back to the site hoping that, as their medium predicted, they will find gold before Manok’s wife gives birth in a month’s time.
Manipula
Production Design
When Sylvia became a CIB officer, she swore to herself that she will do everything in her power to avenge the death of her father killed by five men and to find the culprits that left her brutalized and raped. But for her plans to succeed, she has to manipulate and pretend to be a different person. Sylvia must use all the skills she learned from years of training to capture the mastermind Armando and regain whatever self-respect is left with her.