Max Jocson

In Cesar Hernando's noirish short, the uprising and UFOs are merged in a strange commentary on government control.

A strong-willed matriarch and her family leave their fishing village for Manila after an oil spill.

Paul Gabriel was born in the USA but raised in the Philippines. Paul plans to return to America after his college graduation. But before he could graduate, he must pass one subject where his professor demands that he answer the question, "What's wrong with the Filipino?" Paul's effort to answer the question forces him to reflect on the question of Filipino identity.

Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation.

유독 동생을 편애하는 엄격한 어머니. 동생 엘리스가 그러한 상황을 이용할 때마다 형 로렌츠와의 사이는 겉잡을 수 없는 폭력과 갈등으로 이어진다. 대립은 갈수록 격렬해지고 결국 이는 로렌츠의 아내에게까지 이어지며 비극적 결과를 초래하는데…. (2018년 제23회 부산국제영화제)

A daughter defies her mother to pursue her passionate yet ill fated relationship.

In Lino Brocka's 1981 melodrama, a man's juggling of three women—his wife, his girlfriend, and the wealthy married woman with whom he begins a torrid affair—leads to violent consequences.

Brocka's potboiler about the rise of a starlet is the quintessential rags-to-riches, prey-turned-predator story, brimming with true-life anecdotes and an authentically acerbic sense of the seamier side of show business.

Mel Chionglo's directorial debut revolves around a mother and daughter who play the rules of the game in the world by selling their bodies for the desires of flesh.

During a return to his provincial home, a young man gets involved with a woman who is ultimately possessed by her sister's spirit, paving the way to revealing the painful truth about her unsolved disappearance.

브로카는 마르코스가 그의 연례 영화제에 거대 복합상영관을 날림으로 건설하는 과정에서 사망한 건설인부들의 착취당하는 모습을 그린다. 이 영화는 또한 마닐라의 빈민가에 사는 주민들과, 팔만한 물건을 찾기 위해서 쓰레기통을 뒤지는 아이들, 생계를 위해 바삐 움직이는 매춘부가 살아가는 도시 구석구석의 밤 풍경을 훑는다. 악덕한 중국인 포주에게 시달리는 그의 첫사랑를 찾기 위해 도시의 유곽을 누비는 소년에게 행복한 결말 따위는 없다. 소년은 매음굴의 주인을 살해하고 대도시의 다른 희생자들처럼 죽어가는데...

Making-of documentary about Lino Brocka's 1975 film "Manila in the Claws of Light," featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.