With the imminent death of his autocratic grandfather, coinciding with the burgeoning oppressive regime of Ferdinand Marcos, Servando Monzon III agonizes on becoming the new feudal lord and capitulating with Marcos’ designs to control the Philippines. He is aware of his clan’s long history of violence; he knows the very violent history of his country; and he foresees a very violent future with the Marcos dictatorship.
General Chua
2034년 마닐라. 3년 전 셀레베스 섬에서 일어난 화산폭발로 인해 동남아시 아는 ‘영원한’ 어둠에 갇혔다. 미친 독재자의 군부가 통치하는 동남아시아에 는 수만 대의 감시용 드론이 날아다니며 이미 전염병으로 수백 만 명이 목숨 을 잃었다. 암흑의 디스토피아에서 살아가는 사람들의 이야기.
A special little homeless girl travels about the Philippines curing the afflicted with her mysterious healing powers, until one day she befriends a sick old man who for some perplexing reason she is unable to cure. The unlikely pair are drawn to each other and their lives are forever changed by their unique friendship and magical journey together.
Ian
In the late 70s, a gang of militias under the control of the military, terrorizes a remote village in the Philippines. The poet/teacher/activist, Hugo Haniway, decides to find out the truth about the disappearance of his wife. A love story set in the darkest period of Philippine history, the Marcos Dictatorship. Based on real events and real characters.
Rannie
In the wake of her husband's death, Chedeng, 66, decides to come out of the closet. Her best friend Apple, 63, beheads her live-in partner in a fit of rage. Bound by friendship, the two elderly women, together with the severed head placed inside a Louis Vuitton bag, set off an adventure to find Chedeng's ex-girlfriend.
To reimage, rewrite, and reread my country’s bastard history, using dismembered icons and scenographies that both affirm and negate remembered mythology.
What can a family do if someone disappears in a dictatorship? You can’t go to the police for help or information. Many families were affected in this way by the cruelty of the Marcos dictatorship (1972-1986). The film shows one of them as an example of paradise lost.
Porferia, who is 9 months pregnant, and her husband Felix, are abducted by the military and wrongfully accused of insurgency. Porferia's wild imagination and unsinkable hope carry them through the ordeal of torture, leading to their eventual escape.
A group of friends, prompted by the frequent sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects or U.F.O.'s in Zambales in the mid-nineties, decide to take a trip to the province to retrace the legend of the sightings. They then befriend a local, who they presume is their age group, not knowing exactly who or what he is. Little do they know that the local will become the spark that would threaten to ruin the friendship that has already been strained with many things that have been left unsaid.
Lt. Perdido
1972년 필리핀, 한 외딴 지역에서 이상한 일들이 벌어진다. 숲에서는 울음소리가 들려오고, 난도질되어 죽어가며 소와 교차로에서 피를 흘린 채 죽어가는 사람들이 발견된다. 페르디난드 E. 마르쿠스는 필리핀 전역에 법령을 선포한다. 2014년 로카르노 영화제 황금표범상 수상작. (2015년 한국영상자료원 - 2015 사사로운 영화리스트 Part 2)
Neong
Tuding sets out on a journey to a distant town to track down the man who got her youngest sister pregnant, and she’s not going home without him. A pancit western set in the late-1940s.
Cesar
한 남자가 살인죄로 수감된다. 하지만 정작 살인을 저지른 사람은 유유자적 자유롭게 돌아다니고 있다. 이 살인자는 조국의 끊임없는 무관심에 절망한 지식인이다. 반면 누명을 쓰고 수감된 남자는 서서히 감옥에서의 삶을 받아들이기 시작한다. 그리고 이상한 일들이 일어나기 시작한다.
Six single women and a priest's lives intersect when a bingo marathon is launched in their church for the barangay fiesta, turning expectations and relationships upside down and inside out.
Second Assistant Director
EDSA XXX takes us on a wild ride through the ups and downs, twists and turns in the life of one man’s downfall and the rise to fame of another. The present leader KULOG NEGRO has led the country to progress; his rallying call is championing poverty for the benefit of tourists and film festivals. But the well-meaning leader is a mere puppet in the political arena and someone has just decided that he has to go.
Syokoy
A merman is washed not ashore but into the heart of a bustling metro. Disoriented, he walks around and runs into several characters, all of them in the middle of their nightly grind.
The Criminal
Short film from by Khavn.
BIG BOY is a coming-of-age tale about a boy and his family in 1950s Mindoro, Philippines, and how he is groomed into becoming the poster boy for his parent's home-based business. The film is an experimental portrait of a family amidst change -- an experience that will engage audiences in something strange but familiar.
Filmmaker John Torres describes his childhood and discusses his father's infidelities.
