Based on a true story. 1996, open sea. During his shift on a transatlantic ship’s deck, Joel, a religious Filipino sailor, discovers Dumitru, a Romanian stowaway hidden between some containers. If he is spotted by the Taiwanese officers running the vessel, Dumitru is at risk to be thrown overboard. Joel decides to hide him, as a sign of his gratitude towards God. Soon, a dangerous cat and mouse game begins. When his crew, his own friends, even God itself start to turn their backs on him, Joel learns that he has to face his cruel destiny alone.
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.
광부 세 명이 불법 채광장에서 수개월간의 지옥 같은 시간을 보낸 뒤 고향 섬으로 돌아가는 여정을 떠난다. 힘들게 번 돈을 챙겨 바다와 산, 숲속을 가로지르다 목적지에 도착한다. 그들의 종착지는 어쩌면 저주받은 장소인 건 아닐까?
To this day, Ishmael Bernal's movie Himala is still in our town, in our world. This will be reflected in the broader perspective of the majority, of the surrounding events. Beliefs still lie in the truth. Consciousness is still dominant at the level of illusion. The naive, savage, cruel, and selfish politics still prevail.
Chairman Narciso
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.
Man doberman
Pepe, a 68-year-old impersonator of a Filipino rock legend, lives alone on the borders of reality, imagination and mysticism. One day, he is finally given the chance to open for the rock legend’s concert but he must do something neither of them has done before – write a love song.
In the year 2050, the Philippines braces for the coming of the fiercest storm ever to hit the country. And as the wind and waters start to rage, poets wander the streets.
Magsasaka
Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.
Horacio
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)
Lazaro Makapagal
Andrés Bonifacio, the freedom fighter known as the father of the Philippine revolution, was executed by rival revolutionaries in 1897. His wife, Gregoria de Jesus, searched for his body in the mountains for 30 days. It was never found.
Salvador
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.
Manoling
In a rural area, a father forces his daughter into prostitution. Somewhere else, two men embark on a quest for a buried treasure.
Noel
An intimate epic made with uncompromising and austere seriousness that patiently and methodically observes the collapse and hopeful revival of a poor farming clan.
