Executive Producer
필리핀 민다나오 서부의 마긴다나오 지역. 성실하게 살아가는 형 자심(피올로 파스쿠알)과 노름에 빠져 가산을 탕진하고 있는 동생 압델(바론 가이슬러)이 있다. 어느 날 먼저 간 남편이 나오는 불길한 꿈을 꾼 홀어머니는 두 아들을 화해시키려 노력한다. 지역 공동체의 도움으로 어렵게 가정의 평화가 찾아오는 듯했다. 하지만 곧 예상치 못한 정부군의 개입으로 지역 전체가 심각한 폭력 사태에 휘말리게 된다.
Director
필리핀 민다나오 서부의 마긴다나오 지역. 성실하게 살아가는 형 자심(피올로 파스쿠알)과 노름에 빠져 가산을 탕진하고 있는 동생 압델(바론 가이슬러)이 있다. 어느 날 먼저 간 남편이 나오는 불길한 꿈을 꾼 홀어머니는 두 아들을 화해시키려 노력한다. 지역 공동체의 도움으로 어렵게 가정의 평화가 찾아오는 듯했다. 하지만 곧 예상치 못한 정부군의 개입으로 지역 전체가 심각한 폭력 사태에 휘말리게 된다.
Writer
The married life of Sabel and Brian was cut short when three men rape her and kill Brian in their honeymoon. Surviving from the crime, she vows to let the culprits experience hell.
Screenplay
A group of friends go to a secluded town to do a short film project but when they take an addictive substance that promised to bring them to cloud nine, they get to experience hell instead.
Director
유복한 집안의 아들 라파엘은 만찬을 준비할 식자재를 사 오던 길에 교통사고를 낸다. 그는 겁에 질려 뺑소니를 치고 사건을 은폐하려고 한다. 사고를 당한 가난한 가족의 가장은 결국 사망에 이르고 수사망은 점점 좁혀진다. 결국 라파엘의 아버지는 모든 것을 떠안기로 하고 거짓 자수로 감옥에 수감된다. 그리고 아버지의 뜻에 따라 희생자의 부인을 저택의 가사도우미로 들인다. 사람을 죽였다는 죄의식, 불효자로서 무거운 마음과 사망자의 남겨진 가족을 매일 거짓으로 대할 수밖에 없는 고통이 옥죄어 온다.
Writer
A photographer is tasked to take a photo of a rare flower thriving in the mountain, but he discovers women trapped in a hidden brothel for illegal loggers.
Director
A photographer is tasked to take a photo of a rare flower thriving in the mountain, but he discovers women trapped in a hidden brothel for illegal loggers.
Director
츠야마 나오는 프로 권투선수가 되는 것이 꿈이다. 하지만 어린시절 사고로 인해 의족을 달고 있는 장애인인 그에게 일본권투협회에서는 정식 선수자격증 발급하는 것을 곤란해한다. 결국 그가 선택한 길은 연고도 없는 필리핀까지 가서 국제선수자격증을 따오는 것이다. 언어와 문화가 다른 곳인 필리핀 변두리에서 허름한 복싱클럽 원장을 하고 있는 루디를 만난다. 나오는 한때는 잘나가는 선수였지만 지금은 은퇴하고 아마추어들을 육성을 하는 그를 보며 어린시절 아버지에게서 받지 못했던 사랑을 느낀다. 한편 각자의 사정으로 훈련을 하고 있는 동료들과 함께 우정을 쌓으면서 모두 절박함이 있음을 깨닫는다. (제26회 부산국제영화제)
Creator
Peping works as a bodyguard to gambling boss Rodolfo, but when he falls in love with Mika, Rodolfo's mistress, he is convinced to rob the business he has sworn to protect.
Director
A woman and her husband come home to an old ancestral house she inherited from her grandma. As days go by, they realize something evil is living with them in the house.
Story
A marine biologist tasked to rehabilitate a fish sanctuary, falls for Dennis, his diving assistant. The situation takes an unexpected turn when Jason's wife, Abby, finds out of the clandestine relationship between Jason and Dennis.
Director
A marine biologist tasked to rehabilitate a fish sanctuary, falls for Dennis, his diving assistant. The situation takes an unexpected turn when Jason's wife, Abby, finds out of the clandestine relationship between Jason and Dennis.
Director
결혼식이 코앞까지 다가온 알폰소와 마리아나, 그리고 내년에 결혼을 바라보는 젠과 제임스. 네 사람이 함께 어울리며 결혼이란 어떤 의미인지 고민하고 알아가는 과정에서 두 사람 사이에 은밀한 시선이 오고간다.
Production Design
배신당해서 6년 동안 수감된 (갱단이 통제하는 회사의) 전직 증권중개인 마이크가 복수에 착수한다.
Director
배신당해서 6년 동안 수감된 (갱단이 통제하는 회사의) 전직 증권중개인 마이크가 복수에 착수한다.
Executive Producer
One evening, Martin, a broadcasting student, is invited for coffee by Lawrence, the TV reporter he idolizes. During the days that follow, Martin shares with his friends separately three versions of what transpired during his meeting with Lawrence: what happened, what really happened, and what might have actually happened. Through conversations with friends, Martin comes to terms with the idea that his idol – a dignified newsman who is supposed to be a paragon of virtue – is not who he appears to be on television.
Writer
The film follows the story a man who travels to Saga to expand his pottery business in the Philippines, then falls in love with a Japanese woman who is the heiress of a flourishing pottery factory.
Executive Producer
The film follows the story a man who travels to Saga to expand his pottery business in the Philippines, then falls in love with a Japanese woman who is the heiress of a flourishing pottery factory.
Production Design
사이마는 소아암을 앓는 어린 딸 아이사의 엄마이자 민다나오 섬 내전에 투 입된 의무병 말랑의 아내다. 사이마는 소아암 환자 요양소에서 생활하면서, 삶과 죽음을 오가는 딸과 남편을 응원한다. 용과 싸우는 용감한 전사 형제의 전설이 크레용 애니메이션으로 삽입되면서, 희망의 메시지를 전한다.
Producer
사이마는 소아암을 앓는 어린 딸 아이사의 엄마이자 민다나오 섬 내전에 투 입된 의무병 말랑의 아내다. 사이마는 소아암 환자 요양소에서 생활하면서, 삶과 죽음을 오가는 딸과 남편을 응원한다. 용과 싸우는 용감한 전사 형제의 전설이 크레용 애니메이션으로 삽입되면서, 희망의 메시지를 전한다.
Director
사이마는 소아암을 앓는 어린 딸 아이사의 엄마이자 민다나오 섬 내전에 투 입된 의무병 말랑의 아내다. 사이마는 소아암 환자 요양소에서 생활하면서, 삶과 죽음을 오가는 딸과 남편을 응원한다. 용과 싸우는 용감한 전사 형제의 전설이 크레용 애니메이션으로 삽입되면서, 희망의 메시지를 전한다.
Himself
A one-of-a-kind legacy project produced by TBA Studios, Habambuhay is a homage to the centennial anniversary of Philippine cinema–an insightfully entertaining documentary series, revisiting the personal experiences of those who work in front of or behind the cameras, those who have shaped the film industry of the Philippines for the longest time.
Producer
6살짜리 딸 엔젤과 함께 사는 조이는 알코올중독인 남편 단테의 가정 폭력으로 심신이 지친 상태이다. 어느 날, 사소한 문제로 시비를 걸기 시작한 단테가 조이에게 무차별적인 폭력을 휘두르다가 엔젤까지 상처를 입는 상황이 오자, 조이는 더 이상 참지 않기로 하고 단테에 맞서 싸운 뒤, 엔젤을 안고 경찰서로 달려간다. 가정 폭력범으로 단테를 기소한 조이는 법정 싸움을 시작하는데, 가정 폭력을 ‘집안일’ 정도로 치부하는 사회적 편견과 값비싼 변호사의 농단이 판결을 좌우하는 비합리적 시스템 안에서 조이의 싸움은 결코 녹록지 않다.
Executive Producer
Life turns riveting for Nanong when the tabloid-format reality TV show, AKIN ANG KORONA chances upon his curious life in a sleepy seaside town in Catanauan Quezon. Nanong agrees to film his daily life drying herring, with a deal that they would help find his lost father. Nanong’s quest for a missing parent will become a search of truth, of wonder, of the self-wrapped in the direction framed for and by the TV program.
Story
Two sex workers, a seventeen-year old boy, Gino, and a young mother, Marie, are hired to do a pornographic film. The day before All Saints’ Day, the two travels to a far-flung travel for the shooting. During the shooting, they are made to do acts which have not been agreed upon. Feeling trapped and isolated, the two will be pushed to their limits, to the edge of their dignity. It is a morality tale set in an act judged by society as immoral. It posits the question: When you take away one’s respect and dignity, however, insignificant it may be to us, what is then left of that person?
Director
This is a Filipino omnibus film about three different journeys.
Director
필리핀 정부의 불법 마약 소탕이 한창인 가운데, 경찰은 특수기동대를 선두로 마닐라 마약 거물인 아벨의 체포 작전을 수행한다. 경찰인 에스피노와 길거리 마약상 출신 제보원인 일라이자가 작전에 도움이 될 정보를 제공하고, 그 결과로 슬럼가에서 경찰과 아벨 조직 사이에 무력 충돌이 일어난다. 수사관이 현장에 도착하기 전, 에스피노와 일라이자는 현금과 마약이 가득 든 아벨의 가방을 들고 튄다. 누군가에겐 생존방법이자 누군가에겐 부패행위인 이 선택으로 위험한 사건들이 연달아 일어나고 두 사람은 평판과 가족, 목숨까지 잃을 상황에 처한다.
[출처] 2020 아세안 영화제
Director
Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor section of Manila where everybody knows her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa’s children are ready to do anything to buy their parents’ freedom from the corrupt police.
Director
As an omnibus of short films, Art Through Our Eyes is inspired by the art collection found at the National Gallery Singapore. Each of the five directors – Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Brillante Mendoza, Eric Khoo, Ho Yuhang and Joko Anwar – handpicked a masterpiece from the 19th and 20th century as inspiration for their short films.
Director
This omnibus film brings together three globally acclaimed directors from Asia with a common theme 'Living Together in Asia' to depict the lives of characters who journey between Japan, Cambodia, the Philippines and Malaysia. Brillante Mendoza grapples with the issue of loss of national identity and home, with a story set in the Obihiro area of Hokkaido and Manila in the Philippines. Isao Yukisada directs a story in Malaysia where the Japanese army was once stationed but is now home to many Japanese retirees living out their remaining years. An elderly man has parted from his family in Japan to live alone in Penang, but when a new helper comes to the house, he slowly opens his mind and an unexpected bond forms between the two. Finally director Sotho Kulikar conveys a beautiful but heart-rending love story between a Japanese man and Cambodian woman that unfolds across past and present against the backdrop of Cambodia's civil war.
Producer
A fifty-four-year old single mother lives in Manila. Each night she leaves home to carry out an unusual job.
Self
French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice, their own particular approach, their culture, and their language to produce a portrait of French cinema.
Director
A series of killings is targeting the children of corrupt government officials. A young, idealistic detective takes on the case, and begins to question his concept of justice. It turns personal when the killer he’s pursuing abducted his fiancée.
Director
The story of the rebuilding of their lives by the survivors of the disaster caused by Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, particularly focusing on the struggles of a mother who lost their children.
Executive Producer
The search for a missing watch instigates the painful quest for the truth in Belyn’s and her son’s life.
Executive Producer
"Ninja Party" is a coming of age story of two teenage coeds who find themselves in a comprising situation when they get involved in secret debauchery.
Executive Producer
"Swap" takes us to the internal conflict of a young father, torn between solving a crime and committing another crime when one day his only son is kidnapped and the criminals demand him to steal another kid in exchange of his son's life.
Executive Producer
Imbisibol essays the lives of four Filipino migrants in Japan – Linda, Benjie, Manuel and Rodel – who are toiling in a foreign land to give their families in the Philippines a better quality of life. The story revolves around the joys and struggles of Linda, a Filipina married to a Japanese salaryman who is torn between helping undocumented Filipinos stay in Japan by renting out rooms to them and succumbing to the demands of her husband to evict the Filipinos and save their marriage; Benjie, an undocumented worker who has been jumping from one odd job to another in the last 17 years and desires to go home already and be with his children; Manuel, an aging male entertainer who is struggling with his insecurities and his addiction to gambling; and Rodel, an idealistic newcomer who encounters a rising tension and rivalry with another Filipino at work.
Executive Producer
"Balut Country" follows the journey of Jun, an heir to the duck farm left to him by his late father. He must decide whether to sell the property to secure his future, or spare the land's loyal caretakers of inevitable displacement.
Himself
The biggest names in the country’s film industry speak up about the evolution of Philippine films and how it has transformed today’s industry.
Southeast Asia Cinema - When the rooster crows is a voice of diversity reaching for change. Brillante Mendoza, Eric Khoo, Garin Nugroho, Pen Ek Ratanaruang give voice to a region rich with traditions, ethnic groups, languages, politics, and religions. It is cinema, at its purest form, fighting for freedom of expression, documenting real lives of ordinary people, giving voice to the underdogs and the outcasts. The amalgamation of these aspects gives birth to an ultra-neo-realistic cinema language currently unique to films from this region.
Executive Producer
On Christmas Day, 15 year old David finds out that his boyfriend, Jonathan has taken another lover. The discovery leads him on the brink of depression making him think of ways to have him back at all cost. He has invited Jonathan to see him on this day for the last time.
Cinematography
The film follows two competing television news teams as they chase a variety of leads, gradually zeroing in on an impending and possibly apocalyptic storm, and a middle-aged teacher who may or may not be possessed by a demon. Writer and actress Raquel Villavicencio plays the ruthless head of the top-rated network, coming off as a Tagalog variation on Faye Dunaway's fabled character in Network. Her team has eschewed covering politics in favour of triedand- true tabloid fodder: demonic possession.
Production Design
The film follows two competing television news teams as they chase a variety of leads, gradually zeroing in on an impending and possibly apocalyptic storm, and a middle-aged teacher who may or may not be possessed by a demon. Writer and actress Raquel Villavicencio plays the ruthless head of the top-rated network, coming off as a Tagalog variation on Faye Dunaway's fabled character in Network. Her team has eschewed covering politics in favour of triedand- true tabloid fodder: demonic possession.
Director
The film follows two competing television news teams as they chase a variety of leads, gradually zeroing in on an impending and possibly apocalyptic storm, and a middle-aged teacher who may or may not be possessed by a demon. Writer and actress Raquel Villavicencio plays the ruthless head of the top-rated network, coming off as a Tagalog variation on Faye Dunaway's fabled character in Network. Her team has eschewed covering politics in favour of triedand- true tabloid fodder: demonic possession.
Director
베니스영화제 70주년을 맞아 세계 각국의 감독들이 만든 2분 내외의 짧은 단편들로 구성한 옴니버스 영화. 한국에서는 김기덕, 홍상수 감독이 참여했으며 그 외에도 지아장커, 클레어 드니, 왕빙, 압바스 키아로스타미 등 70명의 감독들이 참여했다.
Director
A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded."
Production Design
A Bajau midwife copes with the irony of her own infertility amid the deprivations of her gypsy community in Tawi-Tawi. A saga of island life stuck between the devil of passion and the deep blue sea of tradition.
Director
A Bajau midwife copes with the irony of her own infertility amid the deprivations of her gypsy community in Tawi-Tawi. A saga of island life stuck between the devil of passion and the deep blue sea of tradition.
Writer
A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.
Director
A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.
A group of friends, sharing a passion for cinema, assemble in Corregidor, a small island in Manila Bay that has preserved relics from the Pacific War as its foremost attractions. There, they explore the island and retire in a rustic mansion used once to make silent films. Outside the city, the woods and sea become a meeting place for more movie personalities and it all becomes a celebration of what was left behind.
Director
An anthology of one-minute films created by 60 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.
Director
Four short tales set in contemporary Hong Kong.
himself
Documentary about the history of Philippine cinema.
Himself
Documentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.
Writer
Short film about street kids.
Director
Short film about street kids.
Production Design
Lola Sepa's grandson has been killed by a cell phone snatcher. Despite being devastated by the sudden violence, she must bear the burden of making the funeral arrangements. She and her family are poor, and there is not enough money for the coffin nor the legal pursuit against the suspected murderer. But the elderly woman is ready to even seek a bank loan to assure both a proper burial and justice for her beloved grandson. Lola Puring is committed to getting her grandson Mateo out of jail, although he has been accused of senselessly murdering Lola Sepa's grandson. But the poor aged woman doesn't have the bail money. Each time she visits her grandson in prison to bring him proper meals, it breaks her heart to see him wasting away behind bars with countless others. At the first court hearing, the two grandmothers must face one another. Both frail and poor, each is determined to do everything necessary for her grandson. The future of the case is dependent on grandmotherly love...
Production Design
A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing a woman.
Director
Lola Sepa's grandson has been killed by a cell phone snatcher. Despite being devastated by the sudden violence, she must bear the burden of making the funeral arrangements. She and her family are poor, and there is not enough money for the coffin nor the legal pursuit against the suspected murderer. But the elderly woman is ready to even seek a bank loan to assure both a proper burial and justice for her beloved grandson. Lola Puring is committed to getting her grandson Mateo out of jail, although he has been accused of senselessly murdering Lola Sepa's grandson. But the poor aged woman doesn't have the bail money. Each time she visits her grandson in prison to bring him proper meals, it breaks her heart to see him wasting away behind bars with countless others. At the first court hearing, the two grandmothers must face one another. Both frail and poor, each is determined to do everything necessary for her grandson. The future of the case is dependent on grandmotherly love...
Director
A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing a woman.
Director
A struggling family owns a Filipino porn theater where prostitutes conduct their business.
Director
Thelma, together with her husband Dado and teenage sons Gerald and Yuri, are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption.
Director of Photography
A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau about life for the lowest of the low in the Philippines poorest and most crime-ridden districts. National elections are coming up so in the usual attempt to appear “tough-on-crime”, The Big Boys have been sent into crack down on the the local squatters, thieves and miscreants who litter the film like broken bottle. And since no sweep is ever a clean sweep, the cops brutal shock-force tactics quickly ripple outwards with jagged repurcussions.
Director
A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau about life for the lowest of the low in the Philippines poorest and most crime-ridden districts. National elections are coming up so in the usual attempt to appear “tough-on-crime”, The Big Boys have been sent into crack down on the the local squatters, thieves and miscreants who litter the film like broken bottle. And since no sweep is ever a clean sweep, the cops brutal shock-force tactics quickly ripple outwards with jagged repurcussions.
Director
A digital feature has five episodes that all deal with wild gay fantasies involving men in uniform. It starts with "Biyahe," about a jilted taxi driver and his jealous passenger who find comfort in each other's lovesick arms. The second episode is "Linya," about a lonely homeowner whose phone conks out. Two handsome repairmen arrive and they end up engaging in a dizzying threesome. Next is "Laro," about four basketball players who are taking a shower in the locker room after an intense game, and a shy guy who takes a peek at them and later joins in the fun. "Bilis" is about a hunky delivery boy in a hurry who delivers pizza to a bored yuppie who is working overtime in his office. They get instantly attracted upon seeing each other. The last episode is "Bantay," about a horny security guard in the graveyard shift. He sees two lovers fighting. Rhyme dumps Jon and Jon finds solace in the arms of the easy going guard.
Production Design
The mountain-dwelling Aetas have been forced to settle in the lowlands by the sudden eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. With their settlements being closer to the government-funded schools of the Kapampangan townships, the Aeta children now have the opportunity to study. Jonalyn, one of the elementary school graduates of the ceremony depicted in the confused introduction and an Aeta, seeks to teach her elders to read and write a day before the National Elections. With Jonalyn's effort, the Aetas, for the very first time, have participated in the democratic process that has existed in the Philippines since the early part of the 20th century. source: http://oggsmoggs.blogspot.com/2006/11/manoro-2006.html
Cinematography
The mountain-dwelling Aetas have been forced to settle in the lowlands by the sudden eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. With their settlements being closer to the government-funded schools of the Kapampangan townships, the Aeta children now have the opportunity to study. Jonalyn, one of the elementary school graduates of the ceremony depicted in the confused introduction and an Aeta, seeks to teach her elders to read and write a day before the National Elections. With Jonalyn's effort, the Aetas, for the very first time, have participated in the democratic process that has existed in the Philippines since the early part of the 20th century. source: http://oggsmoggs.blogspot.com/2006/11/manoro-2006.html
Director
The mountain-dwelling Aetas have been forced to settle in the lowlands by the sudden eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. With their settlements being closer to the government-funded schools of the Kapampangan townships, the Aeta children now have the opportunity to study. Jonalyn, one of the elementary school graduates of the ceremony depicted in the confused introduction and an Aeta, seeks to teach her elders to read and write a day before the National Elections. With Jonalyn's effort, the Aetas, for the very first time, have participated in the democratic process that has existed in the Philippines since the early part of the 20th century. source: http://oggsmoggs.blogspot.com/2006/11/manoro-2006.html
Director
The story is set in Guagua, Pampanga a decade after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo which ravaged the province with lahar. It follows the lives of Rodolfo "Mang Rudy" Manansala, a woodcarver, and his three daughters and their relationships with the people close to them in the span of seven summers.
Story
Iliac works in a massage parlor where the gay clients are given more than a shoulder kneading and back rub. When Iliac's father dies he must reconcile his job as a sex worker with the rest of his family.
Director
Iliac works in a massage parlor where the gay clients are given more than a shoulder kneading and back rub. When Iliac's father dies he must reconcile his job as a sex worker with the rest of his family.
Production Design
An action film starring Jestoni Alarcon based on the radio drama by Rey Langit serialized in DZRH.
Production Design
Baleleng, an orphan, wished upon a star to find her parents, Little did she know that this same star who lead her to meet Perlita, her guardian - a golden mermaid. With the star as her guide, Baleleng embarks on her quest to find her family.
Director
A Filipino transgender woman, Marie, who is drawn into the Yakuza gangster life after befriending Ai, the rebellious daughter of a powerful Yakuza boss. Set against the pulsating background of the 1990s nightlife in Sapporo, Hokkaido, the film charts the almost impossible decisions Marie faced and her tumultuous journey to discovering family, love and ultimately her true identity.
