Six individuals from different generations recall the golden age of Cebuano cinema, modern Cebuano cinema, their experiences, and discuss their aspirations about the future of Cebu’s film scene.
Creative Consultant
In the midst of a studio fire in 1921, Joaquin attempts to save the film reel of the first movie he's ever seen.
Creative Consultant
In a small fishing town in Cebu, six-year-old Junjun tries to run on water to escape his bullies with the help of a superhero named Boy Kilat.
Editor
A bottle of shampoo dreams to be purchased by humans and live in a utopia known as Atlas. However, he discovers the truth about this existence so she goes on a journey to escape his fate.
Compositor
A bottle of shampoo dreams to be purchased by humans and live in a utopia known as Atlas. However, he discovers the truth about this existence so she goes on a journey to escape his fate.
Director of Photography
A bottle of shampoo dreams to be purchased by humans and live in a utopia known as Atlas. However, he discovers the truth about this existence so she goes on a journey to escape his fate.
Director
A bottle of shampoo dreams to be purchased by humans and live in a utopia known as Atlas. However, he discovers the truth about this existence so she goes on a journey to escape his fate.
Master Doni The Butter
A bottle of shampoo dreams to be purchased by humans and live in a utopia known as Atlas. However, he discovers the truth about this existence so she goes on a journey to escape his fate.
Producer
Two cops, an artist, a series of murders and some weird shit. Welcome to the new world after the pandemic.
Director
Two cops, an artist, a series of murders and some weird shit. Welcome to the new world after the pandemic.
Editor
A filmmaker’s reflection about his life during the pandemic, as "the flames are climbing up the wall."
Director
A filmmaker’s reflection about his life during the pandemic, as "the flames are climbing up the wall."
Mullet Guy
In the southern Philippine city of Cebu, a troubled detective struggles to solve a series of grisly killings, while a deep conspiracy works to keep the truth just out of his reach.
Director
In the southern Philippine city of Cebu, a troubled detective struggles to solve a series of grisly killings, while a deep conspiracy works to keep the truth just out of his reach.
Director of Photography
Two young girls travel through time to assassinate a barangay dictator to revise history. This is Babylon.
Director
Two young girls travel through time to assassinate a barangay dictator to revise history. This is Babylon.
Cinematography
Stories abound in Cebu about a woman rumored to be a murderous monster, but behind the myth is a mother seeking justice.
Radio Announcer
Stories abound in Cebu about a woman rumored to be a murderous monster, but behind the myth is a mother seeking justice.
Producer
Stories abound in Cebu about a woman rumored to be a murderous monster, but behind the myth is a mother seeking justice.
Director
Stories abound in Cebu about a woman rumored to be a murderous monster, but behind the myth is a mother seeking justice.
(Segment "Lunes Nasad")
It’s Monday. Mundane. Shitty. Boring. Unexpected. Quiet. Noisy. Heartbreaking. Just your typical Monday.
Visual Effects
A news team investigating rumors of aswang killings in a remote barrio are attacked by a group of soldiers, forcing them to run for their lives in the deeps of the forest, where more mystery and danger lay in wait.
A young drag queen, Dodong, who joins a barangay gay pageant to gain acceptance in his father’s community. He is instead met with hostility from his father, who chases him into a jungle, where he sobs to a lone bright star. What follows is the strangest night in his entire life, and an even stranger nine months when he realises he is pregnant. Dodong deals with ridicule from a barangay who does not believe him.
Visual Effects
Ford, a surfing instructor from the Philippines has been told his whole life that he's the son of Francis Ford Coppola. He's wasted his youth waiting as his mother petitions the director to acknowledge Ford as his son. But as the surfing season ends, he’s forced to confront his past actions, inactions, and the stories of his life.
Editor
"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.
Editor
Desperately finding ways to support their sickly child, Noel and Liza welcome a new addition to their family, Ben, a rich foreigner who is hoping to build a family of his own. Together they play the game of deceit and make believe, but the truth is far from being hidden as the soap operas they consume daily that vividly mirror what they have been hiding all along.
Writer
One day, in the small peaceful town of Barrio Malinawon, seven young punks, who call themselves the Iskalawags because of their shared love for Filipino action movies (particularly those starred by their idol Jeric Raval), decide to set out on a mini quest to find the tree that according to Palot-the gang's de facto leader-bears the lone papaya fruit as large as the belly of Intoy's father.
the Narrator
One day, in the small peaceful town of Barrio Malinawon, seven young punks, who call themselves the Iskalawags because of their shared love for Filipino action movies (particularly those starred by their idol Jeric Raval), decide to set out on a mini quest to find the tree that according to Palot-the gang's de facto leader-bears the lone papaya fruit as large as the belly of Intoy's father.
Director
One day, in the small peaceful town of Barrio Malinawon, seven young punks, who call themselves the Iskalawags because of their shared love for Filipino action movies (particularly those starred by their idol Jeric Raval), decide to set out on a mini quest to find the tree that according to Palot-the gang's de facto leader-bears the lone papaya fruit as large as the belly of Intoy's father.
Colorist
Opon + Pasil + Tres + Echavez + Naval + Ormoc + Valencia. It’s Saturday and it’s black.
Visual Effects
Opon + Pasil + Tres + Echavez + Naval + Ormoc + Valencia. It’s Saturday and it’s black.
Assistant Director
Opon + Pasil + Tres + Echavez + Naval + Ormoc + Valencia. It’s Saturday and it’s black.
Editor
Opon + Pasil + Tres + Echavez + Naval + Ormoc + Valencia. It’s Saturday and it’s black.
Director
This is the life of Divino Maligalig as he walks through the valley of the shadow of death
Editor
One city, one day, seven stories. The first of seven Binisaya Exquisite Corpse Experiment.
Writer
One city, one day, seven stories. The first of seven Binisaya Exquisite Corpse Experiment.
James (Segment "May Nalang Ni Kay Sa Magdrugs")
One city, one day, seven stories. The first of seven Binisaya Exquisite Corpse Experiment.
Director
One city, one day, seven stories. The first of seven Binisaya Exquisite Corpse Experiment.
Keith
A girl named Merry Pascual, a typical college girl, who wants to finish her academic studies in the toughest and most respected institutions in the country, Super Hard University. Her life turned when she transferred to a boarding house owned by Miss Edwina. Little did Merry know that Miss Edwina has the power to see spirits from another reality. Until Miss Edwina got caught in an accident, Merry was the successor of Miss Edwina of owning the third eye. Having a third eye wasn’t part of Merry’s plans in life. So she seeks for a paranormal expert who can remove the third eye from her.