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
Em 2034, o sudeste da Ásia não vê a luz do sol há três anos, como resultado da erupção de vulcões. No escuro, homens loucos controlam países, comunidades, enclaves e novas cidades. Milhões de pessoas morreram e inúmeras fugiram.
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
Filipinas, final da década de 1970. Uma milícia controlada pelo exército oprime uma cidade remota, espalhando o terror físico e psicológico. A destemida médica Lorena, que abriu uma clínica para os pobres, desaparece sem deixar rastro. Seu marido, o poeta ativista Hugo Haniway, tenta encontrá-la.
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
Filipinas, 1972. Coisas misteriosas estão acontecendo em um bairro remoto, como barulhos estranhos vindo da floresta, as vacas sendo agredidas, um homem encontrando sangrando até morrer e casas sendo queimadas. Simultaneamente, Ferdinand Marcos anuncia o decreto nº 1081, colocando todo o arquipélago filipino sob lei marcial.
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
Algumas histórias se cruzam: uma mãe leva os seus dois filhos pelo interior das Filipinas, em busca de vingança, um estudante de direito comete um duplo assassinato e um homem de família cede à violência e é condenado à prisão.
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.
