Max Jocson

In Cesar Hernando's noirish short, the uprising and UFOs are merged in a strange commentary on government control.

A strong-willed matriarch and her family leave their fishing village for Manila after an oil spill.

Paul Gabriel was born in the USA but raised in the Philippines. Paul plans to return to America after his college graduation. But before he could graduate, he must pass one subject where his professor demands that he answer the question, "What's wrong with the Filipino?" Paul's effort to answer the question forces him to reflect on the question of Filipino identity.

Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation.

In this modern-day version of the biblical legend on Cain and Abel, strong-willed matriarch Señora Pina favors her younger son Ellis over the older Loren whom she blames for the death of her husband. Ellis grows up cowardly and spoiled while Loren becomes a responsible family man despite his increasing resentment towards his mother. What began as a sibling rivalry develops into a deep feud that would later escalate into a large-scale war - with all the mayhem and bloodshed.

A daughter defies her mother to pursue her passionate yet ill fated relationship.

In Lino Brocka's 1981 melodrama, a man's juggling of three women—his wife, his girlfriend, and the wealthy married woman with whom he begins a torrid affair—leads to violent consequences.

Brocka's potboiler about the rise of a starlet is the quintessential rags-to-riches, prey-turned-predator story, brimming with true-life anecdotes and an authentically acerbic sense of the seamier side of show business.

Mel Chionglo's directorial debut revolves around a mother and daughter who play the rules of the game in the world by selling their bodies for the desires of flesh.

During a return to his provincial home, a young man gets involved with a woman who is ultimately possessed by her sister's spirit, paving the way to revealing the painful truth about her unsolved disappearance.

История провинциального рыбака Хулио, который отправляется в большой город, чтобы искать свою возлюбленную. Ей была обещана хорошая работа, но попав в город, девушка пропала. В долгих поисках, обманутый и лишенных всяких прав, Хулио постепенно теряет свою провинциальную наивность. И в то же время гнев медленно, но все сильнее, нарастает в нем, гнев к этому большому и злому капиталистическому городу, сосущему жизнь из всего живого и нового.

Making-of documentary about Lino Brocka's 1975 film "Manila in the Claws of Light," featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.