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Ling is in her last year in elementary school. One school day, her botanist father fails to pick her up and doesn't return home from fieldwork. Fearing that her father has gone missing because there were not enough plants to see in their place, Ling begins planting in her own bedroom.

An overheard imitative playing of a tarot reading forces Tasha to confront all her suppressed life tensions in an overnight house party—including her admiration for her fond rival Mela.

Kara thinks she's out of luck. She's a fresh graduate who doesn't want to venture into her nursing career, she's got a nagging mother, and she has an annoying set of "successful" friends to be envied with. Most importantly, she's being haunted by a ghost.

A young woman goes back to her province in the countryside where she gets to once again meet her Grandmother Loleng - a distant relative and a senile parol (Christmas lantern) artisan. Together, they will explore Grandma Loleng’s landscape of memories, only to unearth her innermost secrets and wartime experiences. It is about memory and forgetting, both in the context of the personal and of the national consciousness.

After losing both parents, two brothers search the skies for solace and clarity. Could the answer be really out of this world?

Within the walls of a domesticated city, three Filipina PCOS warriors find themselves stuck in a loop of their nightmares from women’s hell. They try to claw their way out violently, only to discover that the sole escape route is to awaken themselves collectively from within.

The Slums is a 2019 comedy mockumentary film about an urban poor family terrorized by a documentary crew that promised to help them.

Short and innocent glimpses of human relationships through the lens of a photobooth aching for connection.

A gaggle of friends and observers ponder the fate of a relationship as they watch it collapse in this independent drama from the Philippines. Cris is a documentary filmmaker with a well-regarded body of work and a large community of friends and admirers. Cris is also gay, and possesses a voracious sexual appetite, claiming to have had sex with over 4,000 men during his years of frequent cruising. But Cris has fallen for Eric, and has sworn off meaningless sex for the pleasures of monogamy. However, while Cris wants Eric and Eric alone, Eric himself isn't so sure he feels exactly the same way and is both puzzled and annoyed with Cris' rather ironic jealousy. The tensions between the two take a heavy toll on Cris, leading to a suicide attempt, and as his friends watch from a distance, any number of them speculate on what's going on between Cris and Eric.

“Pusong Bato” (Stone Heart) is about Cinta Dela Cruz, a middle-aged faded actress who tries to relive and remember her glorious days as a movie star in the 1970s. She does this by watching films at home everyday until one day, during an earthquake; something breaks into her window and wakes her up from her Hollywood dream.

Before graduating, high school sweethearts Ralph and Angelo face their final test: the rise of AI, love in turmoil, and the choices that could define their futures.

Two boys, Kulas and Gabo, enjoy playing games together until an impending demolition of their community threatens their relationship.

Three strangers meet at a party one night and discover hidden desires, sins, and guilt when they realize that they are in the netherworld.

Sari, a candy factory worker cheated off her pension, retires. She does everything to thrive and keep life just as sweet for her granddaughter, Nena.

A timid teenage boy falls into a hollow void with people who constantly ridicule him. He tries to escape confrontation but seems to be stuck in his chair.

Ace, a closeted gay guy, learns Judo in a class full of straight men, channeling his inner Mulan.

Adrian, a sweet and young boy, helps prepare his Lolo's funeral which he mistakes as a birthday party.

A local barbershop will be closing soon after serving for 28 years. Rey, the barber, has decided to open his shop for one last time. His last day will reveal his true purpose in life.

Minjae is a Korean-Filipino teenager who is often discriminated against for being mixed-blood. His utmost desire to belong to the homogeneous and hierarchical Korean society is tested when his single Filipina mother decides to send him to the Philippines one winter day.

Jun is a farmer who lives near a pineapple field with his mother Dita and his brother Mako. His aunt from Manila who can’t bear a child offers to adopt Mako with a promise to give him a good life. Jun and Mako face their impending separation and think of ways they can spend every minute together.