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Browse 13 movies from Pothos Collective
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.
May 2019
Mga Tala sa Kagandahan (Notes on Beauty) follows a filmmaking and theatre workshop for genderqueer kids (in swardspeak, baby bakla) in a Sitio in the City Antipolo, Rizal - a known pilgrimage site east of Manila. Its assertion: the right to our own representation, in front of and behind the camera. The footage, majority of which are shot by the kids, are a mixture of moments of learning and play times, that hopes to show the kids' view of the world in their first takes.
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Torn between bailing out her boyfriend and reaffirming her body, a trans woman chooses the world.
Jul 2025
Two trans-folx friends, together with their dog and plants, grieve for and with each other during a 14-day quarantine period.
Aug 2021
It’s the last day of high school. Three misfits: Mike, Jeremy, and Marie are tasked to edit the graduation video. As they review the footage, their batchmate’s video contains a confession that their principal harassed her. The group has to decide whether or not to expose the issue as each deals with their own secrets.
Mar 2023
A story of childhood friends, Ara and Hiro, and how they managed to explore the ends of the Earth. Due to the ongoing pandemic, they fulfill their hopes by visiting their hometowns and dream adventures through the use of Google Earth.
Mar 2022
Nov 2022
A man seeks pleasure late at night along the barren spaces of the city
Oct 2022
a man talks to the sun
Dec 2022
In fantasising about their future and basking in their illusions of success, two college freshmen wrangle with the problems of the present as the ghosts of the future haunt them.
Aug 2022
A filmmaker directs the dreams of a woman, farmer, kid, water buffalo and his own dream.
A lonely pregnant woman, Elenita, tries to summon a manananggal (a monster that sucks the viscera out of the victim's body) to visit her home.
Dec 2021
RAMPAGE! (or the parade)
Nov 2024