UP Film Institute

When a rural village in the Philippines starts to vanish, leaving only carabaos as witnesses, a child plans out a journey to locate his lost father, revealing a secret that defies belief.

About the characters meeting on an ordinary day. Alfonso, a gunman from the Other Side goes to town in search of the Captain for a payment that is owed to him. He arrived at the house seeing Liwliw, the Captain's daughter practicing her dance. Complications arise when Delfin, a passionate poet, serenades the young lady.

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

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

Five years after their late brother's death, three siblings reunite in their hometown to celebrate her birthday with their 7-year-old niece who no longer remembers her existence.

During the course of one night, a young journalist is set to finish his investigative report that will expose the private army of an influential religious group. His work is interrupted by an e-mail from his source informing him about the recent conflicts inside the church, urging him to listen to three audio files containing confessions of members from the said religious group.

A grieving widow attempts to find the missing piece of her husband's remains.

A machine capable of recording ideas directly from the mind is invented, and an out-of-work comedian suffering from depression uses it to learn if he still has the gift to make people laugh.

Ara, an incoming college student, gets ready to move out by packing her things. She discovers a stack of diaries and starts journeying through the memories of her childhood.

In a mental rehabilitation center, a woman, newly turned sixty, with schizoaffective disorder, waits all year for her family to visit on her birthday. But as the day arrives, a typhoon threatens to derail her plans and her sense of reality.

A film by Silver Racca

While haunted by memories of a tragic event, a stubborn writer unwittingly unleashes a familiar presence that will stop at nothing to fulfill what it was summoned to do.

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.

Cedric goes to the wake of his deceased lover, James. While trying to gather the courage to tell James' mother, Carol, about their relationship, both Cedric and Carol journey through their memories with the departed. The film tackles grief and the many forms it takes.

A mother tells her young son that his grandfather has turned into a goat in order to cover up the grandfather's death.

When Miguel is haunted by his dead ex, he is forced to heal emotional wounds by confronting feelings he has been suppressing.

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.

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

After discovering his late grandfather Lolo Dan’s old film camera, Martin finds a hidden notebook containing 49 unfulfilled wishes. Determined to honor his grandfather, he embarks on an unexpected adventure to make those wishes come true.

Before he runs out of time, struggling working student Nikko will do anything to fulfill his ailing grandma’s wish to see him receive his diploma— even a fake graduation eleganza extravaganza!