UP Film Institute

A shy landscape architecture student creates a connection with a classmate through cigarette breaks, until the habit that brings them closer begins to take a toll on his body.

While rehearsing for their next performance, a ballet dancer is haunted by echoes of the past.

In a nail salon, a feminine hand requests for a manicure. However, what they get is not the pampering they expect.

Two mothers strive to live a life of hope and strength while carrying the unbelievable pain of losing their husband and child to Rodrigo Duterte’s vicious war on drugs.

On the anniversary of her renowned musician sister's death, a young radio presenter revisits her unreleased demo tapes in the studio for a documentary and finds herself haunted by the guilt of her past sins. Based on 'The Raven' and 'The Tell-tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe.

A struggling actor's trauma is weaponized by a manipulative director and his crew.

A witch splits herself into two—one to stand beside her forbidden bride, another to lead the merciless hunt her town has ensued to strike both her and her beloved down.

A university student learns that it is not so easy to borrow a library book. Martika Ramirez Escobar and Sari Estrada's segment in the anthology "Anatomiya ng Pag-Ibig."

A Black Beret entry by Katyana Floresca in partial fulfillment for their directing class under John Dalog Torres.

A film by Jude Lim

An artist is struck with a mysterious condition that fills up her lungs with water. As she is called to her imminent death, her sister serves as her salvation.

a film by Cis De Luna

After losing her job at the end of a stressful finals week and having no choice but to move back home with her family, Nel wishes nothing but to be alone--and that's exactly what she gets. A story of loneliness and the realization that the human relationships you build with the people around you are what keep you afloat.

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.

A lonely, introverted girl faces mysterious encounters during her high school class’ religious retreat trip.

Fifty years into a Philippines riddled with rising prices and scarcity in local produce, a person travels to the wet market to look for ingredients. These ingredients transpose to random household objects while cooking until the person serves a dish scrambled with the most bizarre objects you could think of.

A stop-motion short film by Cole Matthew D. Navarro.

The daughter of an overseas Filipino worker is being haunted by a crow-like humanoid creature, the manifestation of her guilt and burden of life. While trying to run away from it, she eventually learns that the only way to stop the haunting is to embrace and accept the creature.

Two friends embark on a quest to uncover allegedly planted marijuana in the backyard of their town's mayor, only to encounter an appalling surprise.

A thesis short film written and directed by MXRDD.