UP Cinema Arts Society

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

Reyna, head of the school choir and daughter of the Parish Office Chair is rattled once her meticulously orchestrated music group is disrupted by the spontaneous and unorthodox new pianist, Sam.

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

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.

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 thesis film by Katyana Floresca

A delayed UP student faces obstacles when enlisting in her final PE class because she is a dinosaur!

A UP Cinema Arts Society portrait film in celebration of Pride Month 2023.

While on an out-of-town birthday party, Bianca, an only child to a single father, receives a phone call about her father’s sudden passing. She spends the next 12 hours arranging the logistics of his funeral while tackling the feeling of an unexpected profound loss.

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

Ikalimampung Palapag is an experimental short film delving into the various interpretations of the five stages of mental health recovery.

A short thesis film by Karla Garcia.

An experimental film on food, cycles, and life processes.

A burnt-out animator returns home to care for his ailing grandmother, only to be drawn into a mythical world, where he must confront his guilt and rediscover his purpose, preserving fading legends through his art.

A Black Beret 2023 entry by Bane Vicente in partial fulfillment for their directing class under John Dalog Torres.

As her long-awaited wedding day finally unfolds, Eba’s recounting of memories with her childhood sweetheart takes her onto a journey of nostalgia… and deception.

A thesis short film by Rad Pascual.

With the rise of a shopping mall inside a state university, Arnil, a local printing shop worker, expresses his plights as his established livelihood faces the threat of closure.

Exploring the memories and experiences he had growing up, a son talks to his parents about how he felt mainly living with his mother while also visiting his father here and there who now had his own separate family.

Amidst a city-wide brownout, Sunlight experiences the balmiest Christmas of her young life.