Karnekopya

A thesis short film written and directed by MXRDD.

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

a film by Jill Go-Soco

A working student bustles through scorching Manila, pushed to a cycle of exhaustion as the disparities of a distant world of capitalist excess kindle a common tenderness.

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.

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.

Burdened by a tragic demise in their condo unit, two friends grapple with grief by turning to pills and alcohol abuse, dancing along the delicate line between life and death.

In 7 episodes, a subject traverses through various phases of existence. He fully explores different facets of the human condition— a calm birth, a stifled growth, an outrage against injustice, a cumulation of scars, and the return to innocence.

Estranged friends Kia and Maria face an unexpected reunion in the chapel of their old all-girls' Catholic school, where they are forced to redress feelings left unspoken in their mutual fixations on the Virgin Mary.

Kaloy, a 22-year-old embalmer who illegally moonlights for a corrupt syndicate, extracting bullets from bodies and replacing them with counterfeits for extra cash. But when he finds a familiar face buried within the violence, the reality of his younger brother’s death jolts back his senses.

A barangay avoids hell through a yearly sacrifice of a child. Desperate to make peace with her friend's death six years ago, Mads takes the matter into her own hands.

An intoxicated graduating college student confronts her similarly inebriated father for the first time while waiting for him to drive them home.

A thesis short film by Julianne Reyes.

a film by Cis De Luna