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

“Pusong Bato” (Stone Heart) is about Cinta Dela Cruz, a middle-aged faded actress who tries to relive and remember her glorious days as a...

A young girl on the brink of puberty wakes up one morning to find that her pet dog had escaped, leaving her with a wound in her vagina.

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...

Ana embarks on a captivating journey back to her roots in Cabanatuan City for her grandmother’s grand 75th birthday celebration.

Annie must memorize a poem for school declamation and her grandmother, a former teacher, Nanay Bernadette helps her with her performance. But as...

A local barbershop will be closing soon after serving for 28 years. Rey, the barber, has decided to open his shop for one last time. His last day...

In a mental rehabilitation center, a woman, newly turned sixty, with schizoaffective disorder, waits all year for her family to visit on her...

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...

Luna, Sol, Kenok, Anna, and Tonton arrive at their usual hangout spot, an abandoned building full of trash and graffiti. They make it a point to...

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...

Two strangers walking in a circular road find themselves in another place where they have to drift in the middle of who they are and who they want to...

A gaggle of friends and observers ponder the fate of a relationship as they watch it collapse in this independent drama from the Philippines. Cris is...

Minjae is a Korean-Filipino teenager who is often discriminated against for being mixed-blood. His utmost desire to belong to the homogeneous and...

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

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...

Adrian, a sweet and young boy, helps prepare his Lolo's funeral which he mistakes as a birthday party.

Years of destruction to the rich, ancestral land, culture, and relationships in Nueva Vizcaya by a large-scale foreign mining company has divided the...

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

After spending the night drinking, a woman spirals into drunkenness and grapples with the different colors of warmth and grief.