Ginataang Bangkalan 2022
In a small town in Infanta Quezon, a group of friends tries to explore a mangrove swamp to catch and cook a famous delicacy called bangkalan or clam in English.
In a small town in Infanta Quezon, a group of friends tries to explore a mangrove swamp to catch and cook a famous delicacy called bangkalan or clam in English.
Heavily occupied by his daytime job as a delivery rider, Jim experiences the magic of self-love when he forgets to eat on time.
A maiden with high regards and discipline in eating and workout was put attest by different events in her life. During this time of pandemic which is a threat to our life, who or what should we highly regard? When does devotion into something aimed for our welfare became the harm/danger?
A short documentary film that invites you to look into the importance of our individual choices based on the social, political, and economic conditions of our society. It will highlight our dream as a nation to move forward by exercising our fundamental freedoms through elections and suffrage.
With the sudden cancellation of her carrot cake order due to the abrupt implementation of the lockdown, Jhemalyn now faces her fear of not being able to continue her birthday tradition.
Makoy, Kaloy, and Buknoy wake up to an announcement about going back to school. Parents who do not want or are unable to opt for online classes must take an exam to determine if they are fit to teach their children. Unfortunately, most parents in this small town are not as privileged as their children who've had formal education.
Toto learns of a terrible accident in his village. With the goal of going there to witness for himself, he meets Luz, a lady with whom he was able to exchange wisdom while they traveled to the incident site.
Amidst heightened quarantine restrictions, a group of Badjao roams the locale of Agusan del Sur in search of food and a way to get through the day. This is a story about their survival, hopes, and worldview as they also experienced the challenges of the pandemic.
Before their mother left for work, 17-year-old Amando was tasked to take care of Kit, his sick younger brother. From their shack, both boys traverse a long way to the next hill to get a bottle of an illegal herbal remedy for Kit.
Marla and her father escape the city in the midst of the threatening spread of an infectious virus. With their lives at stake, both face the past they keep running away from.
A student is gripped with the emotions of being an academic achiever.
A mute teenage boy attempts to confess to the girl of his dreams on the last day of school.
A short film stitched together from found footage, clandestine voice recordings, and sit-down interviews from a mysteriously abandoned documentary about an unidentified corpse found at the apartment of a man who claims to be a police informant.
The mystical land of Kaak has returned to its former magical splendor. Two powerful crossbred creatures meet again and face their past. They must make the ultimate choice for themselves and for the good of Kaak, to prevent their own undoing.
A business in the middle of bankruptcy struggles with the upkeep of its day-to-day low mortality life. As the owners devise a plan to drive up revenue, and with more "meat" coming in... they realize that nothing is what it seems.
A story of a community that finds light and strength in each other’s courage amidst the hypercritical and pejorative world they live in. As they look for a final resting place for their departed friend, Julie, their faith in each other and in the world is challenged.
Everyone is dealing with the lockdown brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, face to face classes were not permitted but education must continue in the “new normal setting”. The short film will follow the journey of Abby, a teacher tasked to distribute and retrieve self-learning modules to an isolated and disadvantaged area in Mindanao.
A woman deals with a deep, dark trauma she wishes she could get over.
Two brothers, a damaged priest and an idealist journalist, argue whether or not to continue their investigation of a sexual abuse case of a clergyman knowing that one of them is already lost in the quest for the truth.
This is the account of a Japanese man who lived in the Philippines for a while before returning to Japan. Despite the fact that he is separated into two distinct times, he has many loose ends and regrets in his past that he is attempting to resolve in his present. Is he able to connect the dots from his history to his present?