What would happen if a country of 97 million people were taught at a young age that the boogie man was real. In the Philippines for the last 400 years,…
Icons of Philippine entertainment industry pay tribute to the “Manoy” of Philippine Cinema Eddie Garcia in this documentary helmed by internationally-acclaimed director, Jon Red.
Recalling how the Pantabangan Dam had disrupted the lives of kinsmen in the southern part of Sierra Madre, the Remontados in Tanay, Rizal, stand their ground in opposition to the…
The story of Nick Joaquin, who only accepted the National Artist Award on the condition that the Marcos administration release a well-known writer who was being unjustly detained during Martial…
In Angeles City, we get inside the lives of two women: a mother who’s a former sex worker and her half-German teenage daughter, as they make small everyday choices to…
A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the livelihood. An experiential film on neocolonial Philippines’ interpretation of…
Basically an artist is also a terrorist, the protagonist thinks in an unguarded moment. And if he is a terrorist after all, then he might just as well be one….
The film is based on traditional Filipino folklore, and mentions creatures such as duwende (dwarfs), manananggal (winged, half-bodied vampires), aswang (blood-sucking monsters disguised as humans), kapre (tobacco-smoking giants).