A taxi driver named Pilo is tasked to bring dead people to a movie theater that leads to the next life. One of his passengers reveals that he is dead as well. With this knowledge, Pilo's desire to see his love one, Galina, intensifies. He is accompanied by cousins James and Anna who also recently...
Beastmode interweaves what at first sight seem to be two unconnected storylines: the first two years of rule by President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, notorious for his war against drugs, and the reconstruction of a social and artistic experiment about violence and performance—a sort of...
From the music of UK composer Nainita Desai, Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza crafts a story about a widowed mother who tries to reconcile two brothers feuding over a piece of disputed land in Mindanao. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack...
Running low on cash and eager for a quick fix, JunJun scores homemade drugs from his dealer, the effects of which are alien to him. When the new maid Alva arrives to work for the family, JunJun finds himself drawn to the mysterious woman. As the days unfold, Alva reveals to him a dark secret and he...
A 73-year-old woman is physically and emotionally exhausted from caring for her ailing husband who is already in the last stage of his Alzheimer's Disease. He lives in a constant state of confusion and anxiety, occasionally haunted by visions of both faceless and familiar strangers. The wife's...
