Movies: Lui Manansala

A romantic drama that revolves around childhood friends Eric, Gemma and Ponsie. Eric is the weak, fickle minded playboy, Gemma is the pretty tomboy, and Ponsie on the other hand is their gay friend. Vivian wants Eric as her boyfriend, and Gemma promi...

The story of Raffy and Gela who find themselves taking off for Palawan to escape the not so great realities of their current lives and catch up on their respective me-time. But as fate would have it, they find themselves meeting and enjoying each oth...

A retired government employee’s new hobby leads to existential desperation and financial complications....

Amid legalized corruption, a son struggles to prove to his father that he is fit to survive in a dog-eat-dog society....

A young woman goes back to her province in the countryside where she gets to once again meet her Grandmother Loleng - a distant relative and a senile parol (Christmas lantern) artisan. Together, they will explore Grandma Loleng’s landscape of memorie...

The search for a missing watch instigates the painful quest for the truth in Belyn’s and her son’s life....

A mischievous child arrives on an enigmatic island and learns the value of time and life as he finds his way back home to his father....

The tale of an activist’s journey during the turbulent years of Martial Law, until his capture in the mountains and the dark, nine years of imprisonment that followed, leading to his birth as a poet....

A story which happened in a small town in Bohol in 2005. Twenty one pupils died and almost a hundred were hospitalized after eating cassava cakes sold by an old woman, who might have accidentally used pesticide in her ingredients....

A mother mourns the loss of her only son alone....

A retired school teacher on the verge of senility finds difficulty in connecting with her grandson, who is now taking care of her....

Early 20th century Philippines. The sounds of war signal the arrival of the Americans. A mother and son flee to the mountains, hoping for a quiet life. One day, the son discovers a wounded woman in the middle of the forest, and decides to bring her h...

Set in the 1970s, Angela, a college student, returns to her ancestral home to care for her ailing grandmother. She argues with her eccentric mother within the old house’s walls, slowly uncovering hidden truths about her family’s tumultuous past and d...

A man laments on the passing of his grandmother on the day he is forced to move out from their home, but gets stuck when an inherited item disappears....

Raya Martin's award-winning short film Bakasyon is about a young girl who goes to the province to take care of her grandma, where she discovers strange and mysterious things about her lola's identity. The 15-minute film won the Ishmael Bernal Award f...

Sammy, 9 years old, embraces one day’s adventures with his father who makes most of the day hustling money. Father and son forge a deeper more meaningful bond when an encounter forces them to face the truth....