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- DirectorRory B. QuintosStarsVilma SantosClaudine BarrettoJoel TorreFilipina Overseas Contract Worker is forced to leave her family and take a higher-paying job in a more-prosperous Asian country, unaware of her husband's death.
- DirectorOlivia M. LamasanStarsAga MuhlachLea SalongaWilliam MartinezAgnes and Jerry's relationship becomes distant when Agnes migrates to America.
- DirectorChito S. RoñoStarsSharon CunetaJohn EstradaRica PeralejoGrade-school English teacher Sarah Gonzales joins the 150,000 Pinoy OFWs working in the United Kingdom to support her husband Teddy in making a better living for their family. More than just a chronicle of the Filipino experience working as nurses and caregivers in the U.K., this story also charts Sarah's journey to self-discovery--from a submissive wife who makes sacrifices to make way for her husband's aspirations, to an empowered woman who finds dignity and pride in a humbling job as a caregiver in London.
- DirectorOlivia M. LamasanStarsClaudine BarrettoPiolo PascualIlonah JeanA Filipino (Piolo Pascual) falls in love with another woman (Claudine Barretto) while searching for his wife in Italy.
- DirectorGil PortesStarsVilma SantosMark GilMax Van OsTHIS TRUE-TO-LIFE FILM EXPOSES THE EXPLOITATION OF A FILIPINA WHO IS ILLEGALLY RECRUITED TO WORK IN AMSTERDAM.
- DirectorGil PortesStarsNora AunorBembol RocoMarilyn ConcepcionThe dramatic film is a perceptive study on how Filipino expatriates in the USA cope with loneliness and homesickness.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsYul ServoJoel TorreGloria DiazA Filipino teenager is shot to death on a New Jersey, USA sidewalk: an investigation starts and his family and friends are interviewed. Along the way, more about him is revealed and so is more about the Filipino community in America in general, including the destructive effect of the drug "shabu" on its youth. The detective who handles the case also has his own personal demons to settle with his violent past.
- DirectorLaurice GuillenStarsTraci Ann WolfeChristopher De LeonDina BonnevieA humorous and heartwarming slice-of-life story about family and friends, dealing with the everyday struggles of people trying to bridge two cultures, as well as their attempt to find happiness and security in their new homeland.
- DirectorRory B. QuintosStarsAga MuhlachClaudine BarrettoJohn Lloyd CruzTHEIR DREAM BINDS THEM. THEIR HEARTS TEAR THEM APART. Raffy and Andrew were orphaned as kids and depended only on each other. Raffy has spent the last nine years of his life working in Dubai. His ultimate goal is to fulfill a lifelong dream: to eventually move to Canada with his younger brother Andrew. The Alvarez brothers are finally united when Andrew goes to Dubai, where he meets Faye, one of Raffy's (many) girlfriends, and they hit it off despite their age difference. She becomes his guide, comfort, and lover. Seeing them together, Raffy decides that he still loves her. When Andrew discovers this, conflict arises between the brothers, almost severing the ties that bind them. In the end, what they choose and achieve are not as planned. But their experiences in Dubai lead to new beginnings in their lives.
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsNora AunorVina MoralesIan De LeonA Filipno domestic helper is accused of murdering her fellow domestic helper, and her employer's son in singapore.