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- When an alien comes back to take him, a mouthless young man's life twists and turns as his memories untangle.
- A progressive rock band composed of privileged teenagers get arrested for drug possession, and are brought into the "Blue Room" where they must make the difficult choice between freedom or standing up for what they believe in.
- An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced into a harsh prison sentence; a mother and her two children wander the countryside looking for some kind of redemption.
- Joey, Kathy, Sylvia, and Maritess, best friends from 1979 to 1982, navigate drug use, singing dreams, unconventional relationships, and housewife roles, depicting personal battles and societal challenges during that period.
- An apolitical worker in a printing press who works as a scab during a company strike belatedly realizes that everyone is affected by the evils of society.
- Tia Madre is a horror film told by a hyper-imaginative 10-year old girl named Camille, whose mother transforms into something more sinister, violent, distant, and possibly not human.
- Adam was raised like a normal boy until he bled his first menstrual period. Adam was born with two genitals, an intersex person who finds himself in a painful transformation that takes him into the ambiguities of fate and desires.
- Boses (Voices) is the story of a musician named Ariel who offers violin lessons to a child of the slums. Through the violin, the abused child Onyok is able to get back his voice from a mute, desensitized existence. A violin teacher and his student, a mute 7-year old abused child in a shelter, develop a friendship stemming from their love of music. Ariel discovers the immense talent of Onyok hiding behind a veneer of silence and pain caused by an unhappy and cruel father. In the developing relationship of teacher and student, both characters reveal more of themselves that otherwise may have remained unspoken. They discover each other's strengths and failures through the violin lessons.
- Baler is a love story between Feliza, the daughter of a rebel commander and Celso, a half-Spanish soldier, set during the twilight years of the Spanish regime in the Philippines. The young couple struggle to keep their forbidden love alive despite familial and political tensions, culminating in an almost year-long blockade known as the Siege of Baler.
- The film is set in surfing town of Baler where Ford who is wasting his youth away. Named after Francis Ford Coppola. As another surfing season is ending, he is forced to confront his past, including the myths and myths about his life.
- When they have no one to pass their "mutya" forward so they can finally die, aging "aswangs" in Antique are believed to seek for the mystical lake in Negros where they can just turn into ashes and disappear forever. This is the story of a 78 year old aswang and the young man who helped her find the lake.
- Utopia follows a freelance videographer, a rookie police officer, an undercover PDEA agent who all get caught in the labyrinth of the city's crime scene all because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
- Jay is the name of the two protagonists in the film, one is living, the other dead. The living Jay is producing a documentary of the dead Jay, a gay teacher who was brutally killed. As Jay recreates and examines the life of his subject, his own life is affected when he unravels his subject's hidden life and secret love.
- Anti-crime crusader Lilia Chiong Yang seems to have everything a woman could want and need: a husband who pampers her, children any parent would be proud of, and the respect and admiration of the most powerful people in the land. But just as Lilia prepares for her 25th wedding anniversary celebration, a chance encounter in Thailand with her first love Michael throws her life into chaos. So begins the resumption of a relationship that threatens to unravel the delicate threads connecting Lilia to the other people in her life.
- Sila-Sila is a ghost story about a man whose breakups tend to be messy and traumatic not only for him but also for the receiving end. When he encounters his ex-boyfriend again, he finds himself rekindling the feelings he thought were long gone.
- Gibson Bonifacio stopped speaking as a child. Now 20 years old, he's returning to Manila from his studies abroad, his first visit home in three years. He finds his family trying to keep it together, his mother still hurting from a tragic loss in the past. In the backdrop of the vibrant local music scene, his childhood best friend reaches out to him, and he finds a chance at his first real romantic relationship. Amidst the holidays, Gibson reconsiders and redefines his relationships with his family, his friends, and himself.
- It centers on two writers with different styles who must work together to write a romantic film.
- A wandering peddler separates from his fellow salesman and becomes involved with criminals in the jungle.
- Based on a true story, this film unfolds through a series of texts, voice messages, and video calls, immersing the audience in the daily grind of frontline workers. Riveting from start to end, Peon uncovers an uncomfortable truth in Malaysia.
- A series of mysterious hand-illustrated postcards take a young woman on a journey throughout the Philippines in search of its anonymous writer.
- Itan, a Sambal Ayta, was told by his parents that he won't be able to continue his studies. They tried to console him by saying that finishing Grade 6 is enough as he already knows how to read and write anyway. He was told that he should help his family in harvesting banana bells and clearing trees in the mountains since studying was only meant for the privileged. Itan's hopes and dreams were crushed until he got an old computer keyboard.
- Ann Cruz is a lucid dreamer. Her dreams are the exact opposite of her routinary life. In one of her dreams, she meets a mysterious man who challenges her to make her dreams more adventurous. As she crosses paths with another lucid dreamer, Ann realizes her dreams are far more alive than her reality.
- The Eksena Cinema Quarantine: COVID-19 Filmmakers' Diaries 2 will feature 16 films selected to chronicle these filmmakers' stories amid varying restrictions and alert levels during the pandemic. This year also marks the culmination of the centennial celebration of Philippine cinema and as continuation of the first ECQ, the National Committee on Cinema, a sub-committee of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, initiates ECQ2 which will feature two Omnibus Films out of the 16 selected films. Sub Committee on the Arts (SCA) and National Committee on Cinema Chair Rolando Tolentino said the NCC continues to support the efforts by filmmakers from the regions to persevere in their craft and public, to make films in the hardest of pandemic times, to thrive as productive filmmakers inspite and despite the pandemic. "In its second year, Eksena Cinema Quarantine is not only a showcase of the best of regional filmmaking but more so, a testament to Filipino filmmakers' commitment to film as art and Philippine society," Tolentino added. These 16 films were made by filmmakers namely: Joseph Andrew Abello, Roberto Acusar Jr., Reyan Christian Amacna, Ara Mina Amor, Mervine Anjelo Aquino, Brian Jonathan Bringuer, Demie Dangla, Jean Claire Dy, Christopher Gozum, Xavier Axl Roncesvalles, Jarell Serencio, Alyssa Mariel Suico, Kevin Van Sulitas, Arlie Sweet Sumagaysay and Richard Jeroui, Hubert Tibi, and Jasper Villasis. Still in partnership with the University of St. La Salle and the NCCA-NCC, this project aims to contribute to the development of Philippine cinema by curating an omnibus feature-length films in the time of COVID-19 and to be able to document the individual and collective experiences of artists, cultural workers, Filipinos, and the Philippines in the midst of a global health crisis.
- Set on the eve of a fictional inaugural of the Bangsamoro Government, the film revolves around Daud, a scion of a political dynasty who is reluctant to become a member of the Parliament, and his college buddy Marco, a struggling journalist assigned to cover the inaugural. The duo drive off to the countryside, reminiscing their days as student activists and discovering their deepest longings as hostages of a future they will inherit.
- Two men who have an unacknowledged relationship five years ago meet each other during the pandemic. Will they finally have a happy ending or a mother's love get in the way to protect her son?
- Mina, a pretty and intelligent 18-year-old student in a town, falls victim to a viral sex video that circulated in her school. This forced her mother Rita, an overseas Filipino worker in the Middle East, to go on an emergency leave to take care of her only daughter who was severely affected by the incident. In the following days, strange things start to happen to Mina at home and at school. Her nose bleeds endlessly, a python appears in their home, and she sees the spirits of her ancestors come to their house. A healer, an old woman from the next barrio, is called to treat Mina's strange afflictions. The old woman surmises that Mina's ancestors had come to tell her of an important message but Mina is stubborn and continues to ignore the signs communicated.
- In 1982, a fourteen-year-old movie fanatic from an underprivileged family in the Municipality of Manapla coincidentally witnesses the production shoot of Oro, Plata, Mata in his hometown. Full of determination he approaches the director, Peque Gallaga, in the hopes of landing a job that would help in providing for his family and feed his passion.
- Lockdowns and quarantines did not deter sixteen filmmakers from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, and the National Capital Region from chronicling their struggles and triumphs during the pandemic time in the way they know best: through film. ECQ: Eksena Cinema Quarantine (COVID-19 Filmmakers' Diaries), a project under the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, National Committee on Cinema (NCCA-NCC), in cooperation with University of St. La Salle Artists' Hub, features sixteen filmmakers namely Adjani Arumpac, Hiyas Baldemor Bagabaldo, Arbi Barbarona, Glenn Barit, Carlo Enciso Catu, Zurich Chan, Arden Rod Condez, Kristian Sendon Cordero, Khavn, Keith Deligero, Kyle Fermindoza, Bagane Fiola, Mark L. Garcia, Julienne Ilagan, Pam Miras, and Guillermo Ocampo.
- A woman whose husband died a few years ago becomes convinced that a young pop star is the reincarnation of her husband.
- Mimosa accepts a job as a nude model to pay the medical bills of her child. What began as an economic necessity turns into reliving the past when she learns the painter is a former flame who she could not make things work with.
- During childhood, Lino often asked his mother as they wandered the path underneath the night sky. As he grew to his teenage years, they gradually lost their farm because of his father's debt. Like some, he will be forced to emigrate. The moon will be his way to talk to his mother, after several years in prison. When he goes back, he will return to the things and dreams that his disappearance has stolen-including his girlfriend.
- Katrina and her father Leon leave the city to visit her late grandmother Gare's wake. Upon arrival, Katrina feels aloof and develops a connection with Infanta's landscape more than her distant relatives. Night falls, and the rest of the household goes to sleep. In the middle of the night, Katrina wakes up in a daze and heads out to where Gare's casket lies. There, she sees a dark entity crawl out of the property. The next day, the whole town is abashed at finding Gare's casket empty. This prompts an all-out search for the missing body with the police, headed by Leon. In her isolation, Katrina treads between realms and unconsciously starts her own investigation on finding her grandmother.
- "Brutus" is an indie film shot in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines about two kids smuggling logs from the mountains. It is about the journey that opens their eyes to a 'world' that is ruled by greed and torn by the political conflicts. "Brutus" is one of the ten Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival 2008 entries.
- Operation Holokaustus has killed all but one untouchable and he's left alone in a hardly habitable planet because of the post-truth wars. When he tried to teleport to other planets using the machine he created, he opened a communication to a fugitive scientist who happened to be the one who preserved him.
- 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 improve their conditions while remaining close to the Red Light. A film that intimately observes how women make choices when their options are few and far between.
- "Daan Patungong Tawaya" is about the 19 Martyrs of Aklan as well as the Babaylans (Shamans) who were the women and the important role they played in the shaping of our nation.
- An immersion into life before birth in the smallest home in the seams of Manila's premier international port. Virgie's family feeds on the fishes that lurk under the industrial ships of North Harbor. Their alternatives are packs of tasteless gelatin found in the same waters. Their entertainment comes from imagining stories behind DVD inlays of Hollywood films and a tabloid article on Hillary Clinton and a rat's ass. One morning when the fishes are dead and the sea's color is that of milk, uncertainty is born on the same floor where she eats.
- In the decade following the Spanish-American War, more Filipinos were killed by US troops than by the Spanish during the 300 years of colonial rule. More than 1 million Filipinos died between 1899 and 1913. This experimental documentary about the Philippine American War of 1899 combines archival photographs and turn of the century film, digital video and 16mm footage to create memories of a forgotten history. A contemporary Filipina-American narrator weaves this complex history through historiography, experimental documentary and intercultural cinema. Shot on location in the Philippines and edited in the US, the film was produced by an international team of Filipino and American media artists.
- Genevieve Homes boasts of a 24-hour security system (you may have seen him napping every so often), and is conveniently located near the neighborhood "sari-sari" store and outdoor cafe. Those with athletic inclinations will certainly enjoy a one-on-one game of basketball in Genevieve's outdoor uni sport complex; or they can take a stroll in its very precise, ten-plant garden. More than its old-world appeal, Genevieve's real treasures are its tenants, some of whom have lived in the complex for what seems like forever. A peculiar mix of old and young, families and young single professionals, you'll certainly be charmed by their ability to be ensconced in the daily, numbing repetition of their everyday lives. You may have heard of the disturbing news involving the discovery of a dead fetus inside the dumpster beside Genevieve Homes, but don't let that feral murder discourage you from visiting us. Our waste management disposal system is at par with other urban cities.
- A tribute to the people that we fear to lose, and for the ones that we have lost. It is a story about the fear that we have to face as the new normal.
- Three girls encounter an unseen terror while being alone during the lockdown.
- A fisherman living along the Bicol River searches for his missing wife. His faith in God is tested when he finally finds her.