Beneath the Cogon

At first, there was Tagalog, Gym Lumbera’s short and, to his mind, unfinished narrative about the infidelity that comes between a husband and wife in their twilight years, shot on film and reflecting his own real-life infidelity.. And then there was a storm, a real storm and not a metaphorical one, that flooded his house and submerged,...

Runtime

1h 10m

Director

Gym Lumbera

Cast

Dado Javier, Loleng Hernandez-Javier

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.

Runtime

2h

Director

Sari Dalena, Kiri Dalena

Cast

Jose Maria Sison, Karl Medina, Angeli Bayani

Carlito is getting married. But he doesn't dare tell his parents. He also takes advantage of the safety of the bartering rural community from which he commutes back and forth to work.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Mes de Guzman

Cast

Jess Evardone, Japo Escobedo, Abdul John Candelario

A story about three children struggling in a depressed neighborhood with their means of survival arriving from the package given to them by their parents who works abroad.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Mes de Guzman

Cast

Renante Huerte, Emil John Dela Masa, John Jason Lozares

Two warring chefs and their restaurants are threatened by the 3-month deadline imposed to them by Don Manolo to vacate their place for it will be sold to a condominium developer.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Ronnie Ricketts

Cast

Hero Angeles, Joross Gamboa, Bruce Ricketts