Erlinda Villalobos

Ani is a seven-year-old ordinary child. Despite being cheerful inside their home with her grandmother, she hides the pain/anguish that she tries to...

A penniless mother, with her infant child, takes on a journey by land and sea to find her husband in Manila. But this trip won't be free for she has...

A grandmother waiting for his grandson's return amidst the COVID-19 lockdown teaches herself the art of playing piano, with the hopes that one day...

The true story of Andres Bonifacio, a man who rose as a leader in the fight against the Spanish oppressors, and would gain the enmity of even those...

Valentin Roxas was raised by his Tatay Lito alone when his mother left them to work abroad when he was seven. To maintain a sense of normalcy, Lito...

When Kana, a young T'boli woman, becomes a dreamweaver, she has the chance to weave together her village's warring clans. But, will she give up true...

It's Christmas time, and a grandmother spends a quiet afternoon tending to the family chores. But the arrival of an unexpected visitor brings with...

GRS operative Jake Alexander and his team of young recruits go after the most dangerous and notorious criminals with the help of a Hong Kong...

The film follows a young boy's search for the mythical island of fireflies described in his mother's bedtime stories. Using the "clues" he believes...

Desperate to win an award, a producer hires real supernatural monsters to act in his horror film — but their fee may not be the bargain he thinks...

Pieta follows Isaac who tries to navigate the outside world after spending years in jail for killing his father.

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

Celine, a grieving widow returns to her estranged husband’s family’s island estate to scatter his ashes and claim her inheritance. Paeng and...

Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs...

A 12-act anthology film about the lives of several people whose love stories take tragic turns as they try to fill in the void in their respective...

A photographer is tasked to take a photo of a rare flower thriving in the mountain, but he discovers women trapped in a hidden brothel for illegal...

Manang Biring is a feisty but terminally-ill old lady who has learned to accept her imminent demise. Until one day, she receives a letter from her...

Ordinary People is a family portrait of Jane, 16, and her boyfriend, Aries, who live on their own in the chaotic streets of Manila. Surviving as...

When Lara lost her husband of five months, she didn't think she could go on living, much less love again. Now, seven months later, Lara is still in...

A famous vlogger commits suicide after her content is based online. When she is about to kill herself, a man is quick enough to save her.

A story of a group of pranksters who scares a homeless girl and accidentally injuring her. One by one, they start encountering a shadow whose glare...

After a turbulent squall in the night, villagers wake up to the astonishing sight of the sea that has turned red.

Raped and pregnant, an OFW rids herself of unwanted baggage on the flight back home.

The story revolves around a hermit named Tokhang. People ridicule her because of her eerie look and scary demeanor. As a bearer of bad tidings, she...

Nangungupahan follows the different lives of people who occupy a room of an apartment through different points in time. The room may mean...

Liza is still drowning in grief from losing the love of her life when she receives a visit from the most unlikely person — her husband, who she...

It revolves around Glory, a 52-year-old woman who falls in love with Niko, a guy 30 years her junior. They start a risqué May-December love affair,...

A serial killer in Payatas leaves the bodies of young boys in the dump as two Jesuit priests try to solve the murders.

A war-torn grandmother, Lola Mame conceals her past from her tenacious and curious grandson Sen. He is persistent in uncovering his grandmother's...

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...

A single mother working as a film extra dreams of landing bigger roles while struggling with the harsh realities of the entertainment industry.

Three stories of haunting secrets, folklore, and urban legends.

As a family clashes over their late father's land, an eerie painting appears and releases something sinister during the nine-day funeral ritual.

Actress Eugene Domingo plays a fictionalized version of herself as an actress who really wants to be a director. Unfortunately, she encounters the...

A story of ordinary, happy people living in a tenement is suddenly shaken by a string of conspicuous deaths. Unfortunate and unrelated deaths...

Inspired by the much-publicized travails of Benhur Luy and Janet Lim Napoles, the film opens with a police operation that leads to the recovery of a...

When a struggling high school student is confronted with the painful fracture of her family, she seeks refuge far from the noise of her parents’...

Regina, 75, takes every opportunity to line up in the government's arduous medical assistance dole out program just to secure mitigating financial...

An elderly nun witnesses a young construction worker's fatal accident, compelling her to question the ethical principles of the institution she has...

A grumpy shut-in's third eye accidentally opens after eating an offering meant for a charming but lonely ghost. Now bound together, they discover...