Bodjie Pascua
2021
Ringgo: The Dog Shooter
Rahyan Carlos
Sandino Martin, Janice de Belen
This is a story of the journey of 3 souls heading towards healing and redemption. RINGGO is a 16-year old boy who works as a dog-shooter (the one who assists in mating the dogs with breed -- he will see to it that the private parts of the stud and bitch will be locked during the mating and no sperm will be put to waste in the process). Ringgo works for BONG, a 40-year old lesbian who is a breeder of dogs. One of Bong’s dogs is I’nca, who is a troubled Doberman. Things will get complicated when Ringgo, I’nca and Bong developed a relationship as if they were really mother and child, and get entangled in each other’s personal issues and becomes each other’s protector and defender. The one that ties the three of them is that invisible umbilical cord... the cord of love and sacrifice.
Ringgo: The Dog Shooter
Gimik: The Reunion
Laurenti Dyogi
Judy Ann Santos, Rico Yan
A year after college, seven friends Diane Villaruel, Ricky Salveron, Ese Aragon, Joey Fajardo, Gina de Leon, Garry Ballesteros, Melani Suntay, and Brian Lorenzo get together to take a memory down the lane and attempt to relive the past filled with challenges, victories and problems. Things are not anymore as they seemed to be as each of them treads on different path to self-discovery and accomplishment. Gina and Gary are preparing for their wedding when they learn about Gina’s troublesome reproductive system. On the other hand, just when Melanie finally gave her yes to Brian, the latter met an accident and fell in coma. Ese and Joey learned to be sweeter with each other until Joey got his dream car. And lastly, Ricky, who has been long waiting for his Diane lacked the enough courage to confess when Diane came in.
Gimik: The Reunion
Illusion
Ellen Ramos, Paolo Villaluna
Yul Servo, Jennifer Lee
Set in Philippine post-American colonialist era, where the American influence was still apparent, Ilusyon tells the story of Miguel, a young man from the countryside, who decides to visit his father, Pablo, a Modernist painter in Manila. Upon his arrival, he discovers that his father has decided to leave for the province but he opted to stay in Manila for a vacation. One day, he meets Stella, a nude model originally scheduled to pose for Miguel's father. Struck by her beauty, Miguel does the unthinkable - he pretends to be his father the painter. Developing a relationship based on a lie, things turn for the worse as Stella begets a strange skin disease that turns off Miguel. Surrounded by strange characters - a talking cow, a talkative mailman and a nosy landlady - Miguel is driven into a frenzy realization about beauty, lust, love and being true to oneself. An ambiguous ending underlines the surreal tone of the film.
Illusion
The Sweet Taste of Salted Bread and Undies
Che Espiritu
Bodjie Pascua, Miel Espinoza
A special little homeless girl travels about the Philippines curing the afflicted with her mysterious healing powers, until one day she befriends a sick old man who for some perplexing reason she is unable to cure. The unlikely pair are drawn to each other and their lives are forever changed by their unique friendship and magical journey together.
The Sweet Taste of Salted Bread and Undies
One More Chance
Cathy Garcia-Molina
John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo
Popoy and Basha had been together forever. Their love story began when they first met as students at university. They had been inseparable and did everything together—eating, studying and attending parties. However, Popoy's incessant planning and nagging took a toll on their relationship leading Basha to break-up with him.
One More Chance
Itanong Mo sa Buwan
Chito S. Roño
Jaclyn Jose, Mark Gil
A robbery goes wrong and the bank's teller, Josie is abducted by lone gunman Angelito Asuncion. A few weeks pass and Josie escapes to tell a tale of terror and mayhem. She asserts to have faked falling for him in order to win his trust while Angelito surfaces to claim otherwise. Josie is not really a victim but has been his lover for some time. In fact, they planned the whole thing so they could start a new life together. Who is telling the truth?
Itanong Mo sa Buwan
Saving Sally
Avid Liongoren
Rhian Ramos, Enzo Marcos
Marty is an aspiring comic-book artist who is secretly in love with his best friend, Sally, the gadget inventor. Like every love story, there are complications: Sally has monsters for parents and a literal dick for a boyfriend, while Marty has the innate ability to do nothing about everything despite his vivid fantasies of defending the love of his life from the big bad world.
Saving Sally
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
Auraeus Solito
Nathan Lopez, Soliman Cruz
Maxi, a boy on the cusp of his teens, is already comfortable with his homosexual feelings, with acceptance from his family. When Maxi is assaulted one evening, Victor, a police officer, comes to his aid. Maxi soon develops a crush on Victor, who shows a platonic affection for the young lad.
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
Metamorphosis
J. E. Tiglao
Gold Azeron, Iana Bernardez
Born with both male and female genitals, but raised like a boy by his conservative family, Adam goes through all the things prepubescent boys go through, including a fascination with strange animals he takes for pets and being smitten by a lovely girl. His bucolic world turns upside down when he gets his first menstrual period setting him off on a journey that tests the spiritual and physical limits of sexual identity and into a new world of ambiguity and desire.
Metamorphosis
Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II
Rory B. Quintos
Carmina Villarroel, Wowie De Guzman
This second feature film based on the popular television series features two true legal cases. The first is of a nanny accused of kidnapping the child in her care, and the second is about how a rich family tries to cover up the murder of a poor man.
Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II
The Hopeful Romantic
Topel Lee
Pepe Herrera, Ritz Azul
Jess, a bellboy working at The Manila Hotel, is gifted an all-expenses paid stay at the hotel's most expensive suite. And during his stay, he encounters Veronica, a professional golddigger. Jess keeps up the illusion of being a rich guest of the hotel, hoping to get Veronica to fall in love with him before he has to tell her the truth.
The Hopeful Romantic
Independencia
Raya Martin
Sid Lucero, Alessandra de Rossi
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 home.
Independencia
Maicling pelicula nañg ysañg Indio Nacional
Raya Martin
Lemuel Galman, Mark Joshua Maclang
What follows is a black-and-white silent film set in the 1890s during the brewing Filipino revolution against Spanish colonialism. A series of tragic and comic sequences tells the Three Ages of an Indio (“common man”) as he progresses from boy bell ringer in a village church to teenage revolutionary to adult theater actor rehearsing a popular Spanish play.
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
