Matt Daclan
2021Hiblang Abo
Ralston Jover
Lou Veloso, Jun Urbano
Infinite struggles among four men in their twilight years, confined in a hospice facility or home for the aged. Their gray hair grows and fades unnoticed, their lives enter the void of oblivion. Everything unfolds so naturally into their swan song until their body pains and heartaches yield the same intensity, when their hearing and their feelings become permanently impaired; and when their blurry vision and memories become “clear” signs that the inevitable state of death is as fleeting as the vibrancy of life itself.
Hiblang Abo
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Lav Diaz
Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz
Andres Bonifacio y de Castro is considered to be one of the most influential proponents in the struggle against Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines during the late nineteenth century. Bonifacio’s widow is searching for her husband’s missing dead body; as she and her followers stumble deeper into the jungle, they become entangled in the dense thicket of their own guilt and responsibility. The Spanish governor tries to play off the various rebel factions and their utopian visions against each other. At the same time, a badly wounded companion of Bonifacio reflects upon the victims a revolution inevitably creates. Mythology, facts and a vibrant sense of history merge.
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Distance
Percival M. Intalan
Iza Calzado, Nonie Buencamino
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 left five years ago. With no questions asked and no conditions made, Anton invites her back to his and their two children’s lives.
Distance
Singing in Graveyards
Bradley Liew
Pepe Smith, Mercedes Cabral
Pepe, a 68-year-old impersonator of a Filipino rock legend, lives alone on the borders of reality, imagination and mysticism. One day, he is finally given the chance to open for the rock legend’s concert but he must do something neither of them has done before – write a love song.
Singing in Graveyards
Swipe
Ed Lejano
Meg Imperial, Luis Alandy
When a CCTV is installed in an apartment, it starts to record their activities and show the tenant's private lives. It tells the story of Loida who is a lady guard, Gloria whose marriage has recently been annulled, Frank who is a married man and actively engaging into gay dating sites and Janet & Edward who are the new tenants hoping to make a clean start in their marriage.
Swipe
Abandoned
Kip Oebanda
Beauty Gonzalez, Seth Fedelin
Simone is a single mother and a security guard who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder because of a robbery that killed her colleagues during their duty. She lives with her teenage son, RJ, whom she works hard for. After the unfortunate incident, she was assigned by her agency to guard an abandoned building which is believed to be haunted by disturbing spiritual elements. Strange events soon occur during her shifts, making her reminisce the painful past that immediately takes a toll on her and her son's life.
Abandoned
Kapatiran
Pepe Diokno
Anthony Falcon, Giancarlo Abrahan
A story focusing on a elite law school fraternity, it follows a week in the lives of a neophyte, a master, and a lawyer alumnus, and crosses the lines of money, power and connections within Manila’s society.
Brotherhood
Mga Gabing Kasinghaba Ng Hair Ko
Gerardo Calagui
Rocky Salumbides, Matt Daclan
At night, Manila’s red light Burgos district starts shining and its shops get busy welcoming tourists and women from different countries. The life of Tuesday, Amanda and Barbie is also here. Providing sexual services, the three transgender women are close friends. Tuesday hopelessly longs for romantic love. Wise Amanda visits her hometown to attend her ex-girlfriend’s son’s christening. She told her family that she works for a bank and her parents have been renovating their home with her money. To her parents, she is a great son or daughter. To her friends, she is an object of both envy and temptation. Recklessly ambitious Barbie tries to make money through drug dealing, but she feels threatened by dangers hidden everywhere. Pursuing love, success and dreams, their lives become part of a confusing night.
Mga Gabing Kasinghaba Ng Hair Ko
Swap
Remton Siega Zuasola
Dionne Monsanto, Matt Daclan
"Swap" takes us to the internal conflict of a young father, torn between solving a crime and committing another crime when one day his only son is kidnapped and the criminals demand him to steal another kid in exchange of his son's life.
Swap
Soap Opera
Remton Siega Zuasola
Matt Daclan, Natileigh Sitoy
Desperately finding ways to support their sickly child, Noel and Liza welcome a new addition to their family, Ben, a rich foreigner who is hoping to build a family of his own. Together they play the game of deceit and make believe, but the truth is far from being hidden as the soap operas they consume daily that vividly mirror what they have been hiding all along.
Soap Opera
Excuse Me Po
Ronald Batallones
Elizabeth Oropesa, Anna Luna
Former film extra Hilda uses her acting talent to con people for loose change. She unapologetically does this to raise money for her husband's medication. When her scam is exposed to the public, a young writer picks up her story and gives her the chance to tell her side of the story. Will this be another act, or is she finally telling the truth?
Excuse Me
