Filipino Projects
Anak Alon (Daughters of the Sea)
Director Martika Ramirez Escobar | Producer Rajiv Idnani
Three lives intertwine like kindred beings from the same soil. Lucia, a curious tour guide who unknowingly meets her father for the first time, lives vicariously through two people—a pet shop owner who tries to keep a dying mermaid alive and a fish vendor whose long-missing husband reappears from nowhere.
Molder
Director Kenneth Dagatan | Producers Bradley Liew, Junxiang Huang
Set in a sleepy, rainy town in Southern Italy, CESAR, a Filipino immigrant, lives with his local Italian wife. When they meet a mysterious young Filipino man who places a curse on them, their lives turn into a nightmare of physical decay.
My Neighbor the Gangster
Director Mario Cornejo | Producers Monster Jimenez, Jon Romulo
A young boy’s life is changed when a gangster moves his mistress and love child next door to the boy’s seaside residence.
Bato Bato Sa Langit Ang Tamaan Magagalit (Heaven Help Us)
Director Eve Baswel | Producers John Torres, Jules Katanyag
Twelve hours before the collapse of the Manila Film Center in 1981, we follow the lives of the construction workers who worked tirelessly to complete the impossible deadline of finishing the building in less than two weeks before its opening.
Baradero (A Ship of Fools)
Director Keith Deligero | Producer Gale Osorio
“Baradero” is a psychological period drama set in the Philippines that is at the brink of World War II. It explores how two troubled men, Kilum and Enrico, torn between different moments in history, are strangely connected by the Arko Niño, a ship of fools that bears witness to the trauma of history and its enduring impact on the present.
Golden
Director JP Habac | Producers Omar Sortijas, Catsi Catalan
To raise funds for a house in Manila, a group of homeless gay seniors reunites and revives their former drag queen performances.
Lihim Na Luha (Secret Cries)
Director Eileen Cabiling | Producers Darlene Malimas, Jericho Rosales
Manuel, addicted to crystal meth, is forced into rehab, where he confronts his darkest secret he killed his beloved wife, an aswang—a mythical Filipino vampire—to save their newborn daughter. Now, with his daughter’s 13th birthday approaching, he fears whether she will reveal a human heart or a vampire's curse.
Inahing Baka (Mother Maybe)
Director Sonny Calvento | Producers Arden Rod Condez, Sheron Dayoc
A son is reunited with his mother in Tokyo as he joins a high-stakes Japanese game show, but his joy turns to horror as he discovers that at night, his mother becomes different.
Please Bear With Me
Director Gabriela Serrano | Producers Gale Osorio, Keith Deligero
In the alternate Philippines, where people have lost the ability to dream, single mother ELENITA (49) works as a call center agent who gets paid in "dream-time." She relives her glory days as a rising pop star through these transient dreams. As Elenita drifts deeper into her shimmering fantasies, her artist daughter EL (24) embarks on a career that inexplicably begins to mirror her mother’s past.
Angel De Dios
Director Joel Ruiz | Producer Madonna Tarrayo
After a heist goes terribly wrong, a bank robber inadvertently ends up with a 3-month-old baby as he escapes the scene. An unexpected relationship develops between the two as danger follows their every move.
Hum
Director Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan | Producers Alemberg Ang, Hannah Schierbeek
An earthquake unravels the lives of two runaway land defenders turned rodeo stars haunted by their tragic past.
Ewa (Eve)
Director Keith Sicat | Producer Sari Dalena
In a future of intergalactic migrant workers, a scientist marooned in a hostile alien world struggles to reconnect with her child, who is lightyears away.
The Returning
Director Atsuko Hirayanagi | Producers Will Manalang, Eiko Mizuno Gray
A homeless Japanese man in Manila joins an environmental charity that offers him a chance to rebuild his life by planting trees in deforested areas of the Philippines, only to discover that it is a sinister cult serving an ancient forest spirit.
Southeast Asian Projects
The Beer Girl in Yangon
Director Sein Lyan Tun | Producer Yulia Bhara | Country Myanmar, Indonesia
When her father is arrested for political activism, Lily (17) has to work in the beer station in Yangon, where she falls in love with a karaoke singer and a mysterious older man while dealing with her swinging menstruation hallucination mood.
Picturehouse
Director Minh-Nghiem Nguyen-Vo | Producer Johann Chapelan | Country Vietnam
In 1960s Vietnam, a family-run movie house becomes a haven for an eight-year-old boy who sees his world being undone by war.
Future Laobans
Director Maung Sun | Producer Emmanuel Angeles | Country Myanmar
In the jade mining town of Hpakant, three teenagers with different backgrounds, Aung, Sun, and Nyi, embark on a risky journey to smuggle a valuable jade stone to China, driven by their dreams of becoming millionaires overnight.
To Leave, To Stay
Director Danech San | Producer Daniel Mattes | Country Cambodia
Bored of her island life, Mera travels with her friend Bopha to visit a soldier she met online. Weeks later, Mera goes missing. Bopha’s search begins.
Other People's Dreams
Director Daniel Hui | Producers Tan Si En, Joel Neo | Country Singapore
Two runaway souls escaping a dark past meet in the chaos of Singapore. They find a way to survive by stealing, unseen from the public, melding themselves with the rhythms of the dreaming city.
The Passport
Director Ananth Subramaniam | Producer Choo Mun Bel | Country Malaysia
Passport chronicles the life of a working-class Indian family from the perspective of Kalki, a Punk Rocker who confronts the impact of cultural expectations in and out of home.
I'll Smile in September
Director Aakash Chhabra | Producer Fran Borgia | Country Singapore, India
After getting separated from the love of his life and losing his front teeth in a brutal altercation that ensues after it, a young brass band player in Old Delhi attempts to move on in life by finding his smile back.
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