
Dark Is the Night
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 when their son goes missing.

Signal Rock
Intoy was left to take care of his parents when his sister Vicky leaves to work overseas. Eventually, like many women in the island, Vicky married a foreigner thinking it…

The Sweet Taste of Salted Bread and Undies
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…

Distance
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…

Waiting for Sunset
An old unmarried couple broke the monotony of their daily lives when the woman’s estranged husband reached out to them, seeking reconciliation and forgiveness.

The Maid In London
Inspired by true events, Margo who is a young mother and her best friend Faye are forced to cling to the edge of a knife so they could travel to…

Walwal
In a pivotal stage of their youth, four exuberant college sophomores face personal challenges that will affect the rest of their lives.

Season of the Devil
Philippines, late 1970s. A military-controlled militia is oppressing a remote village, spreading terror both physical and psychological. The fearless young doctor Lorena who opened a clinic for the poor disappears…

Citizen Jake
A drama of the personal saga of a young man struggles with the contradictions within his own social class and the demands of a dysfunctional political family in the Philippine…

Poison
A man with special healing abilities uses his power for his own benefit – for wealth and for love.