University of the Philippines Film Institute Film Populer

A pensive man wearing an empty ID jacket and a broken watch drifts through public spaces on the way home.

Aliran: Drama

Pemeran: Ray Dom

A mother tells her young son that his grandfather has turned into a goat in order to cover up the grandfather's death.

Aliran: Comedy

Pemeran: Sheenly Gener

This film is composed of black and white images from the somber depths of Manila’s Sta. Mesa district, which are juxtaposed in the railroad...

Aliran: Documentary

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In this collaborative film, documentary filmmakers and photographers from around the world reflect on the mass movements and protests during the...

Aliran: Documentary

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A subdued worker serves a swollen man bound in an endless cycle of simultaneous consumption and defecation. A series of unprecedented events follow...

Aliran: Animation

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A young woman revisiting memories of a lost love days before Martial Law is proclaimed -- an old, jaded mechanic -- a young man on his way to the...

Aliran: Drama

Pemeran: Marian Santos

Kino Kalye was birthed from a desire to show how this sense of alienation, the speed of commerce, and the consequences of the increasingly digital...

Aliran: Documentary

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Solitary men in a roomy but empty cinema, omnipresent smartphones, and pop-up sexual intimations coalesce in a raunchy yet incisive portrait of...

Aliran: Documentary

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A short animated film about Martial Law in the Philippines.

Aliran: Animation

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A university student learns that it is not so easy to borrow a library book. Martika Ramirez Escobar and Sari Estrada's segment in the anthology...

Aliran: Drama

Pemeran: Ruby Ruiz

A writer narrates the moral conundrums of the times.

Aliran: Drama

Pemeran: James Lomahan