National Commission for Culture and the Arts Populær film

Gibson Bonifacio stopped speaking when he was a child. Now twenty, he returns home to Manila for Christmas. While always festive in the Philippines,...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Dominic Roco

While trying to cozy up to the sexy and mysterious Mina, who recently moved into the boardinghouse above his shop, unlucky Xerox operator Lito is...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Juliana Palermo

When an alien comes back to take him, a mouthless young man's life twists and turns as his memories untangle.

Sjanger: Animation

Cast: Carlo Aquino

Jay is the name of the two protagonists in the film, one is living, the other dead. The living Jay is producing a documentary of the dead Jay, a gay...

Sjanger: Comedy

Cast: Baron Geisler

Shot in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, Brutus follows two kids smuggling logs from the mountains. It is about the journey that opens their eyes to a...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Rhea Medina

Padre De Pamilya is a story about a father Joselito Mirasol (Ariel Rivera) whose only wish is for his children to grow up as good Catholic...

Sjanger: Family

Cast: Ariel Rivera

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, a young girl from Vigan and an idealistic Japanese officer fall in love. With...

Sjanger: History

Cast: Kaye Abad

Boses (Voices) is the story of a musician named Ariel who offers violin lessons to a child of the slums. Through the violin, the abused child Onyok...

Sjanger: Family

Cast: Coke Bolipata

In 1982, a fourteen-year-old movie fanatic from an underprivileged family in the Municipality of Manapla coincidentally witnesses the production...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Ricky Gallaga

After saving a drowning child 13 feet under the sea, a man has to adapt to living with his developing scales and gills.

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Anjo Resurreccion

This documentary features the endangered languages of the Dupaninan Agta in Isabela, and the Tandulanen Tagbanua in Palawan, Philippines. The film...

Sjanger: Documentary

Cast: Sue Prado

A wounded activist ends up in a toilet and meets two members of the oppressed masses whose only reality is living on toilet fees.

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Yul Servo

Lorna, a mother of two, just lost her husband, a fisherman one morning in a tragic sea accident. She was left with no choice but to raise her own...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Angeli Bayani

Set on the eve of a fictional inaugural of the Bangsamoro Government, the film revolves around Daud, a scion of a political dynasty who is reluctant...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Felix Roco

When they have no one to pass their "mutya" forward so they can finally die, aging "aswangs" in Antique are believed to seek for the mystical lake in...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Jansen Magpusao

A fisherman living along the Bicol River searches for his missing wife. His faith in God is tested when he finally finds her.

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Cast: Marc Felix

Badong, an established painter, comes home and returns to his old studio. He has a piece in mind that requires a specific model to pose nude. He...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Mark Gil

Circumcision is an important part of the culture of most Filipinos. It is practiced for a variety of reasons or beliefs, be it religion or health. ...

Sjanger: Drama

Cast: Jason Louis Mioten

The amazing adventures of Gunam-gunam (Rumi) and Guni-guni (Phantasm). Adapted from the book Auxiliary Materials for Teaching the Filipino Language...

Sjanger: Family

Cast: Katch23

A filmmaker explores why women are at the forefront of documentary filmmaking in the Philippines by chronicling their narratives of struggle and...

Sjanger: Documentary

Cast: Adjani Arumpac