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Whammy Alcazaren

Whammy Alcazaren

Writing

Known For

Palitan
2.7

An erotic, psychological drama-thriller set on the gritty streets of Raon, Quiapo, Manila - a third world commercial avenue where everything from dildos, car parts and home accessories is available for a price. It is against this backdrop that the shrewd Ramiro, owner of an electronics shop, through a process of bartering and bargaining, convinceshis ill-tempered and non-too-bright employee Nestor to give him videos of his naked wife in exchange for the erasure of his debts.

Palitan

2012
Whether the Weather Is Fine
7.0

Against the backdrop of the Typhoon Yolanda, a mother and her son struggle for survival and deal with absurdity of fate, sustained by the hope that they carry, and what is lost and gained.

Whether the Weather Is Fine

2021
Please • Care
10.0

An 80-year old woman decides that she will be an old maid. But when the woman tries to leave her husband for sixty years, their children forbid their parents to separate.

Please • Care

2017
Sparks
6.0

While the marriage of two professors is on the verge of falling apart, the woman is dragged into a scandal involving a young student. On the other hand, the man falls in love with the subject of his research—a deity that appears to him as the ghost of an old flame.

Sparks

2014
Relaks, It's Just Pag-ibig
6.0

Bold Sari enlists with Josh, a young man whom she barely met. They set from Metro Manila to Leyte to find the owner of a letter she found and see the fulfillment of its vow. They discover that the journey is just as relevant as their goal.

Relaks, It's Just Pag-ibig

2014
Death of Nintendo
6.4

The story takes us into the colorful pop-culture world of these four 13-year old friends, back in the days when video games were still a novelty. Mimaw and her friends Paolo, Kachi and Gilligan go on a journey of self-discovery together as they play games and wrestle with new dilemmas – puppy love, circumcision and other horror stories.

Death of Nintendo

2020
Never Tear Us Apart
6.5

An aging spy, his delusional wife, and promiscuous son are driven into madness as they confront the terrors caused by the monster known as The Shadow.

Never Tear Us Apart

2018
Colossal
7.3

Colossal explores the complexities of grief and the process of grieving as understood through the myth of a Man as he ventures through shifting landscapes ruminating.

Colossal

2012
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die
4.0

Mila struggles as she remains unpaid at work and finds comfort in a love interest through his constant phone calls.

Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

2023
Bold Eagle
1.0

Trapped at home with his talking cat, BOLD seeks refuge in the strong arms of strange men as together they venture deep down into the nether regions of the Internet in search of true happiness. Caught in the tangle of technology and social media, he wonders to his cat about his place in the world. If he spreads his wings, can he fly?

Bold Eagle

2022
Baka Bukas
3.8

Alex is a 23 year old gay girl based in Manila. She is out to most people except her best friend Jess who she has been secretly in love with since they were kids. When Jess discovers the truth about Alex, they are forced to confront the feelings they have for each other.

Baka Bukas

2016
Water Sports
8.0

Sad boys Jelson and Ipe harness the power of their love in an attempt to survive a world devastated by climate change.

Water Sports

2024
Islands
N/A

ISLANDS explores a cinematic journey of two astronauts. As they enter Earth’s atmosphere the structure transforms. The spacecraft becomes the meteor from a myth of a tribesman; it triggers an old lady’s memory of a lover from her past. As these diverse characters converge in a plane of reality, we confront a particular form of gravity we covertly feel—falling in love.

Islands

2013
Lukas the Strange
5.8

A small town in the Philippines is turned upside down by the arrival of a film crew that has everyone excited. Meanwhile, 13-year-old Lukas finds his own world overturned when he is told that his father is a tikbalang (half horse, half man). His father’s disappearance leaves Lukas to try to unravel the mystery of his own heritage and his own nature.

Lukas the Strange

2013
Beauty in a Bottle
5.5

Three women struggle to cope with their insecurities and body image as they get caught up in the craze over a new beauty product

Beauty in a Bottle

2014
Sila-Sila
10.0

A 30-year old man who returns home to Manila is forced to confront his old life, his old friends, and his ex-boyfriend at their high school reunion where the drama of the past and the present collide.

Sila-Sila

2019
English Only, Please
7.0

A Filipino-American man hires a translator to help translate a letter he wrote for the woman that broke his heart.

English Only, Please

2014
No image
N/A

The film explores the varying degrees, forms and issues of surveillance (the feeling of being policed) which are the heart of the relationship and conflict of a schizophrenia patient and caregiver, especially during the treatment phase.

Mga Anino Ng Kahapon

2013
If People Such as We Cease to Exist
N/A

A grieving widow attempts to find the missing piece of her husband's remains.

If People Such as We Cease to Exist

2016
The Diplomat Hotel
N/A

Victoria Lansang is a popular news reporter who has been requested to mediate a hostage crisis. And in front of a national television audience, something horribly goes wrong and people are killed while Victoria suffers a mental breakdown. A year later, she’s eager to get back into the game. However, the only assignment she can get is to do a documentary on the last night of The Diplomat Hotel in Baguio City, a crumbling and abandoned building infamously known for its bloody past and its hauntings. Looking for redemption, she arrives there with her crew and they start filming. But as they get deeper into the night, the place starts to exert its will on them and they find out exactly what monstrous evil awaits at The Diplomat Hotel. By daybreak, their lives will never be the same again.

The Diplomat Hotel

2013