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Boni, a little boy from the slums, squares off with the stark reality of drugs, petty crime and abuse armed with his own brand of hip hop and some divine intervention.
Six-year-old Andong is obsessed, and nothing, not even his mother’s disapproval and constant nagging can help curve his, somewhat, persistent infatuation. So it didn’t come out as a surprise to anyone, when, one fateful day, the precocious little boy went into a mad frenzy over the prospect of, finally, landing the, much-coveted, love-of-his-life. or a poor boy who only yearned for one thing - and nothing more, in his life, this break was, without a doubt, the answer to all of his prayers. Now, if only he can convince his mother to give him twenty pesos. It was harder than he thought.
Disrespected by his teenage son, a 40-year-old High School dropout tries to solve this problem by returning to school which only makes his son hate him even more. Amidst the struggle between them, an unexpected event changes everything.
In a darkened room, a man commits a murder, an act of madness that leaves him emotionally crippled with guilt and paranoia. Beside him, a dead body lies face down on the bed, blood staining the white bed sheet. But it seems the dead body has its own agenda—haunting him again and again, taunting him. A cycle of guilt, paranoia, shame, and fear cuts through the man’s senses, driving him closer and closer to madness struggling to atone for the sin of violence to no avail.
Nenok, a nine-year-old street kid in Malolos, Bulacan adopts the city’s historic Barasoain Church as his temporary home and his personal space for mischief to the distress and annoyance of Mang Johnny -- the stern parish groundskeeper.
Whenever the schoolchildren sing the national anthem eight-year-old Toto is asked to keep quiet. He has a cleft lip and his garbled voice always makes everyone laugh. But this boy from the slums is a battler and not so easily daunted. His mate is a little boy who is hard of hearing; when these two are on the prowl together even the bruiser next door doesn’t bother them. Toto’s mother can’t really look after her son much. She’s got too much on her plate trying to manage her men. She dreams of going to Japan to work as a geisha. But if push comes to shove Toto can always depend on his headstrong yet warm-hearted mother. She even supports his somewhat ludicrous plan to take part in a public speaking contest.
Two distant lives run along each other, one of loss and the other of abuse sharing a bond that transcends space, reality and time.
A modern-day parable about a religious old woman whose vulnerabilities are stirred at the arrival of a nosy, meddling housemaid. A stark tale of personal frailty, unanswered prayers and a dark secret that hides and taunts on secluded broken down shed.
A coming-of-age story with a humorous take on the joys and challenges of childhood.
A seven-year-old boy gets more than what he has bargained for when he picks up a filthy yellow ball in the creek.
Confined to a life that cycles from taking care of his aging, widowed father and phasing through a listless job and day to day routine, Nanding, an introverted bachelor spends his late afternoons at the family farm with a cup of coffee and the fleeting company a young stranger that regularly passes through the property.
A story of a small seaside neigborhood seen in the eyes of youngsters Baning, her bestfriend Maymay and her brother Paeng. Bobo happens to be their drunkard neighbor’s pet dog.
