Gabriel Carmelo

Forced by his father to become the next folk healer of their town, a boy secretly despises his conventional boring life not until he falls in love with a Tikbalang (A Philippine mythical humanoid creature that has a head and hooves of a horse).

My Mother’s Bicycle tells the story of city girl Daruna who rushes back to her hometown to spend the last moments with her dying mother. Unfortunately, she doesn’t make it in time to bid farewell. With only a few hours left before the burial, she rides away in her mother’s bicycle to reminisce on the moments they shared and the lessons she learned.

In a rural area in Mindanao, a deaf-mute boy witnesses the mysterious drowning of twins in a river. As his brother helps him overcome the trauma induced by the event, the harsh truth rises from the waters.

Members of an unnamed Ilonggo town grapple with the mysterious disappearance of their loved ones. A recently widowed woman named Marian waits for her husband's remains to arrive at a local morgue.