
Javi Sison
Editing
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In a small rural town, 9-year-old Gelo comes up with a plan to earn enough money to buy his tricycle-driver father a day off—so he can watch Gelo perform a poem written just for him at the school’s poetry contest.
Papa's Coding Day

After a violent encounter with the police during a rally, a young boy is offered possible release by his detainees at great personal cost.
Sugod

An unlikely friendship forms when a fifteen-year-old graphic designer helps his stubborn grandmother digitally color her old black-and-white photos. But as they bicker and bond through each photo, they soon realize that memories are anything, but black-and-white.
lola.psd

An 11-year old vendor of pirated copies of films in a downtown capital tries every possible way in his position to watch a film for the very first time inside the comfort of a cinema.
Last Full Show

Indigo, a stuttering college student, finds a magic cubicle that transports him back in time. Upon abusing this power to improve his speech condition, Indigo gets lost in time and experiences the history of student activism in the university from the 2000s to the 1970s in the Philippines.
Indigo

A commuter waits for a ride under the sweltering Manila heat. As his impatience grows, he sets off on his walk home, putting on a pair of earphones as he begins listening to some music...
The Walk

After years in the United States, Miguel returns to the Philippines as a young man. Revisiting his hometown in Pampanga, he is flooded with memories of dreams and cherished moments shared with his childhood friend Simon. Carrying a souvenir from America, Miguel discovers that Simon is no longer there to meet him.
San Simon

Set in the late 2000s, a payphone booth at an all-girls Catholic school stands witness to the intimate performance of its callers.
CALLING 84843

A call center applicant manipulates time during his interview only to find out his interviewer could do the same. The two become stuck in a limbo as they accidentally stop time at the same moment, leading them to confront the frozen world together.
Moonlighters

After Faith undergoes a procedure to erase her traumatic childhood memories, she decides to confront the truth about her seemingly happy family.
Playhouse

To cope with his mother’s death, Anton, a graduating college student, adopts a pet fish - only to slowly discover how his grief and loneliness causes his emotions to grow more intense as strange fishlike traits appear around his body.
to drown a fish

Preparing for their class’s ‘Araw ng mga Pangarap’ Bonbon, a boy with a curious mind aspires to be like his parents–dead, but as he prepares for their event Bonbon reconnects with his estranged Lola and discovers a new dream budding from their unexpected bond.
Kwitis

Niño, a high-school graduate from Northern Mindanao, dreams of leaving his small farming town after receiving a scholarship. Inspired by the freedom of birds, or “langgam” in Tandaganon, and despite his mother’s refusal, he leaves for Metro Manila. He learns that in the city, "langgam" holds a different meaning.
langgam, langgam

A gay student leader finds himself in the collective voices of an ensemble to avenge and reclaim the voice once taken from him.
If I Were A Voice

A film by Kit Munsayac.
An Extra Super Special Mystery Film

In a 24-hour salon, two vampire women with history look back on their centuries-old memories, before one of them gets married to a mortal man.
hundreds of year(ning)s

25-year-old Frank lives in a shared space with a close friend. As they talk about difficulty in commuting and employment in the time of pandemic, and his friend’s sudden mention of biking, he now needs to face remembering an event that he long buried in his mind.
When You Were Here Before…

In a nail salon, a feminine hand requests for a manicure. However, what they get is not the pampering they expect.
Manicure Po!

A production thesis by Aimeery De Castro.
Mami Moto

Flor, a drag queen, is forced to walk home after a cancelled gig. Along the way, intense heat and sporadic rain test their health and resilience.