Monica Calderon
Art
Known For

Three outcasts of a seaside high school, Maya, Pia, and Gong, have exactly one week to find dates for the upcoming Prom. Whether they will choose to float or sink in the ocean of teenhood is up to them as they navigate the hardships that come with maturity.
Running with the Fishes

In a nation scarred by a brutal drug war, a grieving couple is offered a controversial new procedure by the government to erase the memory of their deceased child. As they face the choice between forgetting and healing, they must confront the ethical cost of erasing their pain—and the lingering question of what it means to remember.
Oplan Ligaya

In hopes of bringing her heart’s desires into fruition, Monika tries to manifest through her own ritual—until an unexpected turn unfolds right in front of her.
Manifesting Uno
The story follows a young boy, Paelo, who spends his semestral break in his home in Laguna. During his stay, an event in his family unfolds and he’ll be forced to navigate his surroundings through a child’s imagination–with his favorite Auntie, Mae.
Free Flow

Elle and Vince received an unexpected and distressing news that Vince will leave anytime soon for an unsaid reason. They spend the day together that might be their last, having little to no clue of their relationship's future.
Within Frames: Us in Different Worlds

A fame-hungry vlogger ventures into an abandoned cemetery in hopes of capturing a viral ghost encounter, but their quest for internet fame takes a hilarious turn as they uncover a chilling truth about their own existence.
Gone Viral

Do two serial killers, Oscar and Enzo, still deserve love when the blood of their victims are stained permanently on their relationship?
Yakap Sa Dilim

Meet the Marathon Runner and his endless race.
The Marathon Runner

Awkward and reserved Omar spends his night helping an otherwordly creature find its way back home. In the process, he realizes just how alike they truly are.
Starguy and I
When a young woman stuck in Manila’s nightlife, calls a random number on a bathroom wall, she meets a stranger who keeps reappearing in different forms, forcing her to confront what it truly means to love someone beyond appearance and identity.
Fluid
"Iiyak ang Langit" is an excruciating documentary that exposes the untold pain of the families struggling to survive after the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. Melinda is at the heart of this story—she lost her son to state violence and now makes a living by producing candles. Her story, together with the candlemakers—unified not only by wax and wick but by grief and survival—turned out to be a reflection of how labor-fueled both mourning and resistance. As they maneuver their hands to turn darkness into light, even the sky seemed to weep with them.