Acting
Inside a crowded public market where everyone wears white masks, Lina quietly spends her days serving others through repetitive labor and silent acts of care. But the more she gives, the more invisible she becomes inside a community that no longer knows how to truly look at one another. Over the course of one emotionally exhausting day, a quiet child selling sampaguita flowers becomes the first person to recognize Lina not as a worker—but as a human being.
A year before the present, we are introduced to the world of Karding—a father living on the edge of the city, between destruction and hope. Inside a neglected hospital and the haunted home he calls his den, he cherishes the memory of his daughter Karylle while struggling to get through the day through petty crimes and vices. The child’s birthday approaches, and a simple wish—a dollhouse—becomes Karding’s last holdout. As the boundaries between memory and reality gradually blur, his search leads to a public outcry that exposes the pain of loss and the failure of a system that has long since abandoned him.
In a world where goldfishes are a luxury, Kokoy, a fisherman’s son, is determined to own one.
Da…Da…Dalagita!
A naive twin sister offers santan to ease her sister’s odd pains, but when endless bleeding plagues her intimate area, she conducts futile santan rituals, yielding to the relentless curse in their clueless wonder.
Two unacquainted daughters are forced to kill time together through demystifying pregnancy and watching an adult sitcom as they await their fathers’ return from a night of endless gambling.
An eight year old girl starts questioning her true parentage after an eventful game of Nanay, Tatay
Two former high school ex-friends — an athlete and a scholar — reluctantly reunite when their daughters become friends and have a birthday sleepover, battling unresolved tensions (and feelings) towards one another.
Lolo Magno, once a celebrated analog photographer, now runs a struggling film processing lab in the midst of the digital era. As he develops film rolls for customers like Roy, a young man dealing with a lingering heartbreak, and Anna, a curious and aspiring analog photographer, Magno finds unexpected moments of connection and quiet introspection.
