Angeli Bayani

Tells the story of a former radio personality celebrating her 80th birthday in the slums of Manila who reflects on her lonely life. (screendaily.com)

A Filipino poet named Benjamin Agusan is the hapless native who returns to his hometown Padang to witness the aftermath of the super typhoon. (imdb)

Three characters take on different identities to escape a life of pain and suffering.

Nora lives illegally under the chassis of container vans at South Harbor with her daughter Sarah. They try to make ends meet as long as Sarah continues schooling. A film that shows what a mother can do for the love of her child. (Vimeo)

One of the most influential and audacious filmmakers, Lav Diaz returns to this Festival with this epic meditation on the role of the artist and the rise of fundamentalism in the world today. His subject, a filmmaker, struggles to finish his latest work, while dealing with pressure from his co-workers, festival programmers, girlfriends and the press (tiff.net)

Four men, four stories, all intersect in Manila. Episode one is about Ariel, a con-man. Episode two is about Boy, an expectant father. In the third episode, Ronald goes to Manila to sell a building. And in the fourth story Baste saves his sister from Ariel. (imdb)

Julian, a soldier stationed in the contested Spratly Island is ordered to stay indefinitely after a coup d' etat in Manila. He is now confronted with his growing loneliness and a traumatic past. His option for survival is to cope with reality or lose his own sanity. (Cinemalaya)

A man is wrongly jailed for murder while the real killer roams free. The murderer is an intellectual frustrated with his country's never-ending cycle of betrayal and apathy. The convict is a simple man who finds life in prison more tolerable when something mysterious and strange starts happening to him. (festival-cannes.fr)

Singapore, late 90s. The friendship between the maid Teresa and young boy Jiale ignite the mother's jealousy, while the Asian recession hits the region. (imdb)

IISA (As One) is a narrative feature about a never ending war, a town ravaged by a devastating storm and the woman caught in between. (imdb)

"Kusina" (Her Kitchen) is the silent witness to the life and love of Juanita. It is her sanctuary, the place where she creates dishes for her family, her friends, even enemies and strangers. Through cooking, she gets to know the people around her, and in return, reveal herself to them. (imdb)

While absurd songs appear on karaoke screens, people seem indifferent to the arrival of an umpteenth typhoon, a force of nature that will nonetheless make itself known... (festivalscope)

A seemingly perfect home gets shattered by broken trust and infidelity, bringing forth catastrophic effects into the lives of the couple, their son, and everyone else involved. This is a story about a woman scorned.

Stranded in the Philippines during World War II, a young girl finds that her duty to protect her dying mother is complicated by her misplaced trust in a beguiling, flesh-eating fairy.

A look at child prostitution in Manila.