Jerry Gracio

This film explores the theme of the biblical Magdalene - the prostitute who becomes a saint. This modern-day Magdalene story is about a very young and sinful girl who is suddenly confronted by the evil in her life when she receives the stigmata in her dreams. (Unitel Pictures)

Breathtaking in the assured way it weaves naturalist and magic realist elements, this tragicomic modern fable examines belief, specifically the curious conflation of folk tales, urban myths and Christianity unique to the Philippines. (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)

Gina Alajar plays a woman who dominates illegal activities in an old district of Manila. Her family's welfare has to be weighed against the interests of the criminal business she runs with her children. (Film Festival Rotterdam)

We're in 1971, and the largest morbid symptom around is Ferdinand Marcos's play for greater political power, which occurs off-screen. But little of the outside world impinges on Adoration, a convent set in secluded woods outside Manila, which sees itself as a physical and spiritual sanctuary. We explore this closed world, riven by manias and secrets, through the eyes of Sister Lourdes, a newly arrived novice.

Noel who has to assume the responsibility of being the breadwinner of the family after his father went missing. (imdb)

A story of young friends in their adventures and misadventures about love. Cai is a single mother who struggles in making ends meet for her children. Miho is offered with indecent proposals by her son's boss, but she turned him down and chose barista, Tommy Esguerra, who expressed his love for her.Angeline starts a search for the man in her recurring dreams about her childhood. (imdb)

In U.S.-occupied Philippines, a small boy flees his hometown with his grandpa and must survive the wilderness with a toddler he takes under his wing. (Netflix)