Movies

A story about the life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila, which becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend...

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.

A privileged teenager, disillusioned with the hypocrisy he witnesses in his small town, forms a bond with a lonely leper and a mentally unstable...

Pol moves to Manila for better opportunities after his American lover leaves. However, he gets drawn into the gritty world of gay prostitution and...

A laborer gets money for his wife's pregnancy from his boss on the condition that he will not join the union.

A modern-day version of the biblical legend of Cain and Abel. Strong-willed matriarch Señora Pina favors her younger son Ellis over the older...

Ivan, a writer living in Manila, walks through the city in search of his past.

Poldo, a poor man, takes up a job as a security guard at a high-class apartment complex. However, he soon finds himself protecting his employer's son...

A young, middle-class girl from the Philippines, Bona drops out of high school to follow Gardo, a minor actor in low-budget films. This decision...

"Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa" is a compilation of three intimate stories directed by Filipino cinema legend Lino Brocka. The films show the perseverance of...

In 1985, in the obscure town of Dolores, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra, murders a foreign priest who gave the last...

As their wedding day approaches, Joel and Grace open up about their past lovers, and just before the wedding day, their ex-lovers meet up with them.

A corrupt, lonely couple manipulates a naive, young couple using money, power, and lies.

Diego and Gabriela Silang are landed Ilocos natives disaffected with the imposition of the indulto de comercio (a law giving right to Spanish...

Film critic Tony Rayns interviews Lino Brocka and other prominent Filipino filmmakers.

Coring, a gay beautician, is left with a baby by his former ward, Dennis. The baby grows up thinking that Coring is his real father. Everything seems...

A documentary on the life and work of National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.

A teenage boy befriends a starlet who is having an affair with an ambitious mayor. As the elections are coming up, the mayor's wife wants him to get...

A riches story amidst the filth and squalor of the Smokey Mountain. A scavenger among the garbage who had to carry her crippled mother on her back...

Documentary filmmaker Christian Blackwood profiles controversial Filipino director Lino Brocka, detailing his rags-to-riches rise in the mainstream...