The documentary essays the periodic violence marking the evolution of the Filipino nation. Dwelling on the events after the Edsa revolt, it traces the role played by media in shaping politics, and politics, media. The documentary analyzes the historical, social…
When Mt. Pinatubo erupted forcing the largest American military base outside of the U.S. mainland to close down, Olongapo’s entertainment industry was threatened and with it the livelihood of thousands of female sex workers. This documentary reveals how individual lives…
A historical and social view of Filipino life caught in the throes of poverty, prostitution, and revolutionary change. It is a chronicle of the filmmaker’s personal history as it intersects with the social upheaval of the past twenty years climaxing…
An autobiographical story of the filmmaker’s search for his missing father. Leaving Manila for Iloilo, the filmmaker (Nick Deocampo) reflects on his life in the city and how he has turned his back from his past. Returning home, he meets…
Oliver is a female impersonator who supports his family by performing in Manila’s gay bars. He is Liza Minnelli, Grace Jones, and Spiderman all rolled into one. He lives in Tondo and raises his child together with his grandmother and…
This film is about a community of native women in 17th century colonial Philippines and how they struggle to attain religious freedom during the past three hundred years. The founder of this community is Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, a Chinese…
A short, syncretic vision of a city that was once the envy of the Orient but has now sunk into despair – Manila. In this short film, a historian (Behn Cervantes) travels through time from the swampland that was once…
Born out of the social turbulence of the time, this chronicle of the alternative cinema movement in the Eighties put together the leading young filmmakers of the time and their works shot in Super 8. The documentary contextualizes the creative…
A candid story about a Filipino transvestite who works in Japan’s entertainment center in order to support his family. In the daytime, Joan attends to his daily training to prepare him for work as entertainer in Japan. At night, he…
Painter Victorio C. Edades is featured with his life and works in this biographical documentary. As a painter, Edades is recognized for revolutionizing the art of modern painting, thus earning for himself the title of “Father of Philippine Modern Art.”…