Brillante Mendoza

A drama that follows the travails of the Pineda family in the Filipino city of Angeles. Bigamy, unwanted pregnancy, possible incest and bothersome skin irritations are all part of their daily challenges, but the real "star" of the show is an enormous, dilapidated movie theater that doubles as family business and living space. At one time a prestige establishment, the theater now runs porn double bills and serves as a meeting ground for hustlers of every conceivable persuasion... (imdb)

A drama centered on the state of foster care in the Philippines. (imdb)

Slingshot offers a panoramic snapshot of an entire community living in and around a decrepit tenement in Quiapo, Manila. Most of the people are religious, some are drug addicts, many are open to bribes when politicians come calling--and all of them are petty thieves. It's a community mired in poverty and social problems. (viff.org)

The story is set in Guagua, Pampanga a decade after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo which ravaged the province with lahar. It follows the lives of Rodolfo "Mang Rudy" Manansala, a woodcarver, and his three daughters and their relationships with the people close to them in the span of seven summers. (imdb)

In the dim little rooms of a Philippine massage parlor, Iliac performs his job with care. He takes his clients from massage to sex silently and seamlessly, and among a stable of handsome, half-naked masseurs, he's a stand-out. But there's no glamour in this life. Iliac turned to massage/prostitution to support his family when his father abandoned them. And now, today, his father has died... (mglff.com)

A digital feature has five episodes that all deal with wild gay fantasies involving men in uniform. (imdb)

Two elderly women bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons. One is the victim, the other is the suspect. Both weak and poor, they laboriously solicit money in the midst of a storm, one for the victim's burial, the other for the suspect's bail bond. (imdb)

A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing a woman. (imdb)

Shot in cinema verite style, it tells the story of an Aeta girl (one of the minorities in the country who are often marginalized) who made it her mission to help her people be able to vote for the impending national presidential elections the next day. (imdb)

A short as a segment of Hong Kong Quattro II..

A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines. (imdb)

A childless couple eking out a hardscrabble existence on a remote island makes a fateful decision in order to obtain the child they yearn for, in this moving drama from the Cannes-honoured Filipino master Brillante Mendoza (Kinatay). (tiff.net)

In this caustic cultural satire, Philippine master and Festival veteran Brillante Mendoza (Thy Womb) sets his sights on the moral failings of the contemporary news media. (tiff.net)

After the Supertyphoon Haiyan, which changed the city of Tacloban in the Philippines into its horrendous state, the lives of Bebeth, Larry and Erwin intertwine. The survivors are left to search for the dead, while keeping their sanity intact, and protecting what little faith there may be left. A series of events continue to test their endurance. (imdb)

Ma' Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenient store in a poor neighborhood of Manila where everybody likes her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa and her children are ready to do anything to buy her freedom from the corrupt police. (Cannes2016)

Set amidst the height of the Philippine government's crackdown on illegal drugs, high school student Joseph gets tangled up in the chaotic underworld of drugs and corruption.

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Mendoza's music video "Ayos Ka" is set to the upbeat rap song "Pilipinas Ayos Ka" that extols the Philippine's nonexistent virtues (among its claims are that there is no poverty). Its accompanying scenes of slums and squalor, however, prove the opposite.

Alpha: The Right to Kill (2018) Poster Set against the backdrop of the Philippines Government's crackdown on illegal drugs, a SWAT-led police force launches an operation to arrest Abel, one of the biggest drug lords in Manila.

This is a Filipino omnibus film about three different journeys.

Mindanao tells the story of Muslim woman Saima Datupalo (Judy Ann Santos). While taking care of her cancer-stricken daughter named Aisa Datupalo (Yuna Tangog) in a temporary home for children with cancer called the House of Hope in Davao, her soldier husband Malang Datupalo (Allen Dizon), a combat medic, is an offensive operation in Maguindanao.

Marine Biologist Jason and his wife Abby goes to Pola, Mindoro where he is tasked to lead the rehabilitation and preservation of a fish sanctuary. There, he meets his diving assistant Dennis and the two hit it off instantly. (imdb)

When a dare pushes two couples into an orgy, suppressed feelings rekindle between the two ladies, who were once bestfriends and lovers. (imdb)

Chased by police, bike thief Isaac asks his boss for help but gets the cold shoulder. He then plans vengeance against the boss. Depicts a man caught in a slum's crime ring. (imdb)

A photographer, tasked to take photos of a rare flower in the mountain, discovers women trapped in a hidden brothel for illegal loggers. Now, he must do everything to save them. (imdb)

A close-knit community's foundations are shaken by a tragic event - a teenage girl's murder. Senior Master Sergeant Danilo Faraon embarks on a path of retribution, entangled in deception and betrayal.

The film explores the tragic Mamasapano incident, resulted in mass casualties in southern Philippines.