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The narrative plays with the idea of a retro-futurist world where a prisoner locked away in a dark chamber for over two decades only sees the reality of the world outside through the small hole in his cell, which projects an image of the city on his wall, the phenomenon of the "camera obscura". (Cinemalaya)

A group of graduating students goes to an island for a short film project when they are rattled by a mysterious killer who strives to kill all of them.

A high school student learns the meaning of love at an underground Manila movie theatre. (imdb)

Intoy takes care of his parents when his sister moved out to work overseas. Since he lives in a remote area in Samar, the only way he could contact his sister is by going to strange rock formations on the island. (imdb)

This is a Filipino omnibus film about three different journeys.

Lav Diaz is back in Venice with yet another story of marginalization shot in vivid black and white and reflecting on the notions of "human" and "humanity".

Ken (Shinji Takeda), who was abandoned as a child, is mistakenly picked up by an alien who is staying illegally on Planet Earth. Ken, who grew up with a lullaby for professional wrestling, turned 10 and made a living by selling "medicines".

A man unearths a coffin containing the remains of his child which stirs up the enitre township as the body has hardly decomposed at all. Could it be that she is miraculous, a saint in the making?

As a driver travels from Baguio to Manila on an absurd errand from his boss, his car transforms into an echo chamber of memories, spanning the chasms of time, class, and character.