Everyone is on the take in downtown Manila.

Experimental film, addresses the shared history of Spain and the Philippines through the idea of time travel.

The mythic tale of a woman who gives birth to a fish.

In a rural area of the Philippines, a father forces his daughter into prostitution. Somewhere else, two men are embarked on a quest for a buried treasure. “As no other filmmaker, Lav Diaz is involved with the suffering of the people of the Philippines, with its history of colonialism, corruption and poverty. A philosophical drama about the psychological effects of injustice and arbitrariness” (Gertjan Zuilhof, programmer, International Film Festival Rotterdam). Please note that the film will be shown without intermission. 

An examination of the stories of Filipino migrants around the world, and one man's journey to find his missing emigrant wife.

A taxi driver picks up an assortment of quirky customers.

A gang of friends get in and out of trouble in Manila's vibrant and bizarre slums.

A witty and incisive portrait of an aristocratic Philippine family in decline. The elderly family patriarch is ill, and his daughter wants to sell the house, to the alarm of his sister, Celia, a former opera star, who had been looking forward to spending her last years peacefully among her memories of the past. Celia pins her hopes for a miracle on her young grandson, whom she dresses up as the Santo Niño (holy child).

Life is tough for a gang of Filipino street children.

“Not so much a documentary, nor a compendium of interviews, but an almost rarefied glimpse into a wholesale revolt from a rigid paradigm long upheld by the west as the only way to make a film. If you want to see how technology has democratized cinema, here is the tip of a massive iceberg”. (Khavn de la Cruz)

A deprived family's day-to-day survival in Manila.