Movies: Lui Manansala

The third episode of an anthology of three horror stories: a snake creature secretly lurks inside a shopping mall, a family is fed a meal that turns them into monsters, and an airplane hijacking is interrupted by the birth of a vampire....

In the hospital, Vince, a womanizer, is comatosed and mistakes Cristina as his guardian angel when he sees her as he opened his eyes. Little did he know that Cristina nearly killed him when she accidentally pulled his life plug. When he got well, he...

A man laments on the passing of his grandmother on the day he is forced to move out from their home, but gets stuck when an inherited item disappears....

An itinerant tattoo artist joins a talent reality show for lesbians in the hopes of winning the prize money that will enable her to get artificially inseminated and achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a mother....

A retired school teacher on the verge of senility finds difficulty in connecting with her grandson, who is now taking care of her....

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A complex half-Pinay, half-Caucasian lady looking for American living in Olongapo City (Philippines) who tries to get her passport and US visa in order to meet her father personally for the first time....

A mischievous child arrives on an enigmatic island and learns the value of time and life as he finds his way back home to his father....

Infinite struggles among four men in their twilight years, confined in a hospice facility or home for the aged. Their gray hair grows and fades unnoticed, their lives enter the void of oblivion. Everything unfolds so naturally into their swan song un...

A young woman goes back to her province in the countryside where she gets to once again meet her Grandmother Loleng - a distant relative and a senile parol (Christmas lantern) artisan. Together, they will explore Grandma Loleng’s landscape of memorie...

Set in the Philippines, 2052, the planting of kamote (sweet potatoes) has been outlawed and those caught planting and selling kamote are put in jail, no thanks to the Kamote Planting Regulation Act...

A retired government employee’s new hobby leads to existential desperation and financial complications....

A mother mourns the loss of her only son alone....

Raya Martin's award-winning short film Bakasyon is about a young girl who goes to the province to take care of her grandma, where she discovers strange and mysterious things about her lola's identity. The 15-minute film won the Ishmael Bernal Award f...

Sammy, 9 years old, embraces one day’s adventures with his father who makes most of the day hustling money. Father and son forge a deeper more meaningful bond when an encounter forces them to face the truth....