Foreign films about Filipinos
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- DirectorPier-Philippe ChevignyStarsAlice TranGeneviève RochetteDanny GilmoreTala is a young Filipino domestic worker living with a bourgeois family on the north shore of Montreal. As she runs through her daily chores, dealing with the eccentricities of her employers, an unexpected phone call puts her at great risk of getting fired. Shot in a single long take and inspired by the current 'Live-In Caregiver' program of the Canadian federal government, 'Tala' tells a story of subtle oppression and re-empowerment, asking whether or not such a thing as 'subalterns' exist in modern Quebec and Canada.
- DirectorJustin Gerald OcampoStarsCalista LabradorPhae Allana LagrisolaAgaton PasionA Filipino family grapples with the grave consequences of a domestic abuse incident, forcing two sisters to clash over their father's flaws. Finding themselves in a situation where all they have is each other, they must reckon with what happened for the sake of their sisterly bond.
- ShortDirectorClarenz Gutierrez BadlisStarsJose San AntonioXyzelle PaulinHarry SingersA once optimistic Filipino detaches himself from his culture to the point where he changes his name. Believing it will result in more employment prospects, it forces him to clash with the person who eases his struggle the most; his wife.
- DirectorBor OcampoStarsMylene EspirituBor OcampoAn illegal migrant who is coping with the death of his mother in the recent Christmas Island tragedy following a series of events.
- CreatorMaria LingbananStarsStacie Gancayco-AdlaoMaria LingbananAlpha FayeHella 'Bae is an homage to the Bay Area and the Filipino roots that continue to shape and influence four women's lives as they deal with issues of identity, life transition, and self-preservation.
- DirectorLinda KeeStarsJacquie AquinesBianca MirandaMike Tan
- DirectorDon WeisStarsDoug McClureKatharine RossRicardo MontalbanDuring the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, an assorted group of refugees, including an American soldier, an Army nurse, a priest and a group of local children, try to make their getaway aboard a rattletrap, creaky bus.
- DirectorSpiros CharalambousStarsMarios DimitriouElena EfstathiouMarinos KonsolosWhen a Filipina caretaker innocently tries to distract an aging Greek Cypriot from his daily fixation with a soap star, she uncovers the disheartening truth behind his infatuation.
- DirectorMaria Eriksson-HechtStarsJohanna GranströmNina JeppssonDag MalmbergAgnes is not satisfied with her life. She wants a change, but her relationship with her single parent father and dominant girlfriend inhibit her to do something about it. When the father introduces his new wife, Annalyn, everything changes. The same-aged Filipino stepmother helps Agnes see a new path. Soon emerges something that no one could have foreseen.
- DirectorJoe D'AmatoStarsIrina KramerNick NicholsonMarc GosálvezA married woman accompanies her husband on a business trip to the Philippines. She is then seduced by a young local gigolo hired by her own man.