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Follows a little child who, after hearing tales from his mother at bedtime, sets off to find the fabled island of fireflies.

An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced into a harsh prison sentence; a mother and her two children wander the countryside looking for some kind of redemption.

The story of Gregorio 'Goyo' del Pilar, one of the youngest Generals during the Philippine-American War who fought in the historic Battle of Tirad Pass.

An accountant is found restrained inside a mansion, and she agrees to testify against her employer, who is the head of a massive scam against the Filipino people.

Friends attend the wake of Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman. They look back into her life and how she faced the adversities and triumphs of living as a transgender in Filipino society.

After her best friend dies, Barbs starts a new life as a straight man named Bobby, which leads her to Trisha's ex-boyfriend Michaelangelo, to her own ex-boyfriend Greg and to a woman claiming she is pregnant with Barbs' child.

Severino Mallari, a Catholic priest during the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines, embarked on a horrifying killing spree, murdering 57 individuals before the notorious Jack the Ripper crimes occurred

Mariano Gomes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora are three brave Filipino Catholic priests whose narrative is told in this stirring and inspirational historical drama.

Anthology features three family-friendly fantasy-horror tales; "Sleeping Beauty", "Zombies" and "Querubin: Maria Leonora Theresa." It's an adaptation of the radio drama series written by Severino Reyes, which was popular in the 1950s.

A snake creature secretly lurks inside a shopping mall. A family is fed a meal that turns them into monsters. An airplane hijacking is interrupted by the birth of a tiyanak.

In 1985, in the obscure town of Santa Filomena, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra (Roco), murders a foreign priest who gave the last rites to an alleged rebel, who was also executed by the same group. At the success of the 1986 EDSA revolt, political detainees, led by Jimmy Cordero (Salvador), celebrate the fall of the dictatorship. All political prisoners are released, including Jimmy, an ex-priest-turned-underground revolutionary. Not long, after, Jimmy marries a human rights activist, Trixie (Bonnevie). Jimmy becomes an advocate of human rights. Despite Trixie's protests, her brother, Roland (Lorenzo), and Jimmy go on a fact-finding mission to Santa Filomena to investigate the latest crime committed by the Orapronobis. Jimmy meets Esper (Alajar), his ex-girlfriend. He finds out that he has a son with her, Camilo (Herrera). They agree to keep Jimmy's true identity a secret form the boy. Conniving with the military, the Orapronobis step up their acts of terror. Jimmy's group helps evacuate the townspeople to the town church, then later to Manila. Back in Manila, Jimmy turns down a friend's invitation to rejoin the underground movement. Later, he and Roland are ambushed. Jimmy survives, but Roland does not. He recovers and shortly after that, Trixie gives birth to their child. Soldiers raid the refugee center with a masked man who identifies several of the barrio folk as rebels. The refugees and the human rights activists complain to the government. Esper and her son are abducted by the Orapronobis who accuse Esper of helping the rebels. She is raped and beaten up by Kumander Kontra in front of Camilo. Fighting back, she shoots at Kontra. In a hysterical rage, Kontra goes on a shooting rampage, killing Esper, Camilo and the captured barrio men. Later, the military bring the casualties to the town where Jimmy weeps over the bodies of Esper and his son. The film ends with Jimmy contacting his old colleague from the underground.

A nun becomes involved in an on-going labor strike. She starts out non-politicized, but later learns about the plight of the simple working man and inevitably, the government's neglect of the poor masses. Filipino Tagalog movie.

"Hubad"'s raw and sexually candid theme faces funding obstacles from the Manila Arts Council, a funding organization for the arts. But in his resolve to bring the production to stage, the director Andre refuses to tone down the play's uncompromising language. To his two fading stars, Carmen and Delfin, the intimacy of "Hubad" precipitously unlocks their waning libido. They find their way into an emotional reprieve from their stale marriages and into a full blown affair. The heart of the story is seen through the prism of the play. In the film's final scenes it is the stage that provides the actor's catharsis for self-discovery and personal redemption.

Critically-acclaimed director Chito S. Roño embarks on creating the three episodes titled: Pamana, Lost Command, and Unwanted. Graded A by the Cinema Evaluation Board, Chito S. Roño elevates the Shake, Rattle and Roll series to a level that is sane and sentient. Each episode has an enticing story and well-executed script. Pamana tells the story of four cousins who receive news of an inheritance from a deceased uncle who was a famous horror writer for comic books. Amidst the group's bickering, the comics writer's creations come to life to test them. Lost Command is about a battalion of soldiers exploring an unknown forest and fights off a zombie plague. Unwanted tells the story of couple Hank and Kate, who are trapped in a mall after it mysteriously collapses. Along the way, they meet several other survivors who help them solve the mystery.

Best friends and hopeless romantics Boyet and Martha cope with difficult relationships in this comic drama from the Philippines that highlights the special bond between gay men and straight women. As Boyet tries to tame his confusing boyfriend, Dom, who sometimes says he's straight, Martha deals with the frustrations of her long-standing relationship with Steve.

In the story, Vivian (Lovi Poe) is sole heir to a business empire. Sheila (Jennylyn Mercado) is Vivian's friend who is a lifestyle magazine editor. Meanwhile, Philip (Paulo Avelino) is the hottest bachelor in town engaged to be wed to Vivian. However, a scandalous revelation tears the three characters' worlds apart. Time passes by and the supposed bride becomes the lover and the supposed lover is now the bride. What's more, the former bride (Vivian) becomes a fearfully revengeful lover who is relentless in her quest to get her ex-fiancé back. Crisp dialogue and fierce confrontation scenes make The Bride and The Lover a highly-charged erotic-drama worth watching. The movie tries to answer tough questions such as: Will you put friendship at stake for the love of a man? Is friendship a strong foundation for serious relationships?

Based on the Palanca Award-winning musical play by Vincent de Jesus, Changing Partners film adaptation tells the story of couple Alex and Cris; their love relationship and at the period of breaking up. Film tells the story in 4 relationship variations.

The Lopez-Aranza family are having hard times. The Villa Los Reyes Magos (The House of the Three Kings), their ancestral mansion which is the only remaining emblem of the past wealth and fame of the family, is slowly collapsing into a state of ruin. When former Congressman Gaspar goes into a coma, his opera elder sister Celia waits for a miracle through her grandson Antony clad in Sto, in "Niño" (Holy Infant Jesus) garb. But harsh reality falls on their children, Merced, Mombic, and Raquel, with the inevitable consequence: the impending sale of the mansion for a commercial venture. Celia wages her last battle to regain the glory of the past by hosting a splendid musical soiree, her final eulogy for her own moribund class.

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.

It centers on two writers with different styles who must work together to write a romantic film.

Acting as a window into how flawed our basic political right has become, the film follows Nonoy as he takes over his Father, the Kapitan's, duties as guardian to committed voters harassed by vote buyers on the eve of the election.

Lily (Assunta de Rossi) will deny that she is Fidel's (Rodel Velayo) missing wife Rio (Assunta de Rossi). What is the secret surrounding Lily's identity?

1800 colonial Philippines. During the time of Spanish tyranny and oppression, a woman raised in the enchanted woods by nymphs experiences love for the first time from a man from town. When she is later betrayed and experiences heartbreak, hell hath no fury indeed like a woman scorned as she she transforms into the mythical Aswang out to avenge her pain and let the man suffer forever.

Boses (Voices) is the story of a musician named Ariel who offers violin lessons to a child of the slums. Through the violin, the abused child Onyok is able to get back his voice from a mute, desensitized existence. A violin teacher and his student, a mute 7-year old abused child in a shelter, develop a friendship stemming from their love of music. Ariel discovers the immense talent of Onyok hiding behind a veneer of silence and pain caused by an unhappy and cruel father. In the developing relationship of teacher and student, both characters reveal more of themselves that otherwise may have remained unspoken. They discover each other's strengths and failures through the violin lessons.