Taklub
There is a time to mourn and a time to rebuild… After Super Typhoon Haiyan, which changed the city of Tacloban in the Philippines into a horrendous state, the lives of Bebeth, Larry and Erwin inter...
Director: Brillante Ma Mendoza
CROSSCUT ASIA #02 The Heat of Philippine Cinema/Japanese Premiere
©Seiko Films
This is a drama centered on the state of foster care in the Philippines. Thelma, together with her husband Dado and teenage sons Gerald and Yuri, belongs to an urban poor family hired by a local fo...
Director: Brillante Ma Mendoza
CROSSCUT ASIA #02 The Heat of Philippine Cinema/Japanese Premiere
Serbis
Morality has two sides—absolute and relative. The Pineda family operates and lives in a run-down movie house which shows dated sexy double-feature films. As the rest of the members go about their d...
Director: Brillante Ma Mendoza
CROSSCUT ASIA #02 The Heat of Philippine Cinema/Japanese Premiere
©The Match Factory
LOLA
Lola Sepa's grandson was killed by the sudden violence. Though devastated, she and her family are poor and do not have enough money for a proper burial nor the legal pursuit to bring justice for he...
Director: Brillante Ma Mendoza
CROSSCUT ASIA #02 The Heat of Philippine Cinema
©CENTER STAGE PRODUCTIONS CO.
SINAPUPUNAN
Shaleha Sarail hails from a water-village in Tawi-Tawi, in the southernmost Philippines. Now her youth and fecundity are all gone, Shaleha agonizes that she will never fulfill her husband Bangas - ...
Director: Brillante Ma Mendoza
CROSSCUT ASIA #02 The Heat of Philippine Cinema/Japanese Premiere
©Solar Entertainment Corporation and Center Stage Productions
Jun, an heir to the duck farm left to him by his late father, must decide between selling the property to secure a future with his partner, or sparing the family of the land’s loyal caretakers from...
Director: Paul Sta. Ana
CROSSCUT ASIA #02 The Heat of Philippine Cinema/International Premiere
BalikBayan#1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III.5 (Working Title, 1979-2015)
Kidlat Tahimik of Perfumed Nightmare (1977) and Turumba (1983) is well-known in Japan as a cross-genre artist who participated in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale. BalikBayan #1
Director: Kidlat Tahimik
CROSSCUT ASIA #02 The Heat of Philippine Cinema/Japanese Premiere
©Solar Entertainment Corporation and Center Stage Productions
Imbisibol
Invisible (Imbisibol) essays the story of four Filipino migrant workers in Japan, a crucial encounter that mirrors the difficult challenges that confront the “Pinoy” diaspora. The main chara...
Director: Lawrence Fajardo
CROSSCUT ASIA #02 The Heat of Philippine Cinema
© TEN17P & ABS-CBN Film Productions Inc.
Emmanuel lives a hand-to-mouth existence, caught between the crossfire of his family's daily struggles and inherent threats borne from his surroundings. One day, he discovers his true talent—boxing...
Director: Paul Soriano
CROSSCUT ASIA #02 The Heat of Philippine Cinema/Japanese Premiere
Miracle [Digitally Restored Version]
Himala
Inconsequential lass Elsa (Nora Aunor) witnesses an apparition of the Virgin Mary. The village people's initial reaction is disbelief until she starts to heal. People, both rich and poor, throng to...
Director: Ishmael Bernal
CROSSCUT ASIA #02 The Heat of Philippine Cinema/Japanese Premiere
