Kristoffer King

Thelma, together with her husband Dado and teenage sons Gerald and Yuri, are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide...

A struggling family owns a Filipino porn theater where prostitutes conduct their business.

The film is based on the progressive and nationalist youth organization “Kabataang Makabayan” (KM), founded in 1964. Kabataang Makabayan...

A depiction of Philippines war on drugs.

Forced to find a job as his family's breadwinner Noy (Coco Martin) poses as a journalist commissioned to come up with a documentary following the...

The rich yuppie Rene lives in his grandmother's house, which he loves and adores. His driver Levi lives in the house, too. Rene focuses on his career...

Joy, a mother of a 4 year-old girl, finally decides to file a case under domestic violence against her abusive husband, Dante.

Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on...

A security guard jumps to the other side of the fence and turns to crime when his meager pay is not enough to keep his wife and children by his side....

Three friends wait along Dalton Pass every dawn to jump at the back of rice delivery trucks to steal the goods and sell it at the wet market as their...

Mikey, a young, discreet, gay man from the affluent class, spends five years in a city jail while hearing his case for drug pushing. Inside prison,...

Bateng, a boy who triggered a series of life-changing events when he stole an old woman's purse.

When Donna Reyes is robbed in the middle of a bustling Quezon City overpass, she’s hard pressed to find the thief. But with the help of a...

Alfredo S. Lim has just been awarded as one of Manila's ten most outstanding policemen. The celebration has abruptly ended when one of his...

Two brothers migrate to a city to escape the violence in their village, but the city's leader has other plans in mind for them.

A poor community awaiting regularly for government rice subsidies. The people line up for hours to get their share of the rice, while those who...

A story of Ilyong, recently-dead man killed by the police, after he was caught stealing. This is the beginning of his story, his death. Soon after,...

Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor section of Manila where everybody knows her. To make ends meet, Rosa...

A woman runs her criminal syndicate all the while taking care of her family.

The story delves into what is supposed to be a victorious day for Boy whose first born — Jemjem, graduated from elementary with honors....

The manager of a failing gay bar and his macho dancer boyfriend are having relationship troubles as their business collapses around them. But things...

The film set in a decadent world where even death becomes a provider. In a country where a cadaver may serve as license for holding a sakla...

When the people of Maratabat finally realize that their time under the corrupt politician clan of the Abubakars has to come to an end— a series...

A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.

Young Berto is a glue-sniffing, street child that has fallen prey to human traffickers. When the street urchin meets Somascan Bro. Jerry, he finds...

LV and her family make their living by operating an illegal off track betting outlet. But things haven't been going well for them lately, and the...

Set at the inauguration of the new President is the inter-woven tales of people dealing with daily lives: their relationships, desires and their...

Tackles the dynamics of the relationship of a husband with his wife and his lover -- and they all live together in one house.

"The social worker Aurora is kidnapped by a group of Moslem rebels who have lost their ideals and only plunder. In a military attack on the camp...

Abused and battered wife, Joy, stands up for justice against her alcoholic husband, Dante, in a turmoil process of the justice system.

The story of its namesake - the forcible transfer of 76000 American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Japanese Army in 1942.

In a run down adult theater, all manner of perversion happens in the darkness. The most popular young man in the theater has his position threatened...

Iliac works in a massage parlor where the gay clients are given more than a shoulder kneading and back rub. When Iliac's father dies he must...

A come backing filmmaker finds love and satisfaction in one of his male talents.He battles emotionally that he is not gay, only to discover that his...

A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau...

Drug-dealing and sex-starved goons mistakenly disturbs the peaceful lives of a frail witch and her grandchild in a remote town in the mountains.