Carlo Francisco Manatad

The Fox King (2025)

Ali and Amir are inseparable fraternal twins with a telepathic bond. The brothers are forced to fend for themselves when their father abandons them after remarrying a younger bride. The arrival of a new teacher, Lara, tests their brotherly bond. ...

Water Sports (2024)

Sad boys Jelson and Ipe harness the power of their love in an attempt to survive a world devastated by climate change. ...

As the River Goes By (2024)

An aftershock caused by an earthquake twelve years ago made a time-space connection between the young Xiao Li and his childhood. At a class reunion many years later, Xiao Li met Song Qian, a girl who had a crush on him. The secret of his father's disappear ...

Tale of the Land (2024)

After witnessing her parents' death, May develops a condition that knocks her unconscious on land, forcing her to live in a lake house as she fights to reclaim her life. ...

April Mud (2024)

Cora, an assistant director for a major film company in Manila, returns to her rural hometown with a film crew to shoot a TV military drama funded by the tourism department. With promises of more business, she borrows her cousin's home as a film base, caus ...

Some Rain Must Fall (2024)

40-year-old housewife Cai has lost track of who she is and who she wants to be. During one of her daughter's basketball matches, she inadvertently injures an elderly woman. This seemingly trivial event is a catalyst for a life spinning out of control, as p ...

Shoredust (2024)

Three brothers deal with grief after the death of their mother. The eldest brother crosses the sea to retrieve her ashes, while the middle brother works to buy a vase and informs their youngest sibling who remains unaware. ...

Tiger Stripes (2023)

A carefree student at an all-girls school shows unusual symptoms when she begins puberty, forcing her to grapple with a mysterious and visceral power. ...

In the Morning of La Petite Mort (2023)

A provocative erotic drama about a Japanese food delivery man, a Taiwanese prostitute and a Filipino cleaner who are swept up by their insatiable appetites for sex. ...

Primetime Mother (2023)

The audition process for an exploitative game show becomes the latest test of a long-suffering mother's fortitude and tenacity. ...

Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (2023)

Mila struggles as she remains unpaid at work and finds comfort in a love interest through his constant phone calls. ...

Arnold Is a Model Student (2023)

Arnold is a clever student who has won many academic awards. One day, he meets Bee who has an underground business of helping students to cheat their exams. Bee asks Arnold to join his cheating ring and offers him a lot of money. While Arnold is considerin ...

Mama Susan's Friends (2023)

Galo is a university student who writes on his journal the string of unsettling and mysterious experiences he has while living with his grandmother, Mama Susan. ...

Autobiography (2023)

A young man is working as a housekeeper in an empty mansion. When its owner returns to start his mayoral election campaign, the young man bonds with him and defends him when his campaign is vandalized, setting off a chain of violence. ...

Bold Eagle (2022)

Trapped at home with his talking cat, BOLD seeks refuge in the strong arms of strange men as together they venture deep down into the nether regions of the Internet in search of true happiness. Caught in the tangle of technology and social media, he wonder ...

At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago (2022)

When a soul-shaking viral video shudders through town, a jobless father struggles to keep hold of his existence. ...

I Get So Sad Sometimes (2021)

In the small town of Pagadian, a gay teenager eagerly waits for a mature man to finally reveal his face after developing an anonymous sexual relationship with him online. ...

Lorna (2021)

Lorna, a mother of two, just lost her husband, a fisherman one morning in a tragic sea accident. She was left with no choice but to raise her own family. In a town where women are regarded as inferior, she defies the odds by being the first woman "mangingi ...

Whether the Weather Is Fine (2021)

Against the backdrop of the Typhoon Yolanda, a mother and her son struggle for survival and deal with absurdity of fate, sustained by the hope that they carry, and what is lost and gained. ...

Kids on Fire (2021)

A prepubescent boy slowly learns of his special role in the impending apocalypse during a religious camp. As he participates in the camp activities, he gets confused between constantly emerging fantasies and his divine calling. ...

Kalel, 15 (2019)

Surrounded by tensions and secrets, a teenage boy searches for validation and navigates life with a dysfunctional family following an HIV diagnosis. ...

Kaputol (2019)

ICYMI: I See Me (2019)

A music documentary on MNL48, a franchise of the highly successful Japanese idol group, AKB48. The film looks into the girls as they perform within a music subculture that tries to get a foothold in a market of an overtly critical audience. ...

Cleaners (2019)

Different students from a high school cleaners group each deal with different pressures of being clean and pure while also discovering that the world is dirty and superficial to begin with. ...

Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss (2019)

Vangie, a miserable contractual sales lady, is about to lose her job. But in her desperate attempt to convince her boss not to sack her, Vangie uncovers the ultimate jaw-dropping secret to regularization. ...

Lola Igna (2019)

Lola Igna is a foul-mouthed and stubborn woman who is eager to die but her neighbors are hung up on her winning "the oldest living grandmother in the world." Her long-lost great-great-grandson, Tim, is an aspiring vlogger who wants to latch on her now-famo ...

Fuccbois (2019)

Ace, 23, and Miko, 17, desperately want to become famous actors but it seems the Universe has a different plan for their lives. ...

The Man Who Isn't There And Other Stories Of Longing (2019)

Short and innocent glimpses of human relationships through the lens of a photobooth aching for connection. ...

She Runs (2019)

A teenager resorts to desperate measures in her efforts to quit her school's aerobic dance team and assert her independence. ...

Manila Is Full of Men Named Boy (2019)

An estranged son purchases a child who can drink and smoke to impress his father. ...

Sakaling Maging Tayo (2019)

Two college freshmen, Pol and Laya, accidentally meet during their last day of school in Baguio City. Laya is about to move back to Manila to escape from her failed romance, while Pol is about to spend a care-free night in a music festival. After witnessin ...

Bamboo Dogs (2018)

This is not a film by Khavn. A crime-thriller retro-road movie based on the Kuratong Baleleng Rubout Massacre of 1995. ...

The Imminent Immanent (2018)

As a typhoon bears down on a sleepy rural town in the Philippines, strange events and even stranger behaviour foreshadow the watery catastrophe to come. ...

Signal Rock (2018)

Intoy was left to take care of his parents when his sister Vicky leaves to work overseas. Eventually, like many women in the island, Vicky married a foreigner thinking it will solve all her family's problems. Living in a remote area, Intoy can only get in ...

Sid & Aya: Not a Love Story (2018)

Sid is a guy who suffers from insomnia. Through the many lonely nights, he meets Aya. Who is she, really? And how will she change Sid's life? ...

A Gentle Night (2018)

In a nameless small Chinese city, a regular mother tries to find her missing daughter, in this gentle night. ...

The National Third Wheel (2018)

Trina who has lived her whole life as a third wheel meets the man who passes her standards and believes that this man will finally make her a third wheel no more. As they get to know each other, she finds out she's actually dating a single dad with an 8-ye ...

Meet Me in St. Gallen (2018)

The story of Jesse and Celeste who meets at an unexpected time in their lives. They then realize their names are the same as the characters in the popular break-up romantic comedy, Celeste and Jesse Forever. ...

The Ghost Bride (2017)

To save her family from being homeless and her father suffering from a heart condition, Mayen desperately agrees to take the offer of a Chinese matchmaker for a huge amount of money. In exchange, Mayen must submit herself as a Ghost Bride to a wealthy but ...

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (2017)

1901, Balangiga. Eight-year-old Kulas flees town with his grandfather and their carabao to escape General Smith's Kill & Burn order. He finds a toddler amid a sea of corpses and together, the two boys struggle to survive the American occupation. ...

In the Claws of a Century Wanting (2017)

In the Claws of a Century Wanting explores the harsh lives led in the backstreets of the port, a world of busy working people, ships, cranes and stacks of huge containers. We follow the lives of five people exposed to the everyday violence that is poverty. ...

Maria (2017)

When the whole family confronts her 14-year-old daughter of a suspected pregnancy, a 50-year-old woman gives birth to her 20th child. ...

Fatima Marie Torres and the Invasion of Space Shuttle Pinas 25 (2017)

Set during the launch of the first space shuttle of the Philippines - an ordinary old couple living in the suburbs attempts to go about their life during this strange day. ...

Sorry for the Inconvenience (2017)

Joshua , a timid teenager, comes home one night after beaten up by the school's bully. Feeling the urge to avenge himself, he decides to take matters into his own hands. But things don't go as planned. Now, he is left with no choice but to seek help from h ...

Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month (2017)

Jodilerks, a gas station attendant is on her last day of duty. ...

I'm Drunk, I Love You (2017)

Days before graduation, two college best friends go on one last road trip where they settle how they really feel for each other. ...

Contestant #4 (2016)

A young boy frequently visits an old man who lives alone, keeping him always in good company. One night, he chances upon the old man watching a dated clip of himself as a cross-dressing boy. This sparks within the young boy an interest to find out more abo ...

Women of the Weeping River (2016)

Two women in a remote Muslim community confront an escalating blood feud and reach deep into themselves in hopes to undo the feud stretching back generations. ...

The Woman Who Left (2016)

After three decades' wrongful incarceration for murder, a woman discovers that her friend and fellow inmate committed the murder of which she was accused. This leads to her release and subsequent discovery of the man who framed her — her ruling class ex- ...

I America (2016)

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. ...

Ordinary People (2016)

Ordinary People is a family portrait of Jane, 16, and her boyfriend, Aries, who live on their own in the chaotic streets of Manila. Surviving as pickpockets, the lives of the young couple change when they suddenly become teenage parents. But not even a mon ...

Fish Out of Water (2016)

Minjae is a Korean-Filipino teenager who is often discriminated against for being mixed-blood. His utmost desire to belong to the homogeneous and hierarchical Korean society is tested when his single Filipina mother decides to send him to the Philippines o ...

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (2016)

A bunch of 10-year-old kids rob pedestrians and kill without a mercy. But after a failed bank robbery, the dangerous game comes to an end with twenty years of imprisonment. After two decades, they are released but soon begin to disappear one by one. ...

In Case They Don't Arrive (2016)

A series of mysterious hand-illustrated postcards take a young woman on a journey throughout the Philippines in search of its anonymous writer. ...

Oktopus (2016)

On the day of their friend's funeral, three old ladies argue who's going to die next. ...

Simulacrum Tremendum (2016)

The filmmaker is fairly young, otherwise you could say this extremely long film is Khavn's life's work. Because it is so long and the maker is Filipino, you might think he is following in the footsteps of Lav Diaz, but this is very different, more experime ...

Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin (2016)

Divided into three "short films", each one pokes fun to a particular genre. Episode 1: Bala Sa Bala, Kamao Sa Kamao, Satsat Sa Satsat. Episode 2: Shake, Shaker, Shakest. Episode 3: Asawa ni Marie. ...

Buy Now, Die Later (2015)

Story about five people who wanted something so badly that they'll do anything, even to deal with the devil. As they finally get what they want, no one has mentioned that their dream will cost them their lives. ...

ARI: My Life with a King (2015)

A Kapampangan youth who doesn't know how to speak in Kapampangan--and doesn't want to--until he runs into a compelling but weird character known as the king of Kapampangan poets. ...

Etiquette For Mistresses (2015)

A story and friendship of five wealthy and successful women Georgia, Chloe, Stella, Charley, and the newest in the group Ina. The four older women take Ina under their wing as they teach her the "rules" in their "secret" world. Most importantly, they teach ...

Junilyn Has (2015)

The papal visit has left dancers in a nightclub jobless. While waiting for the Pope to leave, Junilyn is forced to practice a few tricks her boss picked up from Thailand. Soon she realizes that there is no liberty in escape and that true freedom lies in be ...

Para sa Hopeless Romantic (2015)

A student writer struggles to find a happy ending for her romantic story when her own real life romance falls apart. ...

Feng Shui 2 (2014)

It focuses on Lester who, upon getting the cursed bagua, starts to get all the luck and prosperity he could get in his life, but with deadly consequences. ...

Lorna (2014)

Lorna is sixty year old woman who is constantly searching for the right man, having failed at so many relationships. Having lived close to a lifetime alone, she decides to take another stab at moving on and more importantly, love. ...

Beauty in a Bottle (2014)

Three women struggle to cope with their insecurities and body image as they get caught up in the craze over a new beauty product ...

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014)

Somewhere in Manila, a crime boss rules with an iron fist. To his most loyal henchman he gives the task of guarding his woman. Before long, she falls in love with the henchman, and the star-crossed lovers decide to leave town. Fighting ensues. It is while ...

Dilim (2014)

A nursing student encounters strange occurrences around the dorm where she's staying. She enlists of another student to unravel the mystery of the dormitory. ...

The Trial (2014)

A mentally-challenged guy was put into trial after allegedly raping his teacher. And as Amanda, Julian, and Ronald try to mount a convincing defense, they discover soon that they're all connected in more ways than just the case. ...

Asintado (2014)

In the middle of the preparation for the Taong Putik Festival, a young man, penniless and in love, takes on a job that goes terribly wrong. To save him, his mother now makes the most difficult decision of her life. ...

Macabre en Pointe (2014)

A struggle between a painter and his work. ...

Bwaya (2014)

Divina is preparing for her daughter Rowena's 13th birthday when she hears shocking news: her daughter has been attacked by a crocodile, her body still missing. As Divina searches for the body of her daughter in the marshlands of Agusan del Sur, she learns ...

Ang Turkey Man Ay Pabo Rin (2013)

A comedic film that explores the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Filipino-American couple on a universal love trip, one that does not discriminate against color, stature or culture. It is a celebration of the Filipino experience from a foreigner's per ...

Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill (2013)

The film is very, very loosely based on the life of Arturo Porcuna (Jeorge Estregan). Once upon a time, he was known as Boy Anino, notorious leader of the Bahala Na gang. But rival gangster Tony Razon (John Estrada) attacked him in his home, leaving his en ...

Iskalawags (2013)

One day, in the small peaceful town of Barrio Malinawon, seven young punks, who call themselves the Iskalawags because of their shared love for Filipino action movies (particularly those starred by their idol Jeric Raval), decide to set out on a mini quest ...

Gaydar (2013)

Alvin Yapan's latest work casts a refreshing take on modern relationships as he takes on the themes of romantic obsession, real identities and perhaps, true love. Tina's love live seems doomed as every guy she falls for turns out to be…into other guys. S ...

Badil (2013)

A political thriller about the practice of "badil" or "dynamite fishing", wherein voters are prevented from casting their votes for the opposition by paying them large sums of money to get their fingers inked before election day. ...

Rekorder (2013)

The film tells the story of a former 1980's film cameraman who now currently works as a movie pirate operating in present day Manila. He routinely smuggles a digital camcorder into movie theaters in order to illegally record films. One night he records ...

Babagwa (2013)

An Internet scammer falls in love with a wealthy old maid while trying to swindle her using a fake Facebook profile. ...

The Diplomat Hotel (2013)

Victoria Lansang is a popular news reporter who has been requested to mediate a hostage crisis. And in front of a national television audience, something horribly goes wrong and people are killed while Victoria suffers a mental breakdown. A year later, she ...

Shake, Rattle, and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion (2012)

The first part follows four cousins who gathered together to receive their own 5 million peso inheritance from their dead uncle, and the responsibility of taking care of his comic book creations. The second part follows an army special unit trying to survi ...

For Grandmother (2012)

The film tells of Hannah, a Chinese-Filipino girl who discovers that she has a half-brother and meets him for the first time on the last day of her father's wake. ...

Katapusang Labok (2012)

In a rural seaside town, north of Cebu, Philippines, fisher folks face the harsh reality of human-induced environmental conditions. Fueled by the consequences of dwindling marine resources, Randy, a late 20's fisherman, has delved into the world of cockfig ...

The Making of AUTOBIOGRAPHY (2023)

The making of Makbul Mubarak's debut feature film "Autobiography" (2022). ...