Pen Medina

Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap (2018)

A bumbling crew of friends aspires to be known as the town's best thieves but plotting their first big heist seems more difficult than pulling it off. ...

Mang Kepweng Returns (2017)

A remake of a funny quack doctor who was originally portrayed by the late comedian Chiquito in 1979. Its a story of the quack doctor's son and his adventures with the magical bandana. ...

Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo (2014)

The true story of Andres Bonifacio, a man who rose as a leader in the fight against the Spanish oppressors, and would gain the enmity of even those fighting for the same cause. ...

Gangster Lolo (2014)

Five Aging ex-cons are trying to go straight after being release from prison. But unable to find work, they pin their hopes on a treasure map left to them by an inmate. ...

Edna (2014)

The movie Edna is a unique take about real and imagined fears of overseas Filipino workers. Staged in three parts- the film attempts to walk the audience from a thrilling arrival to an astonishing departure. ...

10000 Hours (2013)

Senator Gabriel Alcaraz is preparing to deliver a privilege speech alleging corruption in the highest levels of government. On his way to the Senate, he gets wind of a plot against him. The police seek to arrest him for his part in an operation decades ago ...

Himala Ngayon (2012)

A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest Asian films of all time. The revelations about the theory of "Who killed Elsa?" will be answered and also, t ...

Kamera Obskura (2012)

The title "Kamera Obskura" is a Filipino spelling of the latin "Camera Obscura" which simply means "dark room". The film's concept adheres to formalist cinema, where the filmmaker's thesis is to make a semblance of a vintage film seemingly produced sometim ...

Amigo (2011)

Rafael is a village mayor caught in the murderous crossfire of the Philippine-American War. When U.S. troops occupy his village, Rafael comes under pressure from a tough-as-nails officer to help the Americans in their hunt for Filipino guerilla fighters. B ...

Layang Bilanggo (2010)

An aging assassin hides in a facility for abandoned senior citizens to protect a daughter he left years ago. ...

Ishmael (2010)

An ex-convict who is ostracized by his neighborhood. Little does he know that this neighborhood he once knew is set to awaken his past. Ishmael decided to come back home to find peace and solitude in a place familiar to him. But his dream of rebuilding his ...

Shake, Rattle & Roll 11 (2009)

Claire is a young interim doctor in a provincial hospital. Once, she encountered a female patient who is suspected of carrying a deadly flu virus. Afterward, she began to experience demonic visions, eventually, one demon entered her and began to take contr ...

Tatang (2009)

Tatang Ruding lives in the streets of the Philippines' urban Manila with his granddaughter Ester. Tatang makes ends meet the easiest way he knows – stealing and pickpocketing. He does it with Ester as his aide and apprentice. One incident goes awry and T ...

The Blood Trail (2009)

Laya is a young professional photographer who has drifted away from her family. Her father has fallen ill, but she hasn't once come to visit him at the hospital. Her mother, who left their family when Laya was a child, returns to urge Laya to make amends w ...

I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You) (2008)

Destiny. Is it beyond our control? Or do we make our own? These questions and other musings about the past and the future set the tone as we sail into the year's most anticipated film about love and life. Six people are brought together on a seven-day crui ...

Ataul: For Rent (2007)

Ataul for Rent is a narrative social satire movie depicting the lives of the slum dwellers of "Kalyehong Walang Lagusan", a very narrow, congested, miserable alley/compound in a typical squatter's area. The story revolves around the lives of a live-in coup ...

Ang Cute Ng Ina Mo! (2007)

Christine frantically flies back in the Philippines to gather evidences that will convince his Australian father not to marry Georgia her estranged mother, who she thinks has abandoned them. She takes with her Ninonu, her nanny for 20 years. Georgia, cluel ...

Image Nation (2006)

Imahe Nasyon is a groundbreaking, conceptual omnibus film by 20 alternative filmmakers who were tasked to present their personal visions on national issues. Renowned line producers Jon and Carol Red hatched the idea of revisiting the 1986 EDSA revolution, ...

Circumcision (2005)

The daughter of a circumciser rebels and challenges the status quo when she is asked to take over her father's job. ...

Baryoke (2005)

Sexually frustrated Perla wants out of her marriage; servant Lea yearns for power; streetwalker Joan has a secret; and Diana is lost in grief. They find escape and salvation in the only place that inspires hope: the karaoke bar. Music is the only way they' ...

Bcuz Of U (2004)

This movie encloses three intertwining love stories of six different people through a vintage car: Ria and RJ share the perfect relationship until she chickens out on their wedding. Years after, she decides to win him back. But the indecisive and the new R ...

Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)

Spanning from 1971 to 1987, in rural areas under the Marcos regime, a poor farming family struggle to overcome challenges brought on by corruption and greed for power. ...

Silent Passage (2004)

After a chance decision sends her home in a taxicab, Dorinda, a widowed judge, strikes up a friendship with the young and charming driver, Noah, who's overcome with respect for her profession. But soon enough, their fondness for each other results in loveâ ...

Bertud Ng Putik (2003)

The sin of the past is the tragedy of the present. The year is 1953 and Gabriel de Dios, a man who lives a simple and happy life with his family, possesses the good half of a powerful amulet while Damian Buenavista, a black-hearted scoundrel, who intends t ...

Till There Was You (2003)

During her stint as a birthday mascot, a woman gets mistaken as the long-lost mother of the celebrant. The father, a promising divorce lawyer, then sees his daughter's need and hires her to play the role of the child's mother for a fee. ...

Ang Agimat: Anting-anting ni Lolo (2002)

Pao is a young schoolboy who inherits an amulet from his grandfather. butt before he can use its power, he must first past three formidable test to prove his strength and determination. After passing the two test , Pao comes face to face with Paolo his gro ...

La Vida Rosa (2001)

Crime does not pay, so the adage goes. But feisty and outspoken Rosa (Rosanna Roces)--however sharp-witted--does not know any better. Doggedly out for bigger money, she is quick to rebuff even her lover Dado's (Diether Ocampo) pitch for a new life. What w ...

Deathrow (2000)

A neglected and unloved orphan raised by poor relatives in the slums of Manila is wrongfully convicted of murder that resulted from a heist he was compelled to join. Unable to prove his innocence and his minor age, he is thrown into the cruel, perilous and ...

The Film Biker (2000)

Gregory bikes his way through the streets of Manila and transports film reels from one theater to another giving "extra service" to its patrons. He lives with his grandfather whose dementia worries Gregory, but whose stories of local movies being friends w ...

Reef Hunters (1999)

Fredo is a fisherman who has endured more than his share of hardship in life; his wife and child both perished in a boating accident, and today Fredo approaches each trip to the sea with the angry determination of a man out for revenge. ...

Kahapon, May Dalawang Bata (1999)

It is the time of El Niño, a season ruled by superstition and fear. The rain is long in coming, the ground has cracked up dry. The ricestalks are thin and sickly. Villagers go hungry. And a boy dies from a snakebite. The adults splinter. Some pray. Others ...

José Rizal (1998)

Accused of treason, Dr. Jose P. Rizal awaits trial and meets with his colonial government-appointed counsel, Luis Taviel de Andrade. The two build the case and arguments for the defense as significant events in the central figure's life prior to his incarc ...

In the Navel of the Sea (1998)

In a remote fishing island in the '50s, Pepito grows up learning the trade of his mother, Rosa, the only midwife capable of delivering the newborn babies of their community. At first, the young son doesn't mind the unusual arrangement, but as he grows olde ...

Sanggano (1997)

Diego is a local thug who keeps the streets clean from opportunistic gangs. His life suddenly changes when he defends the girl he loves from being raped by the chief police, whose son is his cop best friend. ...

They Call Me Joy (1997)

When asked for her real name, the feisty woman in a rural whorehouse would quip, "Ligaya. It means joy. And that's what I sell." Yet the small-town prostitute is not resigned that she would be in the flesh trade forever. She still harbors the dream of gett ...

Mumbaki (1996)

Joseph is a young doctor who returned to his hometown in the Mountain Province to bury his father, an Ifugao chieftain, who was killed during a tribal dispute. While there, he discovers his rich heritage and acquires pride in his being an Ifugao. Though th ...

Elena's Redemption (1996)

The film is based on the true story of a maid who was either seduced or raped and made pregnant by her Chinese employer; the baby was either killed by the employer's wife or by her own hand, depending on who you talk to. ...

Utol (1996)

Jaime quits a syndicate led by Don Jose, gets imprisoned, and reunites with his brother Joey who takes his place as the new leader of Don Jose's henchmen. ...

Segurista (1996)

In the daytime, Karen is an insurance saleswoman in Manila, but in the evening she works as an escort in a club. ...

Leon Cordero (1996)

Unsung Heroine (1995)

The heartbreaking plight of the overseas contract workers is dramatized in the tragic tale of Flor Contemplacion - the Filipino domestic helper in Singapore convicted of murder and condemned to death. Accounts culled from reports of Amnesty International a ...

Iligpit si Bobby Ortega: Markang Bungo 2 (1995)

This film is based on a true story of Baguio City police officer Bobby Ortega. ...

Col. Billy Bibit, RAM (1994)

The film tells the life of Colonel Billy Bibit from his days as a cadet to his exploits as a young officer and one of the heroes of the Philippine Revolution ...

Loretta (1994)

A movie about Loretta and her struggles as a woman. ...

Darna: The Return (1994)

Valentina, Darna's snake-haired arch enemy, is trying to take over the Phillipines through subliminal messages on religious TV shows. Darna has her own problems, however, as she has lost her magic pearl and with it the ability to transform into her scantil ...

Wating (1994)

The first team-up of Richard Gomez and Carmina Villaruel, playing Ardo and Rosel in this action flick, which is at the same time Ishmael Bernal's last film that is an attack on the religious establishment. Together, they become a part of Manila's petty und ...

Sakay (1993)

The film covers the life of Filipino patriot and hero Macario Sakay, who was declared an outlaw and a criminal for continuing hostilities against the United States after the "official" end of the Philippine Insurrection. ...

The Nun (1992)

A homeless family and their neighbors in the city of Manila are plagued by attacks from a Manananggal. A little boy named Teks suspects a nun working at a free clinic, to be that flying creature but no one believes him. Will he be able to prove his suspici ...

Aswang (1992)

This Filipino vampire film co-directed by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes tells the story of an aswang, the traditional shape-shifting creature of local legend. Here, the vampire makes appearances as a giant snake, a young woman (Alma Moreno), and a withered ...

Shake, Rattle & Roll III (1991)

In three tales of extreme horror, a young couple hires a mysterious nanny for their baby; a young woman discovers that her sister has been dead and been made alive again; and a student unwittingly brings home from a beach field trip the egg of an alien mon ...

Sister (1991)

After hearing of her sister's death, a student decides to leave her studies to return home to be with her family during the situation only to learn that she is still alive in a zombie-like state. ...

Demonstone (1990)

Two U.S. Marine investigators looking into a series of grisly murders in Manila discover that the crimes are tied to an amulet with a 400-year-old curse on it that has unleashed supernatural forces. ...

Fatal Vacation (1990)

A pleasent trip to the Phillipines is turned into tragedy when the tour bus is kidnapped by a group of rebels that want to exchange the prisoners for the Rebel Leader's brother... ...

One Day Without God (1989)

A cult called Wakwak headed by Papa Mundo is ready to kill and be killed to fight for their beliefs. It is a religious battle for their leader, clad in priest's robes, who they believe has supernatural powers to extinguish life out of anyone. Outnumbered, ...

Fight for Us (1989)

In 1985, in the obscure town of Dolores, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra, murders a foreign priest who gave the last rites to an alleged rebel, who was also executed by the same group. ...

Saigon Commandos (1988)

A series of drug-related murders haunt Saigon. Ex-Green Beret Mark Stryker and his MP's must find the culprits. With the help of Jean Lassiter, a nosey reporter covering the crime beat, Stryker uncovers the involvement of corrupt politicians in the heroin ...

Sweet Revenge (1987)

Nancy Allen plays an investigative news reporter Jillian Gray, who, along with her daughter is kidnapped by white slave king Cicero, after getting too close with her investigation. ...

Once Upon a Time (1987)

The "Tikbalang" Puga searches for the magic crystal which will restore peace in his land. His dangerous quest leads him to earth where he meets three young men. ...

Unfaithful Wife (1986)

Fidel tries to resume a normal life after the devastation wrought by his wife's death. He returns to his old friend Crispin and his wife Irene. A tentative effort with another woman fails, and Fidel finds himself in Irene's arms. That same evening, a young ...

Scorpio Nights (1985)

In a crowded, multi-appartment house, a young student peeps on his neighbours making love and subsequently develops a steamy affair with the neighbour's wife. The affair slowly becomes an obsession and spins out of control. ...

Wrenched From Heaven (1985)

A woman is thinking of abortion, against her firm faith and family's wants. ...

Virgin Forest (1985)

A story set in the Philippine Republic in the 1900s where a lass, a Spanish mestizo, and a fisherman are caught up by Macabebe soldiers who are trying to capture Emilio Aguinaldo. ...

Shake, Rattle & Roll (1984)

An anthology of three violent stories: three friends perform Spirit of the Glass and discover a tragic love triangle; a refrigerator seems to be 'alive'; and a teenager who courts a barrio lass without his knowledge that this lass is a monster, which event ...

Sister Stella L. (1984)

A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same congregation as hers inspires her to get involved in the struggle for justice and freedom of striking workers in a coo ...

Of the Flesh (1983)

When Narcing brings home his wife Puring to their hometown Mulawin in the 1930s, it sets off a series of events that include parricide, infidelity, betrayal, guilt and redemption. ...

Miracle (1982)

When plain orphan Elsa begins having visions of the Virgin Mary, the rest of the residents of her isolated village find themselves questioning their own beliefs and values. Soon, Elsa is healing people with a variety of ailments. As word of this phenomenon ...

Moral (1982)

The episodically connected lives of four college friends unfold throughout the incipient martial law years, as they struggle to define their sexual and professional desires and how best to attain them. ...

Boystown (1982)

Aswang (1992)

This Filipino vampire film co-directed by Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes tells the story of an aswang, the traditional shape-shifting creature of local legend. Here, the vampire makes appearances as a giant snake, a young woman (Alma Moreno), and a withered ...