Movies: Up Cineastes Studio

A gaggle of friends and observers ponder the fate of a relationship as they watch it collapse in this independent drama from the Philippines. Cris is a documentary filmmaker with a well-regarded body of work and a large community of friends and admir...

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 Philipp...

“Pusong Bato” (Stone Heart) is about Cinta Dela Cruz, a middle-aged faded actress who tries to relive and remember her glorious days as a movie star in the 1970s. She does this by watching films at home everyday until one day, during an earthquake; s...

Estranged friends Kia and Maria face an unexpected reunion in the chapel of their old all-girls' Catholic school, where they are forced to redress feelings left unspoken in their mutual fixations on the Virgin Mary....

Three strangers meet at a party one night and discover hidden desires, sins, and guilt when they realize that they are in the netherworld....

Two girls, both desperate to be understood, navigate the push and pull of a single night after one of them overdoses on antipsychotics. They spend the entire night filling their conversations with negotiations between life and death, between memory a...

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

Struggling to pay for his 16-year-old daughter’s laptop, a conscientious father applies for a product loan purchase after getting convinced by a plausible saleslady in a very unusual IT retail shop....

Two boys, Kulas and Gabo, enjoy playing games together until an impending demolition of their community threatens their relationship....

Adrian, a sweet and young boy, helps prepare his Lolo's funeral which he mistakes as a birthday party....

During the course of one night, a young journalist is set to finish his investigative report that will expose the private army of an influential religious group. His work is interrupted by an e-mail from his source informing him about the recent conf...

An influencer tries to escape her failed nature vlogging adventure after her hiking trip gets disrupted by a witch scare....

Ace, a closeted gay guy, learns Judo in a class full of straight men, channeling his inner Mulan....

A war-torn grandmother, Lola Mame conceals her past from her tenacious and curious grandson Sen. He is persistent in uncovering his grandmother's past. He is motivated not only by academic recquirement but also his longing to puzzle a part of his ide...

Breathe into life the characters of Danny, Peter, and Martin in this UPFI undergraduate thesis film. This romantic drama tells the story of Danny, a 29-year-old florist, as he organizes a funeral and tribute for his ex-lover, Peter, who died a marty...

A film by Fea Fortuna...

A local barbershop will be closing soon after serving for 28 years. Rey, the barber, has decided to open his shop for one last time. His last day will reveal his true purpose in life....

A thesis short film by Daphnee Ferrer....

The Reyes family prepares to take a family portrait....

Just as she was about to give up on her pursuit of companionship, traumatized, nine-year-old Sol meets and befriends a forest spirit on her tenth birthday, making way for an exploration of healing, identity, and desire in the remaining days before sh...