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A Confessional
Film
A Confessional
Directed by Jessica Schlimmer
After losing her eldest daughter, Maria Cordero struggles between her guilt and faith as she attends Mass a...
A Karaoke Space Odyssey
Film
A Karaoke Space Odyssey
Directed by Achim Mendoza
In this sci-fi rom-com karaoke musical, Stella, an undocumented Filipino once known as her town’s karaoke queen, goes...
A Memory Play
Film
A Memory Play
Directed by Alyssa Lara
A young woman stuck in her childhood home tries to find purpose and meaning despite living in a...
Ang Huling Sayaw (The Late Checkout)
Film
Ang Huling Sayaw (The Late Checkout)
Directed by Edrian Pangilinan
A widower and a runaway secretly meet at a hotel one stormy night. The two bond in a...
Anino Rebellion
Film
Anino Rebellion
Directed by Adda Lee
Anino Rebellion is a sci-fi inspired music video featuring singer/songwriter Golda Sargento as a busker singing mandated tunes...
Closing Night Film: Asian Persuasion
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Closing Night Film: Asian Persuasion
Directed by Jhett Tolentino
Filmmaker Jhett Tolentino and Writer Michael Ang will be present for the Q&A after the screening. Q&A moderators...
Awaken
Film
Awaken
Directed by Alijah Jacob Castillo Buada
A young girl struggling with delusion and a weary local frequent their favorite seaside bench. ...
Balikbayan
Film
Balikbayan
Directed by Rebecca Rajadnya
A Filipina immigrant grapples with the physical distance from the family she left behind and the cultural disconnect...
Brian Floats
Film
Brian Floats
Directed by Leah de Leon, Sofia Cristina Alvarez
Brian Floats is an emerging artist breaking the boundaries of what it means to paint. Brian’s performative art...
Crumble
Film
Crumble
Directed by Gabrielle Bautista
Since childhood, Emmeline, a high-achieving, ambitious young woman, has had a passion for baking. Despite initial doubts and...
Dog, Bruh!
Film
Dog, Bruh!
Directed by Katja
In 1995 Los Angeles, Filipino teen Shawn sets out to ask his best friend Nico’s sister to the...
Fox Eyes
Film
Fox Eyes
Directed by Ella Jay Basco
A short film about the appropriation of Asian Beauty features (particularly, the social media trend FOX EYES) and...
Gianna
Film
Gianna
Gianna is a queer horror comedy following Gina, a Filipina Gemini doing her best, as she takes the...
Gifts Are My Love Language
Film
Gifts Are My Love Language
Directed by Jonathan De Guzman II
Samantha makes it clear on how she should be celebrated on her birthday and her boyfriend David starts...
Glimpse
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Glimpse
Directed by Earl Paus
After a drug induced hook-up and near death experience, Gabriel, a queer melancholy musician, receives unsettling visions from...
Good Filipino Kids
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Good Filipino Kids
Directed by Andrew Acedo
Two Filipino lovers with different upbringings struggle to fulfill cultural and familial expectations, forcing them to face a...
Inheritance
Film
Inheritance
Directed by Quin Sotelo
Two Filipina American sisters return home for Christmas and announce their plans to make their first pilgrimage to...
Jake, the Failure
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Jake, the Failure
Directed by Julian Sibal
A parking attendant struggles to realize his dream of being a screenwriter. Julian...
Kilig!
Film
Kilig!
Directed by Kacey Layson
“A film about a mother and daughter, meeting each other where they are.” A reluctant Filipino-American daughter takes...
Killing Myself
Film
Killing Myself
EVE, a Filipino-American teenage girl, writes a suicide note and leaves the house to get cigarettes for one...
My Partner
Film
My Partner
My Partner is a story of two high school seniors in rural West Maui who seemingly live in...
Next of Kin
Film
Next of Kin
Directed by Timothy Guion Smith
Stigma remains an ongoing issue for a Filipina former actor living with HIV alongside her gay son who...
Opening Film: Nurse Unseen
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Opening Film: Nurse Unseen
Directed by Michele Rae Josue
There will be a pre-reception at 5pm at The Lot Restaurant patio before the screening begins. Please present...
Party Favor
Film
Party Favor
Directed by Yasmine Gomez
A Filipino-American woman grapples with going behind her strict Catholic sister’s back to buy condoms for her 14-year-old...
Pink Matter
Film
Pink Matter
Directed by Aaron Velasco
On his birthday a young man named Nehemiah is brought to a motel by his friends Niko and...
Reality Dad
Film
Reality Dad
Directed by Charlene deGuzman
After a single father is eliminated from America’s most famous reality dating show, he must explain to his...
Remittance
Film
Remittance
Directed by Ashleigh Coffelt
A man struggles to find the balance between his responsibilities to his family in the Philippines and the...
Centerpiece Feature: Searching for Kapwa
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Centerpiece Feature: Searching for Kapwa
Directed by Larry Daguino Lariosa, Terrence Marcotte
Filmmakers Larry Daguino Lariosa and Terrence Marcotte will be present for the Q&A after the screening Inspired by...
Self Storage
Film
Self Storage
Directed by Rommel Andaya
An estranged mother and daughter go through their late loved one’s self-storage unit to discover some lost items...
Senseless
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Senseless
Directed by Seth Dacio
Inspired by a true story, a 19-year-old young man’s lung spontaneously collapses. We see him physically and mentally...
Sisters
Film
Sisters
Directed by Oscar Quilala II
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, five sisters wait out in a bunker, but soon realize there is a...
Spur
Film
Spur
Directed by Claro de los Reyes
A paranoid journalist struggles under pressure to write his next story but a questionable presence lures him to...
The Daughter
Film
The Daughter
Directed by Zac Villanueva
Jade, a half Filipina teenager, finds herself in the midst of drama when she gets into an altercation...
The Mumu
Film
The Mumu
Directed by Malou Kamradt, Randal Kamradt
A little girl and boy are visited by their half-sister as their mother tells them of The Mumu,...
The Reliever
Film
The Reliever
Directed by Allan Ibanez, Dexter Hemedez
A young Filipino-American son is forced to look after an old, grumpy, bed-ridden patient after his undocumented father...
The Roaring of the Carabao
Film
The Roaring of the Carabao
Directed by Angeline Marie Michael Meitzler
Born in the United States, a daughter visits the Philippines for the first time. On the night of...
Under A Juniper Tree
Film
Under A Juniper Tree
Directed by Lynslee Mercado
A young woman named Dara falls in love with a woman named Juniper in her dreams, unaware of...
What’s Next?
Film
What’s Next?
Directed by Aaron Madrigal
With graduation on the horizon, three college students feel overwhelmed by their uncertainties about the future. As they...
When You Left Me On That Boulevard
Film
When You Left Me On That Boulevard
Directed by Kayla Abuda Galang
Teenager Ly and her cousins get high before a boisterous family Thanksgiving at their auntie’s house in southeast...
Your blue heart
Film
Your blue heart
Directed by Don Castro
Queens, New York, circa 2000. It’s just another day for Lito (40+), cooking breakfast in his kitchen. However,...
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