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Shorts Program II: In Real Time

Ordinary lives captured, extraordinary stories revealed. Illuminating stories that confront today’s world, told from every walk of life.

In this program


LOLA

Directed by Carlo Ang


As Flora nears the end of her life, her grandson Carlo investigates her untold stories about surviving WWII…

Zenaida

Directed by San-San Onglatco


Complications arise when an undocumented Filipino-Muslim caregiver who works for an aging diva, secretly borrows her glamorous outfits…

Ahon

Directed by Trixie Pacis


In Filipino, “ahon” means to rise, emerge, or break through a surface. Ahon recounts the rise of the…

Real One

Directed by Aaron Velasco


A young man must escape a family party with a gun in his waist in order to get…

At Least We Had This Moment

Directed by Joshua de Vera


In his quest to capture the aged architecture of Manila, film photographer Dino seeks the company of a…

Reach Out

Directed by John Haas


In an intergenerational collaboration between Los Angeles-based electronica/soul trio Bootleg Orchestra and singer Roger Rigor from iconic Filipino…

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