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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 | 17 mins


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

Zenaida

Directed by: San-San Onglatco | 22 mins


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

Ahon

Directed by: Trixie Pacis | 20 mins


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

Real One

Directed by: Aaron Velasco | 9 mins


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 | 20 mins


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

Reach Out

Directed by: John Haas | 18 mins


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

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