Cinemalaya Foundation Movies

An assassin, a porn dubber and a transgender. Three souls. One explicit illusion. To find the ultimate joy in their empty lives. A safe haven,...

A land-grabbing tycoon and a former sexy male actor are in a tight race for mayor in a small town. When violence erupts, Emmy, a teacher, runs into...

An awkward 6-footer teen is forced to learn and play volleyball half-heartedly when the Catholic school she transferred to did not have a basketball...

When an alien comes back to take him, a mouthless young man's life twists and turns as his memories untangle.

Ordinary People is a family portrait of Jane, 16, and her boyfriend, Aries, who live on their own in the chaotic streets of Manila. Surviving as...

Kasal is a slice of life drama of a gay couple whose resolve to stay together is challenged as they attend a wedding. It also is an examination on...

A public hospital serves as a witness to a young boy’s rite of passage when he is stuck to take care of his ailing father. Caught in a place...

While creating the subtitles of a film, a young Filipina translator and a middle-aged Japanese director test the limits of language and understanding.

A young, unmarried couple must agree on certain terms on how to properly raise their son, who is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

A loving but impoverished grandmother of an autistic child tragicomically loses everything and turns into someone society reckons her to be.

Follows the lives of four different people, each linked to the other by the house of business. Olivia, owner of the establishment, yearns for her...

In the middle of a custody battle, a single mother finds something underneath her daughter's bed that will question her love for her child.

A progressive rock band composed of privileged teenagers get arrested for drug possession, and are brought into the “Blue Room” where...

Moises, a single Filipino dad, comes home to celebrate his son's fourth birthday and learns that the Israeli government is going to deport the...

Hendrix dreams of hip-hop greatness, but he’s spiraling down a rabbit-hole of crime and poverty until he meets Doc, an old poet still haunted...

A pessimistic uninspired middle-aged artist finds spark with a millennial photographer who leads her on a path of creative and sexual reawakening.

A socio-realist drama-comedy film, it follows a seemingly usual day in the life of Loida Malabanan as she embarks on yet another shooting day...

The true story of a young mother who uses story-telling to protect her child from the reality of growing up in prison and the difficult life she...

Jay is the name of the two protagonists in the film, one is living, the other dead. The living Jay is producing a documentary of the dead Jay, a gay...

Maxi, a boy on the cusp of his teens, is already comfortable with his homosexual feelings, with acceptance from his family. When Maxi is assaulted...