Philippine shorts

Atin ang Langit (Ours is the Sky)
by Victor Lorenzo Ventura

Drama / Thriller / Fantasy

In the wake of a typhoon, three farmers find themselves at the mercy of nature again as their crops are once again ruined. Believing themselves cursed, they seek an anathema to their plights only to discover a futuristic, hydroponic farm. They must choose between an oppressive but productive future or a free but unsteady tradition.

20 MIN | LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET | 2021
Benguet Boys Production

Call me Santa
by Chrismar Rue Soegaard

Horror

Victoria Koh, a detective police officer, returns to her childhood town twenty-five years later to track down an unknown menacing entity who calls himself Santa.

13 MIN | TAGUM CITY | 2021
Anjing Films (Luper Films)

Dead in the Dark
by Conrad Dela Cruz

Horror

Two thieves try to burglarize a desolate house during a rotational brownout.

8 MIN | DAVAO CITY | 2021
Betamax Films

Free Yun
by Kris Kristofferson Halog

Suspense / Thriller

Free food as a bait for a greedy person , a master plan of a syndicate just for the cash flows accordingly.

15 MIN | NABUNTURAN DAVAO DE ORO | 2021
Halog Films / Lilmac Production / Nabifilmex

Hatud (Walk Me Home)
by Pawlo Lasmarias

Drama / Fantasy

Junjun, a young man walks to school with his younger brother Dino. Dino discovers that his older brother Junjun is caught in an unpleasant situation.

18 MIN | DUMAGUETE CITY / BAIS CITY | 2021
Delikado SInema / 29-Steps Production

I, Labyrinth
by Jag Garcia

Experimental / Animation

A Pilgrim finds himself at a labyrinth… he walks, he discovers… himself…

11 MIN | METRO MANILA | 2021
Anemone Pictures

Ing Tianak
by EJ Gagui and Marienel Calma

Silent, Horror / Animation

In an almost-urban town beset by the myth of a mysterious creature, a wife who suffered a miscarriage and a young woman who is forced into hiding, seek for redemption. In the process, they are forced to confront the same monster.

12 MIN | PAMPANGA / METRO MANILA | 2021
Eximious Produkt

Itom nga Bugas Kanaryo nga Ugat (Black Rice Yellow Roots)
by Leonard Ian Blancada Billones

Children’s Horror

2 youngsters delve into a mystical forest in search for their missing friend deceived by an elemental creature. Will they find their way out of the woods?

15 MIN | ILOILO | 2022
University of the Philippines – Visayas / The Unscene
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by Angelli Lazarte

Realist-Horror, Mystery

A farmer suddenly falls unconscious one morning. Isolated from the town proper, his wife, Aning, decides to transport his body on a carabao to get help from the town healer.

25 MIN | CARCAR CITY / CEBU | 2022
First Pictures

Maudi Nga Arapaap (Last Dream)
by Daniel Magayon

Psychological / Horror

As a night shift nurse dumped one of her mother’s possessions reminiscent of an abusive treatment in her childhood, her actions attracted Batibat’s wrath, which led to her worst nightmare.

15 MIN | SAN FERNANDO LA UNION | 2022
H288 Films

Mga Bag-ong Nawong (Sang Damgo kag Katingalahan) The New Faces (of Dreams and Mysteries)
by Mark Raymund L. Garcia

Experimental

A metaphorical exploration of life in a ‘quarantined world’ where we begin to don masks with the hopes to fight the unseen enemy camouflaging in human and non-human forms.

11 MIN | SAGAY CITY / NEGROS OCCIDENTAL PROVINCE | 2021
Kayab Films

Naglipana ang mga Mata (A Swarm of Eyes)
by Jael Mendoza

Experimental documentary

Shot using mobile phone and consumer-grade camera, “Naglipana ang mga Mata” (“A Swarm of Eyes”) explores familial history through the village’s myths and old women’s narratives of their dreams and anxieties.

26 MIN | BATANGAS | 2020
Nomina Nuda

Our Redirected Hopes
by Mina Cruz

Horror / Romance

A vague dream gives former lovers a final chance to reconnect. The man has turned into a hybrid zombie, the woman gets a chance to speak her thoughts, and they both face the second to final stage of their lost relationship.

13 MIN | ANTIPOLO RIZAL | 2019
Bakunawa Productions

Paano Humuli ng Kidlat (How to Catch a Lightning)
by Rei Cordero

Fantasy

A man is hell-bent on leaning towards the forces of luck as he searches for the final winning lottery digit.

17 MIN | RIZAL | 2022
Project 55

Round Trip
by Gabriel Carmelo

Mystery / Comedy

While on their way home from school, two boisterous students discover a common item in their bucket lists: being kidnapped.

6 MIN | KORONADAL CITY | 2019
Koronadal City

Silo
by Alyssa Ashley Manugas

Experimental Documentary / Mystery

Half fiction, half documentary, we examine the lives of two sets of people living in the same country, but in different universes.

16 MIN | CEBU CITY | 2021
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Slip
by James Labrador Damasin

Psychological Thriller

After being suspended from his job, an artist wanders and wonders why he is unable to paint for himself.

28 MIN | MONKAYO | 2021
Hagdanan Productions

Tagoay (Hide and Seek)
by Chris Duco

Horror

When three friends play hide and seek in a
cemetery, something sinister pursues the seeker instead.

5 MIN | PIGCAWAYAN COTABATO, | 2021
98PX

The Transfiguration Of Saint Mike
by Jermaine Tulbo

Dark Comedy

In the midst of COVID-19, when life is no longer sustainable on earth, a faithful catholic young boy gets his faith tested and questioned as he prepares to reach his next destination.

10 MIN | DAVAO CITY | 2021
98PX