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1) Manila
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Tagalog
Description
Piolo Pascual portrays two characters in this fractured tale of darkness and light, exposing the seedy underbelly of the city that surrounds him. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**. Nominated for the Free Spirit Award at the **Warsaw International Film Festival.** *"Moody black-and-white realism, with a dash of genre thriller..." - Jonathan Romney, **ScreenDaily***
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Tagalog
Description
An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced into a harsh prison sentence; a mother and her two children wander the countryside looking for some kind of redemption. Lav Diaz’s epic reimagining of Dostoevsky’s *Crime and Punishment* is both an intimate human drama and a cosmic treatise on the origin of evil. Unfolding across the sun drenched fields and dark city streets of the Filipino island...
3) Adela
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Tagalog
Description
Adela, a former radio personality, celebrates her 80th birthday alone in the slums of Manila, longing for her family and the stability of years gone by. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival.** Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role (Anita Linda) at the **Golden Screen Awards, Philppines.** *"The widely acclaimed Filipino actress Anita Linda gives transfixing performance as the title character of Adela."...
4) Graceland
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Tagalog
Description
The longtime chauffeur of a corrupt Filipino politician is ambushed in a kidnapping attempt. During the confusion of the ambush, the kidnapping goes horribly wrong and the wrong girl is taken and held for ransom.
5) Respeto
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Tagalog
Description
Hendrix (Abra), an aspiring young rapper from the slums strikes an unlikely friendship with Doc (Dido de La Paz), a poet who has long abandoned his art. They turn to each other trying not to be swallowed by their circumstances.
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Tagalog
Description
Middle-aged Lina dreams of having a child and magically gives birth to a fish, testing her marriage to the reluctant father, Miguel. Winner of the Best Actor and Best Editing Award at the **Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.** Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival.**
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