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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

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  • Steel Is the Earth

    By the chronicler of the Filipino countryside and harsh life on remote islands, beyond thick jungles and behind wild mountains. He knows what he&rsquo
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  • Dog Days

    Filipino sports film, melodrama and nightmare about a fallen basketball prospect, shot in glorious black-and-white and starring a Mitsubishi Galant.
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  • Prologue to the Great Desaparecido

    Great filmmaker prepares for a historical masterpiece set in an inhospitable, black-and-white jungle. A taster.
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  • How to Disappear Completely

    Martin, the major talent of Filipino cinema, this time takes a different turn. His palate remains colourful, but alongside experimental and horror inf
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  • EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes…

    Political realism in an absurdist musical. Everything in this film is based on exaggeration and also on the incomparable reality of the Philippines. T
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  • Legend of China Doll

    The young Filipino director was once given a dark, political scenario for his birthday by the famous Lav Diaz. Only years later did he get…
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  • Anito

    The Ati-atihan festival incorporates animism, folk Catholicism and ancestral beliefs, coming together and transforming into contemporary madness.
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  • Leave It for Tomorrow, for Night Has Fallen

    The years under dictator Marcos (1965-1986) were a time of great suffering for the Philippines. This filmmaker was born after the dictatorship, but fe
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  • The Halt

    The Philippines descend into darkness under a crazed dictator whilst facing a huge volcanic eruption in this political science fiction film by grand m
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  • Town in a Lake

    A schoolgirl is murdered and her friend goes missing. As the quiet rural town of Matangtubig is in a state of shock, secrets slowly emerge…
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