Cinemalaya Foundation Movies

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

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...

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...

Elizabeth, a self-made woman in her late 40s, is bent on living on her own for the rest of her days. After her mother passes from years of suffering...

A young couple navigates the challenges of raising their autistic son in an increasingly unforgiving world, testing their love and resilience.

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

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

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...

Danny and Jonas are petty crooks whose idea of going big-time is kidnapping the only daughter of a middle-class couple for a ransom price of 50,000...

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

When Kana, a young T'boli woman, becomes a dreamweaver, she has the chance to weave together her village's warring clans. But, will she give up true...

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...

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.

After a turbulent squall in the night, villagers wake up to the astonishing sight of the sea that has turned red.

A deaf couple learns that it is not their inability to speak or hear that tears them apart.

The film tells the story of a former 1980’s film cameraman who now currently works as a movie pirate operating in present day...

Kuya Wes, a timid remittance clerk, feels like he does not exist, except when he is working at the remittance center. He is mostly ignored by his...

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...

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...