
Directing
Carlos Siguion-Reyna
Born 1957-11-04 · Manila, Philippines
The youngest child of actress-singer-producer Armida Siguion-Reyna.
Acting credits
8.5A historical drama focusing on Manuel L. Quezon years after the Philippine Revolution during the American occupation. When his fight for independence from the United States is put to the test, Quezon finds himself playing the brutal game of politics to outmaneuver his rivals — including Leonard Wood, Sergio Osmeña, and Joven Hernando. In Quezon’s relentless quest for power, he ultimately faces off with Emilio Aguinaldo in the 1935 presidential elections, using charm and favoritism as both weapons and currency, in a campaign that ultimately changes the face of Philippine politics and history.
Quezon
2025
NRIsabel feels strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, the president of the country club where she works. However, after piecing together a violent picture of what lies beneath the club’s pristine surface, she realizes that what began as an innocent infatuation is actually rooted in a sinister shared history.
Filipiñana
2026
4.5A film about a girl drawn to a golf course.
Filipiñana
2020
NRWhen a struggling high school student is confronted with the painful fracture of her family, she seeks refuge far from the noise of her parents’ world. In the company of her grandmother and an old friend, she begins to see life from a distance---both tender and selfless. Her lessons and realizations are things that cannot be learned from books, but only from a life lived.
Until She Remembers
2026
NRIn 1970s Manila, a jaded police detective, who, unbeknownst to her colleagues, is the mastermind behind a successful heist, is paired up with her former lover, an obsessively truth-seeking detective, to crack the very crime that she orchestrated.
Moonglow
2026
NRChased by police, bike thief Isaac asks his boss for help but gets the cold shoulder. He then plans vengeance against the boss... Payback depicts a man caught in a slum's crime ring.
Payback
2021
7.4A powerful and moving historical drama that tells the courageous story of three Filipino Catholic priests: Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora.
GomBurZa
2023
5.0An editor and his daughter work to restore a family heirloom — an old silent horror film — unaware that each frame inches them closer to a dark spirit.
Posthouse
2025
4.7A cruise ship chambermaid has to quit her job to attend to her sick brother. Only to find out their mother's gone missing and her brother's condition is getting progressively worse. The siblings desperately sneak into an empty condo unit but soon discover that Penthouse 77 is not what it seems...
P77
2025
10.0Inspired by true events, the film chronicles the story of Sisoy Salas, a corrupt journalist seeking justice for his colleagues, and convict Roman Rubio, a hired gun who is regularly brought out of prison to perform assassinations.
On the Job: The Missing 8
2022
7.7A story of a married couple brought together by the illness of their child.
Kung Mawawala Ka Pa
1993
NREmployees and customers are trapped in a supermarket while, outside, a typhoon ravages the country. It's time for confidences and revelations. Zombies, they say, in a society that is not easy for any of them. In a limited space, they try to discover their stories. And that could be their last day.
Pushcart Tales
2024
NREven if two people are on the opposite sides of the universe, once the connection is made, they're basically one.
Five Breakups and a Romance
2023
NRWith interviews with National Artists Lamberto Avellana and Lino Brocka and myriad talents from the Mowelfund community such as Nick Deocampo and Raymond Red, Beyond Mainstream documents the robust energy of nascent independent filmmaking in the country in the 80s. Based on Nick Deocampo's first book Short Film: The Emergence of a New Philippine Cinema (1985), it features the first Independent Film and Video Festival held in the Wave Cinema in Cubao, Quezon City, the first video theater in the country.
Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema
1986
Behind the camera
8.0A bereaved wife searches for her lost husband, only to be found with no memory of her and a new woman in his life.
Wherever You Are
1993
7.3In a quiet, rural Filipino village, sibling rivalry continues through adulthood for two sisters and finally tears their family apart.
Harvest Home
1995
8.7Carmina begins to doubt her future with poor Gabriel when another suitor dazzles her with expensive gifts. Overhearing Carmina's sentiments, Gabriel is heartbroken and goes away to return a wealthy man to prove his worthiness to Carmina.
I Will Wait for You in Heaven
1991
9.0The film is based on the true story of a maid who was either seduced or raped and made pregnant by her Chinese employer; the baby was either killed by the employer's wife or by her own hand, depending on who you talk to.
Elena's Redemption
1996
6.0Selya is disappointed with Bobby who only wants sex but no real relationship nor marriage. So she leaves and decides to marry the gay Ramon who, she is convinced, is definitely different.
The Man in Selya's Life
1998
9.5It is the time of El Niño, a season ruled by superstition and fear. The rain is long in coming, the ground has cracked up dry. The ricestalks are thin and sickly. Villagers go hungry. And a boy dies from a snakebite. The adults splinter. Some pray. Others join a cult to appease earth spirits and wait for the ada, the ricefield spirit goddess of bountiful harvest who dances naked on moonlit nights and signals the need for a virgin’s sacrifice. There are fence sitters, equally pro-church and pro-cult. A landlord’s steward enforces his master’s usury on hapless farmers. A self-righteous priest says rain must first be deserved. Two young women fight for the right to do with their bodies as they please. A bastard boy and a blind girl come of age. Yesterday, they were children.
Kahapon, May Dalawang Bata
1999
8.5A film about changing partners and how the ensuing events affect the people involved. Cynthia Villanueva is an idealistic wife whose life revolves around making a happy home for her family where Rafael, her husband, plays the major role. This illusion is shattered when her husband becomes attracted to a flirtatious woman leading to an eventual erosion of her long-held values and her descent to adultery.
Your Wife, My Wife
1988
4.8Anna met Gerry under circumstances related to a mysterious death close to both. Both fell in love immediately, but not without the inconvenience of another plotting and sinister deals of Anna's step-father and his new partner.
I Need You
1993
6.0A grandfather is on the brink of bankruptcy and brings his grandchildren back to the community that made nd shaped him, only to find that the place is no longer the same.
Where I Am King
2014
8.0Adela is the sheltered daughter of successful Dr. Maximo Sevilla. She has spent her life crocheting alone in the big house, and disappointed her father for failing to qualify for a career in law or medicine, and for lacking the confidence of her departed mother. Adela vainly struggles to cultivate elegance, until she meets and falls for the charms of striking David Javier.
You're the Only One I Loved
1992
3.0Elsie has a mistress named Alice. Tito has a mistress named Susan. Tito and Elsie are married to each other and expecting a baby!
Three
1998
4.6Ligaya, a prostitute, decides to change her life and quit her job after saving some money. She then meets the decent farmer, Polding, who becomes her safe haven and her way out of her miserable life. However, her past threatens to undo everything and ruin her life.
They Call Me Joy
1997
8.2Twelve-year-old Lily lives with her father, who has been suspended from the police force, and her stepmother. Her parents sell Lily's aging dog to Mr. Teban for dog meat. Lily convinces Mr. Teban to return her dog, and the she begins a friendship with the dog meat seller, much to the disgust of her friends and family. Mr. Teban becomes her surrogate father, and supports Lily against her abusive father and ineffectual stepmother.
Azucena
2000
8.2Twelve-year-old Lily lives with her father, who has been suspended from the police force, and her stepmother. Her parents sell Lily's aging dog to Mr. Teban for dog meat. Lily convinces Mr. Teban to return her dog, and the she begins a friendship with the dog meat seller, much to the disgust of her friends and family. Mr. Teban becomes her surrogate father, and supports Lily against her abusive father and ineffectual stepmother.
Azucena
2000
Kilig is a teen romantic comedy: the misadventures of four girls - Mitch, Tina, Patrice, and Bea - who visit their hometown for Christmas vacation with a grand plan of revenge on the two boys, Juancho and Miguel, who used to bully them as kids. The drama Pintig is a story of teenagers, young adults, and children who have aspirations and dreams of being cast as commercial models in an ad agency. As the story progresses, every character would be compelled to make certain decisions as conflicts of interests arise, getting in the way of their dreams. Yanig is a suspense-thriller: four young people win the chance to be part of a popular reality game show. As part of the competition, they will be locked in a remote house for one month.
Kilig... Pintig... Yanig...
2004