Moira Lang

Writing

Moira Lang

Moira Lang (previously credited as Raymond Lee) is a Filipino filmmaker and writer. Producing socially relevant works with many involving LGBT issues, Lang is prominently known for their work on the films 'Norte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan,' Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, and Zombadings.

Acting credits

Norte, the End of History poster
7.4

An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced to take a harsh sentence; and a mother and her two children wander the countryside in search of some kind of redemption.

Norte, the End of History

2014

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking poster
5.7

In the seedy underbelly of Manila, teenage runaway Zion links up with a group of queer street hustlers who lead him on a heated journey of self-discovery in the tempting and dangerous nocturnal city.

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking

2025

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery poster
7.8

Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this myth, undertaking an expedition into history through various interwoven narrative threads, held together by an exploration of the individual’s role in history.

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

2016

Ordinary People poster
6.0

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 pickpockets, the lives of the young couple change when they suddenly become teenage parents. But not even a month into parenthood, their child is stolen from them. In order to retrieve the child, the young couple is forced to take desperate measures.

Ordinary People

2016

Rabid poster
NR

Rabid is an anthology film that probes into our everyday reality of anxiety, uncertainty and paranoia. It features distinct but interwoven stories that revolve around the different ways this world can drive us human beings to the brink of madness.

Rabid

2021

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5.5

A group of friends, sharing a passion for cinema, assemble in Corregidor, a small island in Manila Bay that has preserved relics from the Pacific War as its foremost attractions. There, they explore the island and retire in a rustic mansion used once to make silent films. Outside the city, the woods and sea become a meeting place for more movie personalities and it all becomes a celebration of what was left behind.

The Great Cinema Party

2012

Behind the camera

Jesus Is Dead poster
4.8

When Iyay, a single mother, learns that her estranged husband has died, she drags the entire family on a road trip from Cebu to Dumaguete to attend the funeral.

Jesus Is Dead

2016

Jesus Is Dead poster
4.8

When Iyay, a single mother, learns that her estranged husband has died, she drags the entire family on a road trip from Cebu to Dumaguete to attend the funeral.

Jesus Is Dead

2016

Liberated poster
4.0

Liberated tells the story of a group of friends, a sexually liberated young woman who falls in love with the beau of her morally-inclined best friend. The discovery of the illicit affair then results to one of the main characters' suicide.

Liberated

2003

The Child poster
6.6

A woman returns to the Philippines after working abroad to find that her family has fallen apart in her absence.

The Child

2000

Manila's Finest poster
NR

Set during the first quarter storm in the 1970s, policemen Homer, Conrad, and Billy are consumed by the murder case of troublemaking teenagers in the slums.

Manila's Finest

2025

A Change of Heart poster
7.0

Three siblings Danny, Art and Grace are now well settled with their respective families, in widely contrasting lifestyles. The one common thing that binds them loosely together is the love that their mother Dolores "Loleng" Rosales holds for all of them and her grandchildren, albeit expressed in varying ways and degrees, but always equally nurturing and self-giving. Much as they are held together by her, they are in turn separated by physical distance and the sad legacy left behind by their deceased, erstwhile strong-willed, patriarchal father.

A Change of Heart

2000

One Night poster
1.0

A man's friends hire a prostitute on his birthday for him to lose his virginity. But after finding out that she is a middle-aged woman, they decide to ditch her, except for the birthday boy, who likes older women.

One Night

2005

Buffalo Boys poster
6.6

Betrayed by the Dutch colonial forces, Arana manages to escape along with his nephews Jamar and Suwo, the newborn sons of Hamza, one of the last Indonesian sultans fighting against foreign tyranny. In 1860, after wandering for years on the plains of the American Wild West, Arana and the two brothers return to Indonesia to avenge their dead loved ones and punish the evil man who caused their misfortune.

Buffalo Boys

2018

Norte, the End of History poster
7.4

An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced to take a harsh sentence; and a mother and her two children wander the countryside in search of some kind of redemption.

Norte, the End of History

2014

A Brief Encounter poster
NR

Kath, an Italian-Filipino woman, works remotely as a digital content moderator in Genoa. When she learns that a colleague in the Philippines has taken his own life—crushed by the very job that fills her own days (the endless cataloging of beheadings, torture, live-streamed suicides, and child abuse)—she initially takes two days off, then extends her break, no longer convinced she can bring herself to return to her terminal. A massage appointment introduces her to Jenny, a Filipino woman who tends to people's bodies as a side job. That scheduled hour evolves into something more—an encounter neither woman expected. Each carrying her own burdens and losses, they finally find a way, together, to stop being invisible. The screen, once capable only of wounding them, now reflects a new image: a redemptive possibility for healing.

A Brief Encounter

2026

In My Life poster
5.2

A headstrong woman moves to New York and must come to terms with her estranged gay son and his partner.

In My Life

2009

Milan poster
6.4

Loving husband Lino is on a mission: his wife, who works as a domestic in Milan, is missing and he's determined to find her. To do so, he enters Italy illegally and takes cover as one of the hundreds of Filipino migrant workers who make their way to Europe.

Milan

2004

Fantastica poster
5.1

Belat, her mother Fec and adopted siblings Daks, Pepe and Junjun face the possibility of being evicted from their land as they struggle to save their carnival. Hoping to prevent the carnival from closing, they turn to Prince, a man from Belat`s past, for help. He promises to give them a hand if they first help him look for the lost princesses Rapunselya, Maulan and Ariella so they can save the magical land, Fantastica.

Fantastica

2018

Fantastica poster
5.1

Belat, her mother Fec and adopted siblings Daks, Pepe and Junjun face the possibility of being evicted from their land as they struggle to save their carnival. Hoping to prevent the carnival from closing, they turn to Prince, a man from Belat`s past, for help. He promises to give them a hand if they first help him look for the lost princesses Rapunselya, Maulan and Ariella so they can save the magical land, Fantastica.

Fantastica

2018

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros poster
7.2

Maxi, a boy on the cusp of his teens, is already comfortable with his homosexual feelings, with acceptance from his family. When Maxi is assaulted one evening, Victor, a police officer, comes to his aid. Maxi soon develops a crush on Victor, who shows a platonic affection for the young lad.

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

2005

Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington poster
4.9

A boy cursed to turn gay when he grows up must sort out his feelings for the girl he loves and the boy – his best friend – he is suddenly lusting after, come to terms with his homophobia, and escape a pscho gay killer on the loose.

Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington

2011

D' Anothers poster
7.1

Hesus Resurreccion, a total scaredy cat who lives with his social-climbing aunt and two rowdy cousins, inherits an abandoned mansion. Coincidentally, the said location serves as a portal to the afterlife for the stranded ghosts, and they know that Hesus is "The One" who would open it. If he didn't, the ghosts would turn into cockroaches.

D' Anothers

2005

I Need You poster
7.4

Celebrity chef Carl returns from New York to marry his supermodel fiancée, Chrissy. But the bride-to-be is delayed in Europe, and as Carl makes wedding plans with her family, he finds himself falling for Chrissy’s sister Lena.

I Need You

2002

Smaller and Smaller Circles poster
6.0

A serial killer in Payatas leaves the bodies of young boys in the dump as two Jesuit priests try to solve the murders.

Smaller and Smaller Circles

2017

Endo poster
NR

Leo belongs to a poor family. Because he did not finish his studies, his only option is to work as a contractual worker in various establishments. In one job, he met a high-spirited girl named Tanya with whom he got romantically involved. In their relationship, he wishes to feel fulfillment and sense of security with her, but he is not prepared for this additional commitment.

Endo

2007

Where the Night Stands Still poster
NR

Three Filipino siblings, all domestic workers in Italy, meet in the villa that one of the sisters has inherited. Shared memories and buried grievances come to the surface and put their fragile relationship to the test.

Where the Night Stands Still

2025

Mother poster
NR

A biopic about the life of legendary movie producer and founder of Regal Films, Mother Lily Monteverde.

Mother