Lawrence S. Ang

Stories abound in Cebu about a woman rumored to be a murderous monster, but behind the myth is a mother seeking justice.

In the small, peaceful town of Malinawon, seven young punks who call themselves the Iskalawags share a deep love for Filipino action movies. One day, they set out on a mini-quest to find a mythical tree that, according to their de facto leader Palot, bears a papaya as large as Intoy's father's belly.

Fiction and reality blur when Leonor, a retired filmmaker, falls into a coma after a television lands on her head, compelling her to become the action hero of her unfinished screenplay.

Stories abound in Cebu about a woman rumored to be a murderous monster, but behind the myth is a mother seeking justice.

An intimate and often heartbreaking portrait of one of the Philippines' most beloved screen icons.

Two amateur ghost hunters are hired to surveil an alleged haunted house. Nothing much happens. But just because you can’t see the patterns of strangeness, it doesn’t mean they aren’t there.

The armed conflict between the Philippine military and the communist resistance at the beginning of the 1990s forms the backdrop to this study of three individuals who, for different reasons, are trying to resolve an untenable situation.