Chino Alfonso

Jio, a gay man living with HIV, returns to his home province where friendship, love, and small-town judgment intertwine in his quiet search for acceptance and belonging.

While driving along the Quezon Province's famed Old Maharlika Highway, which has been referred to as "Bitukang Manok" because of its sharp curves, three groups of strangers find themselves isolated and trapped by mysterious forces. Here, surrounded by a menacing forest, they must confront their psychological demons as they spiral down deeper into their neurosis.

In Barangay Niño, a Santacruzan got cancelled after all the queer staff finds out that their own chairwoman is unsupportive to the aspirations of her one and only gay son.

On the eve of his departure, a father finds himself caught between the tender truth of who his son is and the harsh expectations of the macho world around him.