Nikko Martinez

After being suspended from his job, an artist wanders and wonders why he is unable to paint for himself

In this time-defying, satirical adaptation of Miguel López de Legazpi's archived letters, the 16th-century Spanish expedition instead encounters present-day Cebu. The same difficulties with the island’s natives lead to their decision to leave for the other Philippine islands.

While hiding from a pursuing death squad, Maya encounters Jesus, who takes her out for a walk. Will she be home in time for the ultimate test of faith?

An avant-garde experimental documentary eighty years in the making photographed and conceived by Nikko Martinez. A harmonious matrimony of image and sound, this anti-film serves as retrospective of his family's history, personal failures and rejections, his on-going independent experimental filmmaking career, a reflection of his ongoing scrimmage against a mental illness, and an optimistic glimpse of his coming days. BAKLAYCORE is not cinema, it's Nikko Martinez's life.

While hiding from a pursuing death squad, Maya encounters Jesus, who takes her out for a walk. Will she be home in time for the ultimate test of faith?