Don Rishmond Cerbito

At the first clash of their fighting spiders, Ilay and Ten-ten knew they would go home as losers. Anton, the winner of the fight, will once again lord over their school. At the sideline is Mel, a newcomer and a city boy, watching the rowdy play in awe, unaware that soon he will become an ally of Ilay and Ten-ten against the real neighborhood bully.

A chubby grade school outcast must find a way to fit into his string bean costume in time for his school's Nutrition Month performance.

In the quiet spaces of memory and longing, a young boy finds himself navigating the echoes of love and loss, searching for what remains when the person who held his world together is gone.

Luke and his bestfriend search for his father to accompany them on their circumcision day.

Brothers Omar and Jepoy wait for the next rain to pick mushrooms to sell, test the magic of a song Jepoy learned from school, and prove a legend Omar heard.

Two boys, Kulas and Gabo, enjoy playing games together until an impending demolition of their community threatens their relationship.

In a small provincial fish town, 13-year-old Unyok, a grieving fish port helper bullied by his peers, seeks belonging in a violent youth gang and faces a brutal initiation rite.

In order to bring her brother back to life, Abby must win in the Game of Life against the Angel of Death.

Ramon (18) woke up in a dark and cramped room. Beside him was an old man named Fredo (63) who was desperately carving at the wall to make a hole. The place they were in was dimly lit, and the only sounds they could hear were their breathing and the scraping noise of the nail against the wall. As they spent long hours making the hole, they also got to know each other and reminisced about their experiences that led them to their current situation. The hole exposed how thirty people managed to fit into a small jail cell behind a bookshelf, unveiling the mystery of the confinement and injustice system.

An elderly man named Ely isolates himself and only cares for his flowers. A day came when a boy started stealing from his garden. As he pursues to catch the little boy, Ely finds out that he is by himself and sells flowers to survive. Caught in the middle of anger and empathy, Ely is challenged to open himself up to the world.

Alone in her colorless world, the Angel of Death struggles to reclaim the meaning of life, and recall how she came to be.

When Dino, an OFW returning home for good, appears only as a projection, he and his 21-year-old son Gino — seen as the child he once was — relive the ordinary moments migration denied them and finally confront their grief for the mother they lost.