Franchesca Pagatpat

In honor of their aging music teacher suddenly retiring, a group of underdogs sets out to give the best Battle of the Bands performance before their moving-up ceremony.

Set in the late 2000s, a payphone booth at an all-girls Catholic school stands witness to the intimate performance of its callers.

Two friends embark on a quest to uncover allegedly planted marijuana in the backyard of their town's mayor, only to encounter an appalling surprise.

An amateur film set descends into chaos when a lovers’ quarrel involving a crew member threatens their production.

Burdened by a tragic demise in their condo unit, two friends grapple with grief by turning to pills and alcohol abuse, dancing along the delicate line between life and death.

An intoxicated graduating college student confronts her similarly inebriated father for the first time while waiting for him to drive them home.

In honor of their aging music teacher suddenly retiring, a group of underdogs sets out to give the best Battle of the Bands performance before their moving-up ceremony.

Two friends embark on a quest to uncover allegedly planted marijuana in the backyard of their town's mayor, only to encounter an appalling surprise.

Two friends embark on a quest to uncover allegedly planted marijuana in the backyard of their town's mayor, only to encounter an appalling surprise.

Burdened by a tragic demise in their condo unit, two friends grapple with grief by turning to pills and alcohol abuse, dancing along the delicate line between life and death.

An intoxicated graduating college student confronts her similarly inebriated father for the first time while waiting for him to drive them home.

Kaloy, a 22-year-old embalmer who illegally moonlights for a corrupt syndicate, extracting bullets from bodies and replacing them with counterfeits for extra cash. But when he finds a familiar face buried within the violence, the reality of his younger brother’s death jolts back his senses.

In a secluded area in the City of Manila, a kapre working as a security guard watches over a closed establishment for the night. As he smokes, he is interrupted by a jolly, teenage boy asking for food and coins. The kapre tried to shoo him away but the boy stayed. Later on, as the night progressed, the presence of each other filled in their loneliness and they found solace from this simple encounter.

An experimental mixed media film on existence and co-existence; on finding peace within oneself.

A working student bustles through scorching Manila, pushed to a cycle of exhaustion as the disparities of a distant world of capitalist excess kindle a common tenderness.