Zed Xyrus Martin

An aged beautician longing for confidence joins a beauty pageant.

In a world where goldfishes are a luxury, Kokoy, a fisherman’s son, is determined to own one.

The story follows a young boy, Paelo, who spends his semestral break in his home in Laguna. During his stay, an event in his family unfolds and he’ll be forced to navigate his surroundings through a child’s imagination–with his favorite Auntie, Mae.

In a remote village scarred by years of conflict, a young army lieutenant introduces football to children. As the game begins to heal wounds and rebuild trust, he forms a fragile bond with a child soldier — forcing both to choose between the innocence they’ve lost and the violent realities of war.

In a small barangay where a children’s game of teks reflects real power, Maya challenges Rod, the reigning champion turned tyrant, in a teks battle that could change the fate of their community.

In a small rural town, 9-year-old Gelo comes up with a plan to earn enough money to buy his tricycle-driver father a day off—so he can watch Gelo perform a poem written just for him at the school’s poetry contest.

While Tonton is writing a poem dedicated to his father, his world suddenly crumbles when his father is killed in the midst of the brutal drug war. Forced to confront grief at a young age, he clings to poetry as a way of preserving the memories, sacrifices, and quiet love of the man he once saw as his superhero.