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  • Little Brown Comedies

    Little Brown Comedies

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Released: 2009 Country: Philippines Director: Khavn De La Cruz Language: Tagalog Theme: Art & Music Genre: Experimental Summary A collection of short films by the enfant terrible of Philippine cinema, including ‘Amen, a brown comedy’ — a satire on the traditional Filipino custom of having younger people raise the hands of their elders, to [...]

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  • Years When I Was A Child Outside

    Years When I Was A Child Outside

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Original Title: Taon Noong Ako’y Anak Sa Labas Released: 2007 Country: Philippines Director: John Torres Language: Tagalog Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama, Experimental Summary Filmmaker John Torres takes the viewer through a personal journey trying to make sense of his complicated family life. But he does this without a clear narrative thread and [...]

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  • Vampire of Quezon City

    Vampire of Quezon City

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 2006 Country: Philippines Director: Khavn De La Cruz Language: Tagalog Theme: Gender & Sexuality Genre: Horror Summary A serial killer is raping and murdering the most beautiful young women of Quezon City, and the detectives in this vampiro-porno-noir despair of capturing him. In flashbacks, we learn of his mother’s beatings and his own [...]

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  • Three Days Of Darkness

    Three Days Of Darkness

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 2009 Country: Philippines Director: Khavn De La Cruz Language: Tagalog Theme: Philosophy & Ethics Genre: Horror Summary “So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.” In Khavn De La Cruz’s horror pastiche, the Apocalypse has hit three beautiful young women in the form [...]

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  • This Is Not A Short Film

    This Is Not A Short Film

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 2010 Country: Philippines Director: Khavn De La Cruz Language: Tagalog Theme: Globalization & Modernization Genre: Experimental Summary This Is Not A Short Film is a potpourri of seven short digital films by prolific Filipino director Khavn De La Cruz. Tin Can and Slippers, winner of the Special Mention Award “Spazio Immagini” at the [...]

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  • The Trial of Mr. Serapio

    The Trial of Mr. Serapio

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 2009 Country: Philippines Director: Khavn De La Cruz Language: Tagalog Theme: Philosophy & Ethics Genre: Drama, Experimental Summary Khavn De La Cruz is a filmmaker, rock musician, poet and producer, the enfant terrible of low-budget (or no-budget) filmless films in the Philippines. The digital guerrilla turns his subversive gaze to the first Filipino [...]

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  • Oliver

    Oliver

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 1983 Country: Philippines Director: Nick Deocampo Language: Tagalog Theme: Gender & Sexuality Genre: Documentary Summary Oliver is a female impersonator who supports his family by performing in Manila’s gay bars, in this first part of Nick Deocampo’s trilogy of Super-8 documentaries about life under the Marcos dictatorship. Festivals: Pusan International Film Festival 2009.

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  • Manila in the Fangs of Darkness

    Manila in the Fangs of Darkness

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 2008 Country: Philippines Director: Khavn De La Cruz Language: Tagalog Theme: Philosophy & Ethics Genre: Drama, Experimental Summary ‘Manila in the Fangs of Darkness’ is a deconstruction of and an ode to ‘Manila in the Claws of Neon’ (1975), a film by Lino Brocka, who is widely considered to be the most prolific [...]

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  • Pepot Superstar

    Pepot Superstar

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Original Title: Pepot Artista Released: 2005 Country: Philippines Director: Clodualdo Del Mundo Language: Tagalog Theme: Youth & Coming Of Age Genre: Comedy Summary In the Philippines, star power is the fantasy of the masses, especially the poor. In Pepot Artista, 10-year-old Jose Rizalino dreams of becoming a movie actor, a superstar. Pepot, as he [...]

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  • Todo Todo Teros

    Todo Todo Teros

    Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Released: 2006 Country: Philippines Director: John Torres Language: Tagalog Theme: Law, Politics & Government Genre: Drama, Experimental Summary Filmmaker John Torres delivers memories intertwined with reflections couched in commentary. Todo Todo Teros is at once a personal work and social commentary about life in the filmmaker’s country. The Philippines, he feels, is a country [...]

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