Brillante Ma Mendoza

Brillante Ma Mendoza

Brillante Mendoza is a Filipino independent film director. He was born and raised in San Fernando, Pampanga. He took advertising arts of the then College of Architecture and fine arts at the University of Santo Tomas. He has directed sixteen films since 2005 including Kaleldo (2006), Thy Womb (2012) and Kinatay (2009).

  • Title: Brillante Ma Mendoza
  • Popularity: 3.192
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1960-07-30
  • Place of Birth: San Fernando City, Philippines
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  • Also Known As: 브릴란테 멘도자, Brillante Mendoza, Dante Mendoza
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Brillante Ma Mendoza Movies

  • 2019
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    Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema

    Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema

    1 2019 HD

    A one-of-a-kind legacy project produced by TBA Studios, Habambuhay is a homage to the centennial anniversary of Philippine cinema–an...

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  • 2012
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    The Great Cinema Party

    The Great Cinema Party

    5.5 2012 HD

    A group of friends, sharing a passion for cinema, assemble in Corregidor, a small island in Manila Bay that has preserved relics from the Pacific War...

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  • 2014
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    Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows

    Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows

    5 2014 HD

    Southeast Asia Cinema - When the rooster crows is a voice of diversity reaching for change. Brillante Mendoza, Eric Khoo, Garin Nugroho, Pen Ek...

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  • 2018
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    Uno sguardo alla Terra

    Uno sguardo alla Terra

    1 2018 HD

    Sardinia 2017. The starting point for the film is one of the most loved lands in the Mediterranean, using it to enter into the world of cinema. Ten...

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  • 2014
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    Sine, Laging Kasama

    Sine, Laging Kasama

    1 2014 HD

    The biggest names in the country’s film industry speak up about the evolution of Philippine films and how it has transformed today’s...

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  • 2015
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    French Cinema Mon Amour

    French Cinema Mon Amour

    0.5 2015 HD

    French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice, their own particular approach, their culture, and their...

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  • 2010
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    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

    4.8 2010 HD

    Documentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.

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  • 2010
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    Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema

    Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema

    1 2010 HD

    Documentary about the history of Philippine cinema.

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  • 2022
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    Bahay na Pula

    Bahay na Pula

    3 2022 HD

    A woman and her husband come home to an old ancestral house she inherited from her grandma. As days go by, they realize something evil is living with...

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  • 2008
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    Service

    Service

    6.3 2008 HD

    A struggling family owns a Filipino porn theater where prostitutes conduct their business.

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  • 2022
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    Gensan Punch

    Gensan Punch

    10 2022 HD

    Nao Tsuyama, a disabled athlete, refuses to let his articifical leg hinder his dream to become a professional boxer. His remarkable journey takes him...

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  • 2009
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    Kinatay

    Kinatay

    6.3 2009 HD

    A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing...

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  • 2009
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    Grandmother

    Grandmother

    7.4 2009 HD

    Lola Sepa's grandson has been killed by a cell phone snatcher. Despite being devastated by the sudden violence, she must bear the burden of making...

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  • 2022
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    Sisid

    Sisid

    5.3 2022 HD

    A marine biologist tasked to rehabilitate a fish sanctuary, falls for Dennis, his diving assistant. The situation takes an unexpected turn when...

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  • 2007
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    Foster Child

    Foster Child

    7 2007 HD

    Thelma, together with her husband Dado and teenage sons Gerald and Yuri, are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide...

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  • 2012
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    Captive

    Captive

    5.9 2012 HD

    A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.

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  • 2012
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    Captive

    Captive

    5.9 2012 HD

    A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.

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  • 2012
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    Thy Womb

    Thy Womb

    6.1 2012 HD

    A Bajau midwife copes with the irony of her own infertility amid the deprivations of her gypsy community in Tawi-Tawi. A saga of island life stuck...

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  • 2007
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    Slingshot

    Slingshot

    5.8 2007 HD

    A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau...

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  • 2005
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    The Masseur

    The Masseur

    6.1 2005 HD

    Iliac works in a massage parlor where the gay clients are given more than a shoulder kneading and back rub. When Iliac's father dies he must...

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  • 2006
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    Summer Heat

    Summer Heat

    4.9 2006 HD

    The story is set in Guagua, Pampanga a decade after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo which ravaged the province with lahar. It follows the lives of...

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  • 2006
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    Summer Heat

    Summer Heat

    4.9 2006 HD

    The story is set in Guagua, Pampanga a decade after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo which ravaged the province with lahar. It follows the lives of...

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  • 2013
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    Possession

    Possession

    5 2013 HD

    The film follows two competing television news teams as they chase a variety of leads, gradually zeroing in on an impending and possibly apocalyptic...

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  • 2022
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    Pusoy

    Pusoy

    4.8 2022 HD

    Peping works as a bodyguard to gambling boss Rodolfo, but when he falls in love with Mika, Rodolfo's mistress, he is convinced to rob the business he...

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  • 2006
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    Summer Heat

    Summer Heat

    4.9 2006 HD

    The story is set in Guagua, Pampanga a decade after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo which ravaged the province with lahar. It follows the lives of...

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  • 2023
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    Moro

    Moro

    1 2023 HD

    25 composers, 25 filmmakers, 25 ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography that fit completely within the DNA of Film Fest Gent and the World...

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  • 2013
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    Ang Kamera

    Ang Kamera

    1 2013 HD

    A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded."

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  • 2022
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    Virgin Forest

    Virgin Forest

    5.2 2022 HD

    A photographer is tasked to take a photo of a rare flower thriving in the mountain, but he discovers women trapped in a hidden brothel for illegal...

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  • 1990
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    Kunin Mo ang Ulo ni Ismael

    Kunin Mo ang Ulo ni Ismael

    5 1990 HD

    An action film starring Jestoni Alarcon based on the radio drama by Rey Langit serialized in DZRH.

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  • 2023
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    Moro

    Moro

    5 2023 HD

    A single mother, who had an ominous dream about her husband who passed away before her, tries to reconcile her two sons. With the help of the local...

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  • 2023
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    Hosto

    Hosto

    2 2023 HD

    Patrick gets a visa to Japan in order to provide for his family. But when he needs to earn more, he is introduced to becoming a hosto.

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  • 2022
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    Virgin Forest

    Virgin Forest

    5.2 2022 HD

    A photographer is tasked to take a photo of a rare flower thriving in the mountain, but he discovers women trapped in a hidden brothel for illegal...

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  • 2021
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    Payback

    Payback

    1 2021 HD

    Chased by police, bike thief Isaac asks his boss for help but gets the cold shoulder. He then plans vengeance against the boss... Payback depicts a...

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  • 2005
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    The Masseur

    The Masseur

    6.1 2005 HD

    Iliac works in a massage parlor where the gay clients are given more than a shoulder kneading and back rub. When Iliac's father dies he must...

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  • 2013
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    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    5.2 2013 HD

    Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

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  • 2007
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    Pantasya

    Pantasya

    4.6 2007 HD

    A digital feature has five episodes that all deal with wild gay fantasies involving men in uniform. It starts with "Biyahe," about a jilted taxi...

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  • 2006
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    Manoro

    Manoro

    8.1 2006 HD

    The mountain-dwelling Aetas have been forced to settle in the lowlands by the sudden eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. With their settlements being closer to...

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  • 2015
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    Balut Country

    Balut Country

    1 2015 HD

    "Balut Country" follows the journey of Jun, an heir to the duck farm left to him by his late father. He must decide whether to sell the property to...

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  • 2015
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    Imbisibol

    Imbisibol

    1 2015 HD

    Imbisibol essays the lives of four Filipino migrants in Japan – Linda, Benjie, Manuel and Rodel – who are toiling in a foreign land to...

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  • 2015
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    Swap

    Swap

    1 2015 HD

    "Swap" takes us to the internal conflict of a young father, torn between solving a crime and committing another crime when one day his only son is...

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  • 2015
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    Ninja Party

    Ninja Party

    4.125 2015 HD

    "Ninja Party" is a coming of age story of two teenage coeds who find themselves in a comprising situation when they get involved in secret debauchery.

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  • 2015
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    Scarecrow

    Scarecrow

    10 2015 HD

    The search for a missing watch instigates the painful quest for the truth in Belyn’s and her son’s life.

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  • 2015
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    Trap

    Trap

    5.6 2015 HD

    The story of the rebuilding of their lives by the survivors of the disaster caused by Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, particularly focusing on...

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  • 2021
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    Palitan

    Palitan

    5.5 2021 HD

    When a dare pushes two couples into an orgy, suppressed feelings rekindle between the two ladies, who were once best friends and lovers.

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  • 2013
    imgMovies

    Possession

    Possession

    5 2013 HD

    The film follows two competing television news teams as they chase a variety of leads, gradually zeroing in on an impending and possibly apocalyptic...

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  • 2013
    imgMovies

    Possession

    Possession

    5 2013 HD

    The film follows two competing television news teams as they chase a variety of leads, gradually zeroing in on an impending and possibly apocalyptic...

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  • 2022
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    Sisid

    Sisid

    5.3 2022 HD

    A marine biologist tasked to rehabilitate a fish sanctuary, falls for Dennis, his diving assistant. The situation takes an unexpected turn when...

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  • 2022
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    Alapaap

    Alapaap

    4.8 2022 HD

    A group of friends go to a secluded town to do a short film project but when they take an addictive substance that promised to bring them to cloud...

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  • 2023
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    Feast

    Feast

    1 2023 HD

    A hit-and-run accident transpires two families. When her husband succumbs to death, Nita files a criminal case. Alfredo is sent to jail after...

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  • 2022
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    Sabel Is Still Young

    Sabel Is Still Young

    4.2 2022 HD

    The married life of Sabel and Brian was cut short when three men rape her and kill Brian in their honeymoon. Surviving from the crime, she vows to...

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  • 2016
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    Ma' Rosa

    Ma' Rosa

    6.5 2016 HD

    Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor section of Manila where everybody knows her. To make ends meet, Rosa...

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  • 2021
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    Payback

    Payback

    1 2021 HD

    Chased by police, bike thief Isaac asks his boss for help but gets the cold shoulder. He then plans vengeance against the boss... Payback depicts a...

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  • 1989
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    Baleleng and the Golden Mermaid

    Baleleng and the Golden Mermaid

    5 1989 HD

    Baleleng, an orphan, wished upon a star to find her parents, Little did she know that this same star who lead her to meet Perlita, her guardian - a...

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  • 2016
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    Imago

    Imago

    1 2016 HD

    A fifty-four-year old single mother lives in Manila. Each night she leaves home to carry out an unusual job.

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  • 1970
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    Chameleon

    Chameleon

    1 1970 HD

    A Filipino transgender woman, Marie, who is drawn into the Yakuza gangster life after befriending Ai, the rebellious daughter of a powerful Yakuza...

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  • 2011
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    Quattro Hong Kong 2

    Quattro Hong Kong 2

    1 2011 HD

    Four short tales set in contemporary Hong Kong.

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  • 2010
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    Ayos ka

    Ayos ka

    2 2010 HD

    Short film about street kids.

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  • 2010
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    Ayos ka

    Ayos ka

    2 2010 HD

    Short film about street kids.

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  • 2016
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    Art Through Our Eyes

    Art Through Our Eyes

    1 2016 HD

    As an omnibus of short films, Art Through Our Eyes is inspired by the art collection found at the National Gallery Singapore. Each of the five...

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  • 2009
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    Grandmother

    Grandmother

    7.4 2009 HD

    Lola Sepa's grandson has been killed by a cell phone snatcher. Despite being devastated by the sudden violence, she must bear the burden of making...

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  • 2016
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    Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections

    Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections

    1 2016 HD

    This omnibus film brings together three globally acclaimed directors from Asia with a common theme 'Living Together in Asia' to depict the lives of...

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  • 2023
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    Moro

    Moro

    5 2023 HD

    A single mother, who had an ominous dream about her husband who passed away before her, tries to reconcile her two sons. With the help of the local...

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  • 2023
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    Feast

    Feast

    1 2023 HD

    A hit-and-run accident transpires two families. When her husband succumbs to death, Nita files a criminal case. Alfredo is sent to jail after...

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  • 2016
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    Ma' Rosa

    Ma' Rosa

    6.5 2016 HD

    Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor section of Manila where everybody knows her. To make ends meet, Rosa...

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  • 2022
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    Pusoy

    Pusoy

    4.8 2022 HD

    Peping works as a bodyguard to gambling boss Rodolfo, but when he falls in love with Mika, Rodolfo's mistress, he is convinced to rob the business he...

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  • 2022
    imgMovies

    Pusoy

    Pusoy

    4.8 2022 HD

    Peping works as a bodyguard to gambling boss Rodolfo, but when he falls in love with Mika, Rodolfo's mistress, he is convinced to rob the business he...

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  • 2022
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    Virgin Forest

    Virgin Forest

    5.2 2022 HD

    A photographer is tasked to take a photo of a rare flower thriving in the mountain, but he discovers women trapped in a hidden brothel for illegal...

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  • 2022
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    Virgin Forest

    Virgin Forest

    5.2 2022 HD

    A photographer is tasked to take a photo of a rare flower thriving in the mountain, but he discovers women trapped in a hidden brothel for illegal...

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  • 2022
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    Virgin Forest

    Virgin Forest

    5.2 2022 HD

    A photographer is tasked to take a photo of a rare flower thriving in the mountain, but he discovers women trapped in a hidden brothel for illegal...

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  • 2021
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    Palitan

    Palitan

    5.5 2021 HD

    When a dare pushes two couples into an orgy, suppressed feelings rekindle between the two ladies, who were once best friends and lovers.

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  • 2021
    imgMovies

    Palitan

    Palitan

    5.5 2021 HD

    When a dare pushes two couples into an orgy, suppressed feelings rekindle between the two ladies, who were once best friends and lovers.

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  • 2024
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    Red

    Red

    6 2024 HD

    When the brutal murder of a teenage girl devastates his sleepy town, a troubled police officer begins an investigation that tests his limits.

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  • 2024
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    Red

    Red

    6 2024 HD

    When the brutal murder of a teenage girl devastates his sleepy town, a troubled police officer begins an investigation that tests his limits.

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  • 2015
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    Modus

    Modus

    1 2015 HD

    A series of killings is targeting the children of corrupt government officials. A young, idealistic detective takes on the case, and begins to...

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  • 2024
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    The Hearing

    The Hearing

    1 2024 HD

    Lucas, a deaf boy from a small fishing village, is sexually abused by Fr. Mejor, an influential priest. After his parents Madonna and Dante discover...

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  • 2019
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    Alpha: The Right to Kill

    Alpha: The Right to Kill

    5.3 2019 HD

    Set against the backdrop of the Philippines Government’s crackdown on illegal drugs, a SWAT-led police force launches an operation to arrest...

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  • 2019
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    Journey

    Journey

    1 2019 HD

    This is a Filipino omnibus film about three different journeys.

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  • 2024
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    Motherland

    Motherland

    1 2024 HD

    Motherland explores the tragic Mamasapano incident, resulted in mass casualties in southern Philippines.

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  • 2019
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    Mindanao

    Mindanao

    7 2019 HD

    Saima, is the mother of a cancer-stricken kid and the wife of a medic deployed in a conflict of aggression in southern Philippines.

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  • 2019
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    Verdict

    Verdict

    6 2019 HD

    Abused and battered wife, Joy, stands up for justice against her alcoholic husband, Dante, in a turmoil process of the justice system.

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  • 2019
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    Mindanao

    Mindanao

    7 2019 HD

    Saima, is the mother of a cancer-stricken kid and the wife of a medic deployed in a conflict of aggression in southern Philippines.

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  • 2011
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    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    3.8 2011 HD

    An anthology of one-minute films created by 60 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was...

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  • 2019
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    Gino and Marie

    Gino and Marie

    6.5 2019 HD

    Two sex workers, a 17-year-old Gino and young mother Marie, are hired to do a pornographic film. The day before All Saints' Day, they travel to a...

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  • 2012
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    Thy Womb

    Thy Womb

    6.1 2012 HD

    A Bajau midwife copes with the irony of her own infertility amid the deprivations of her gypsy community in Tawi-Tawi. A saga of island life stuck...

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  • 2014
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    Unfriend

    Unfriend

    3.7 2014 HD

    On Christmas Day, 15 year old David finds out that his boyfriend, Jonathan has taken another lover. The discovery leads him on the brink of...

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  • 2006
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    Manoro

    Manoro

    8.1 2006 HD

    The mountain-dwelling Aetas have been forced to settle in the lowlands by the sudden eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. With their settlements being closer to...

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  • 2006
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    Manoro

    Manoro

    8.1 2006 HD

    The mountain-dwelling Aetas have been forced to settle in the lowlands by the sudden eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. With their settlements being closer to...

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  • 2020
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    He Who Is Without Sin

    He Who Is Without Sin

    6 2020 HD

    One evening, Martin, a broadcasting student, is invited for coffee by Lawrence, the TV reporter he idolizes. During the days that follow, Martin...

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  • 2020
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    Broken

    Broken

    1 2020 HD

    The film follows the story a man who travels to Saga to expand his pottery business in the Philippines, then falls in love with a Japanese woman who...

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  • 2020
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    Broken

    Broken

    1 2020 HD

    The film follows the story a man who travels to Saga to expand his pottery business in the Philippines, then falls in love with a Japanese woman who...

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  • 2019
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    The Crown Is Mine

    The Crown Is Mine

    1 2019 HD

    Life turns riveting for Nanong when the tabloid-format reality TV show, AKIN ANG KORONA chances upon his curious life in a sleepy seaside town in...

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  • 2007
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    Slingshot

    Slingshot

    5.8 2007 HD

    A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau...

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  • 2009
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    Kinatay

    Kinatay

    6.3 2009 HD

    A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing...

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  • 2019
    imgMovies

    Mindanao

    Mindanao

    7 2019 HD

    Saima, is the mother of a cancer-stricken kid and the wife of a medic deployed in a conflict of aggression in southern Philippines.

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  • 2024
    imgMovies

    Motherland

    Motherland

    1 2024 HD

    Motherland explores the tragic Mamasapano incident, resulted in mass casualties in southern Philippines.

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  • 1989
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    Valentina

    Valentina

    1 1989 HD

    THE SERPENT-HAIRED VIXEN SOWS FEAR AND TERROR AMONG THE TOWNSPEOPLE AND CITE DWELLERS ALIKE.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    4.8 1970 HD

    Despite the Philippine government's crackdown on narcotics, high schooler Joseph expands his drug running while his cop uncle profits from corruption.

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    4.8 1970 HD

    Despite the Philippine government's crackdown on narcotics, high schooler Joseph expands his drug running while his cop uncle profits from corruption.

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