

The movie won Best Screenplay during the 2015 Cinema One Originals Film Festival. the movie is directed and written by Ara Chawdhury, staring Russ Ligtas, Tessie Tomas, Mon Confiado, and Chai Fonacier. He experiences the strangest night of his life which leads him to get pregnant. There he hopes upon a lonely bright star. Instead, his father ends up chasing him out to the jungle with rage. This dark comedy talks about a young drag queen named Dodong who decides to join the local Miss Gay pageant to gain acceptance. The film won four awards during the 2014 Gawad Urian Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress. However, his disappointment with the country’s current status drives him to the edge of sanity.

His wife is left to care for their children. Solitude and misery changes him in prison. His money lender is murdered and he gets pinned for the crime. The main protagonist is having a difficult time providing for his family. The story revolves around the lives of three people and a crime that changes their lives. It stars Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani, and Archie Alemania. The film runs for about four hours, but the audience is given a complex, absorbing storyline. Eugene Domingo was awarded the Best Actress Award for her performance.ĭirected by Lav Diaz, this is one of his shortest movies. The film premiered and competed during the 2013 Tokyo International Film Festival. An act of kindness towards a prostitute turns her luck around as she urges the other prostitutes to patronize the widow’s barbershop. She finds a way to run the old barbershop, but fails to draw in customers. A new widow (Eugene Domingo) ends up inheriting the town’s one and only barbershop – a business passed down from the men in her late husband’s family. The movie is set in a rural town during the end of martial law. This movie is directed by Jun Robles Lana and stars Eugene Domingo, Eddie Garcia, and Iza Calzado. Directed and written Francis Xavier Pasion, Bwaya won the Best Film award for the New Breed Category during the 2014 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. the mother then goes on a search for her daughter’s body and learns that not predators hide underwater. she then hears the shocking news about her daughter getting attacked by a crocodile in the marshlands and that the body is still missing. the movie starts with the mother of the girl preparing for her 13th birthday.

Here are 10 indie Filipino movies that you should watch.īased on a true story, this film is about a 12 year old girl who got attacked and killed by a crocodile in Agusan del Sur.
