Sota is an observational documentary film that follows the lives of Arnel Arguelles and Leonardo Yambao, horse caretakers at San Lazaro Leisure and Business Park in Carmona, Cavite. This documentary film presents their occupational welfare and living conditions while working in the horse gambling industry at Manila Jockey Club Inc.
My Verdict: 2.5/5
In the secluded countryside, a zombie mother attempts to raise her son the normal way – sending him to school, suppressing his appetite for meat. Suddenly, as a human boy tries to steal their pet chicken, their peaceful life gets marred with an unexpected fit of violence.
My Verdict: 4/5
Kokuryo: The Untold Story of Bb. Undas 2019 is a squalid short story of a midnight gone wrong. The story is centered around two brave transgender women who find the resilience of their friendship tested and affirmed over the course of one chaotic midnight. From fighting against drunkard transphobes, blasting off the sponsor’s house, and being summoned in a Barangay Hall, their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through a physical and emotional rollercoaster ride of a lifetime.
My Verdict: 3.5/5
While revisiting her childhood home, a woman’s dollhouse comes to life. Inhabiting the space are a pregnant mama doll, a curious little doll, and a terrifying papa doll. Little Doll is excited to meet her baby brother. But her excitement fades when Mama Doll loses her unborn child because of Papa Doll. Determined to see her younger brother, Little Doll plants the marble where it grows to become a plant-baby amalgamation. The Plant-Baby devours Papa Doll. Before it reaches Little Doll, she falls off the edge and is saved by the woman. The woman cleans the doll and packs her away, finally closing that chapter of her life.
My Verdict: 3.5/5
Perfecto gets a call from Sir Eddie, asking him to deliver spices and vegetables, his own farm harvest, for the latter’s supposed birthday party. On the long road to his friend’s house, Piktoy cheerfully shares his excitement to people he meets. Only to realize at the end of the day that he missed doing one very important thing.
My Verdict: 2.5/5
In 1979, Kim Cheong, the head of the Yu family, opened a new clothing store at the heart of downtown Bacolod City. His wife Ester, five children: Venicio, James, Betty, Anson, and Dina support him in this new venture by managing everything together as a family. Anson, the youngest son, witnesses the journey and transformation of his father throughout the years. He decides to learn everything that he can about the business not knowing the hardships that come in between. Years later, the patriarch decided to open a new store and wanted Anson to manage it. Eventually, Anson faces new challenges in contemporary time.
My Verdict: 4/5
In a coastal barrio, Makong and Renren love playing with snow out of Styrofoam blocks and sword-fighting out of sticks they find on the shore. They spend most of their days playing in their own little world. One day, Renren finds bruises in Makong’s neck and arms. In his own way of telling his friend that he is not alone, knowing there’s only much that he can do, Renren does something unexpected.
My Verdict: 3.5/5
Finding himself already weak to take care of his granddaughter, Tay Edoy, a 70-year-old fisherman, decides to give up 8-year-old Celyn to her other grandparents. The journey from the seaside to the farmland becomes the two’s final moments together before they separate ways.
My Verdict: 3/5
Noor invites his younger brother Jolo to go to the beach. Noor teases
him that someone found the sea monster who killed their mother, a story
they both believe in. When they reach the beachfront, they sit on the
sand facing the sea, waiting for the sun to set. The brothers have a
conversation by the beach, waiting for the sea creature to appear.
Suddenly, they vaguely see a magical ship from the horizon instead.
My Verdict: 2.5/5
Clara, a night shift nurse, dreams about the abusive treatment of her mother during her childhood days. This leads her to dump her mother’s most treasured possession, a small tree, without knowing that it is a batibat’s home. Because of her action, the batibat emerges and haunts her sleep. Where will her nightmares lead?
My Verdict: 3/5
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