Realism Movies

Part work of ethereal realism, part dance film, this contemporary-set short follows a young man facing the probability of an HIV+ diagnosis.

An estranged daughter returns home to surprise her younger sister for her birthday.

Art student Ian Jing impresses the realism-loving art teacher Mrs. Hui from the get-go. Following her advice, he draws exactly what he sees,...

Bringing the Kuleshov effect into the streets of Culiat.

When an underachieving writer spontaneously hosts his former best friend on a layover, he is forced to grapple with their complicated past and...

An old woman is carrying shopping bags. A child with a gun is riding a scooter. Birds are flying. A city is falling. A party is lit.

Since the pandemic hit in the spring of 2020, Metro Manila has been subjected to intermittent lockdowns with demeaning punishments. Despite the...

At daybreak, a mother and daughter muse over loss, pain, and absence.

A final conversation between a recently separated couple on their last night together before parting ways.

An experimental attempt that examines the four corners of the inner zoned quarantine world to question a person.

Struggling to survive on the margins of society, two outcasts manage to build a beautiful friendship as they face loss and hardship.

Spaces and Reservations is an intimate and unsparingly realistic relationship drama that tells the story of a young couple being torn apart by...

Bethany and Sam are friends with a brewing romance that is long overdue. With the making of a student film together over Halloween, this romance...

An uncommon story, of a common man.

Award-winning documentary Resilience & Sacrifice follows an emerging musician who shelved his dreams to raise his family. Years later, he returns to...

A man who spends his nights offering emotional support struggles to confront his own inner life by day. Aspiring to be a writer, he drifts through...

Enter the relentless stress and pressure of one man's plight to make eggs on toast.

The war in Ukraine continues to leave indelible scars, but beyond military strategies and political speeches, there are stories that are rarely told:...