Up Film Institute Movies

Gay teenager Girly looks for a job in a world he is unaware of.

An elderly man tries to repair his relationship with his estranged son, but a mysterious black figure gets in the way.

Experiencing extreme sleep deprivation for months, a young man tape-records his memories for preservation against sinister, clandestine watchers.

During the course of one night, a young journalist is set to finish his investigative report that will expose the private army of an influential...

A girl attempts to go back to her normal routine after a recent messy breakup with her boyfriend. However, her past keeps intruding on the present in...

With the world ending in ten days, a flamboyant gay worker endures a string of brutal jobs in a collapsing Manila, desperate to earn enough for a...

Jun is a farmer who lives near a pineapple field with his mother Dita and his brother Mako. His aunt from Manila who can’t bear a child offers...

In a culture where designs are dreamt about and to be woven only by women, a T’boli man is challenged to face a cultural norm as the abaca...

A film by Kit Munsayac.

Ikalimampung Palapag is an experimental short film delving into the various interpretations of the five stages of mental health recovery.

Two drunk friends decide to get high on a "spot" on top of the city. During their trip they will understand the noises of the city below, and what...

40 years after having to marry a white man, Angie is deported and reunites with her ex, Badine. As they revisit the places buried by urbanization,...

Marco, troubled by past trauma and depression, encounters a cheerful boy named Makoy amidst the mysterious disappearance of the moon.

About the characters meeting on an ordinary day. Alfonso, a gunman from the Other Side goes to town in search of the Captain for a payment that is...

Five years of silence end when former high school best friends, Ethan and Gio, both cramming for finals, unexpectedly reunite at a cafe. With the...

A call center applicant manipulates time during his interview only to find out his interviewer could do the same. The two become stuck in a limbo as...

A university student learns that it is not so easy to borrow a library book. Martika Ramirez Escobar and Sari Estrada's segment in the anthology...

25-year-old Frank lives in a shared space with a close friend. As they talk about difficulty in commuting and employment in the time of pandemic, and...

Ana embarks on a captivating journey back to her roots in Cabanatuan City for her grandmother’s grand 75th birthday celebration.

Annie must memorize a poem for school declamation and her grandmother, a former teacher, Nanay Bernadette helps her with her performance. But as...