Angel Aquino

Like some of the best 19th-century novelists, Lav Diaz is a genius at interweaving multiple stories to create a truly expanded canvas of characters, landscapes and social and political struggle. In this masterpiece, three strands oppose each other and then, in an impressive arc, fall into parallel.

Daniel, a whaleshark guide, falls in love with the beautiful but mysterious tourist Teresa. The two suffer their own heartaches but find themselves hopelessly drawn to each other; Daniel was left behind by his girlfriend for a rich man, Teresa is a widowed breast cancer patient. Donsol was The Philippines official submission to the OSCARS Foreign Language Film category in 2007. AUDIO IS IN TAGALOG

A poor farming clan tries to revive their lives during the authoritarian rule of the Marcos. However, with each possibility of hope, the promise of collapse lurks on the horizon.

When a prominent drug dealer is murdered, the two agents investigating the crime discover a massive conspiracy of inmate assasins.

Due to the eruption of Pt. Pinatubo, a stern woodcarver is widowed and must care for his three very different daughters. The story of their lives is told through s a series of events that mark the beginning, middle and end of summer. Live, like the various events that govern the protagonists’ lives, is as changeable and as the seasons.

A surreal tale of a poor middle-aged wife who longs to have a child but gives birth to a magical fish, making her and her husband instant celebrities.

Experiencing problems in their marriages, a team building facilitator and a real estate businessman unexpectedly meet and fall and love.