Lino Brocka
Catalino "Lino" Ortiz Brocka was a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema. In 1983, he founded the organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP), dedicated to helping... Read full bio →
Macho Dancer
Pol moves to Manila for better opportunities after his American lover leaves. However, he gets drawn into the gritty world of gay prostitution and sexual slavery.
Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim
A laborer gets money for his wife's pregnancy from his boss on the condition that he will not join the union.
Insiang
A young woman raped by her mother's new boyfriend finds a new way to exact revenge.
Tinimbang ka ngunit kulang
A privileged teenager, disillusioned with the hypocrisy he witnesses in his small town, forms a bond with a lonely leper and a mentally unstable homeless woman.
Tatlo, dalawa, isa
Three intimate stories showing the perseverance of hope despite a sense of despair, featuring a drug addict, an abandoned daughter and a repressed catholic.
Maynila sa mga kuko ng liwanag
Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.