filipino
51 movies and shows
Easter Sunday
Thu, 04 Aug 2022
Comedian and actor Joe Valencia returns home for an Easter celebration with his riotous, bickering, eating, drinking, laughing, loving family, in this love letter to the Filipino-American community.
Who We Become
Thu, 11 May 2023
Kapwa, a Filipino term that means "togetherness" or "neighbor", is a recognition of a shared identity; an inner self that is shared with others. WHO WE BECOME is a story of kapwa and follows three Filipino women each coming into their political consciousness and discovering themselves during a pivotal moment in their lives.
Nurse Unseen
Fri, 04 Oct 2024
Explores the little-known history and humanity of the unsung Filipino nurses risking their lives on the front lines of a pandemic, thousands of miles from home.
A Catholic Schoolgirl
Fri, 17 Nov 2023
A 15-year-old A-student defies the views of her all-girls Catholic school as she confronts her feelings for a school nun.
Batang West Side
Thu, 05 Apr 2001
When a Filipino teenager is shot to death in New Jersey, an investigation into his death is opened. Along the way, we find out not only more about him but about the community of Filipinos in America in general, including the destructive effect of the drug "shabu" on its youth. The detective who handles the case also has his own personal demons to settle with his violent past.
The One-Armed Executioner
Fri, 08 Apr 1983
An Interpol agent is out for revenge against the gangsters that cut off his arm and killed his bride. This tragedy left him deeply depressed, and his battle with depression has to be won first before he can be thoroughly trained in martial arts. After his training, Ortega hunts down his adversaries for a final reckoning.
Forgotten Island
Fri, 25 Sep 2026
Jo and Raissa find themselves stranded on the fantastic world of the forgotten island of Nakali. They find that their only way home might come at the expense of a lifetime of memories and emotions.
Bataan Death March
Fri, 01 Jan 2021
Within hours of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, bombs rained down on U.S. and Filipino forces in the Philippines. After months of vicious fighting, Allied forces surrendered on the island only to be met with a brutal march to P.O.W. camps dotted across the islands. Thousands died on the marches, before reaching the P.O.W. camps where countless more died. The surrender of the Philippines, now almost forgotten in U.S. history, is commemorated in the Philippines every year.
Appointment at Mount Manunggal
Thu, 17 Mar 1966
This documentary paints the life of former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay (1953-1957), from being a simple mechanic, a wartime guerilla leader, and as president of the Philippines, leading up to his death in a plane crash in Mount Manunggal, Cebu.
Bahala Na
Tue, 02 Sep 2025
After learning to 'write what you know,' in film school, Half-Filipino and Half-White aspiring filmmaker Andrew Orticio travels back to his father's village in the Philippines to understand his mixed identity.
Scarecrow
Fri, 07 Feb 2025
As a family clashes over their late father's land, an eerie painting appears and releases something sinister during the nine-day funeral ritual.
Lurch
Mon, 25 Mar 2024
Filipino-born Ella works as a nanny in a prosperous Moscow family. Day by day, she carries out the same routine actions: washing, cooking, cleaning, babysitting. But once she accidentally hurts her arm, her smooth repetitive life gradually gives a lurch…
Travelers
Sat, 03 Jun 2023
The diaspora of Filipinos around the globe is driven mostly by the economics of supply and demand. The yearning for something better, stability, and self-validation leads a handful of sojourners from the provinces of the Philippines into the arms of one of its former colonial masters — the USA. But what happens when they finally get what they want? And how? Filmmaker Dennis Empalmado explores the musings of Filipino expatriates and hopeful immigrants in "Naglalakbay" (Travelers).
VS
Thu, 09 May 2024
Set in 1992, a Filipino kid working at his father’s liquor store seeks community through the arcade game Street Fighter II, but finds himself clashing with a local bully.
Awit Natin (Our Song)
Thu, 03 Apr 2025
When their father dies during their mother's hospitalization, a Filipino family goes to extreme and absurd lengths to hide the truth.
Paco
Wed, 30 Mar 2022
A Filipino immigrant struggles to maintain his façade of success in Vancouver when his family in Manila asks for a hard favour.
The Bohulano Family
Sun, 16 Mar 2014
Home movie collection of the Bohulano Family of Stockton, CA. Footage dates between the 1950s-1970s.
The Miracle at Porta Vaga
Fri, 15 Jan 1982
A true-to-life story of the miraculous Virgin of Our Lady of Solitude of Cavite City.
Tonight, You Will Shine!
Tue, 03 May 2022
A Filipino mother's obsession with her teenaged son becoming famous turns into delusion when she sneaks into his play rehearsal.
The Tale of a Rainbow Fish
Fri, 15 Aug 2025
When a group of elementary students chose to tell a local folklore Alamat ng Isdang Kulay Bahaghari for a stage play, their curiosity brought them investigating the river to search for the infamous fish, only to discover that the folklore is not what they were taught of.