Movies: Up Cinema

Set in the late 2000s, a payphone booth at an all-girls Catholic school stands witness to the intimate performance of its callers....

After their high school friend's wake, two best friends decide to 'pagpag' as they reconnect after five years....

After years in the United States, Miguel returns to the Philippines as a young man. Revisiting his hometown in Pampanga, he is flooded with memories of dreams and cherished moments shared with his childhood friend Simon. Carrying a souvenir from Amer...

An 11-year old vendor of pirated copies of films in a downtown capital tries every possible way in his position to watch a film for the very first time inside the comfort of a cinema....

A newly-turned sixty-year-old woman who just obtained her senior citizen card reunites with a long-lost high school friend, sparking a journey of nostalgia, self-discovery, and rekindling romance....

A guy who just got out of a relationship meets Sadako and unexpectedly finds comfort in her, leading to a strange set of circumstances in which they fall for each other....

A workaholic call center applicant manipulates time during his interview only to find out his interviewer could do the same. The pair becomes stuck in a limbo as they accidentally stop time at the same moment, leading them to confront the frozen worl...

While on an out-of-town birthday party, Bianca, an only child to a single father, receives a phone call about her father’s sudden passing. She spends the next 12 hours arranging the logistics of his funeral while tackling the feeling of an unexpected...

After losing her job at the end of a stressful finals week and having no choice but to move back home with her family, Nel wishes nothing but to be alone--and that's exactly what she gets. A story of loneliness and the realization that the human rela...

After an earthquake hits her province, a distressed young bride wanders around the city to find a new home, and possibly, a new existence....

A film by Kit Munsayac....

Five years after their late brother's death, three siblings reunite in their hometown to celebrate her birthday with their 7-year-old niece who no longer remembers her existence....

A man struggles to find solace in isolation in a supposed time of joy and festivity - Christmas...

An unlikely friendship forms when a fifteen-year-old graphic designer helps his stubborn grandmother digitally color her old black-and-white photos. But as they bicker and bond through each photo, they soon realize that memories are anything, but bla...

A film producer must convince his misogynistic long-time colleague, the film director, to opt for the feminist costume for the superhero film they are developing....

An amateur film set descends into chaos when a lovers’ quarrel involving a crew member threatens their production....

In a nail salon, a feminine hand requests for a manicure. However, what they get is not the pampering they expect....

A short film by Zoe Olavides....

Two mothers strive to live a life of hope and strength while carrying the unbelievable pain of losing their husband and child to Rodrigo Duterte’s vicious war on drugs....

A short experimental documentary on the loss of urban spaces and the fight to reclaim them as pedestrians, commuters, and PUV drivers face a transport crisis in the Philippines....