Angelito

Ilustrado Problems

2015

A satire of a famous event in Heneral Luna’s life.

Tropical Gothic

Philippines, 1570, the early years of the Spanish colonial regime. Marta, a Native Priestess, convinces her Spanish master that she is possessed by the spirit of his dead bride, in order to manipulate him into returning the farmland that the Spaniards seized from the native community.

Appointment in Tokyo

1945 · ★ 6.4

Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces and the United States Navy, and released by Warner Bros. for the War Activities Committee shortly after the surrender of Japan. Follow General Douglas MacArthur and his men from their exile from the Philippines in early 1942, through the signing of the instrument of surrender on the USS Missouri on September 1, 1945. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Daddy Cool

When a body is found after a wild night in a Manila Disco in 1981, we go back in time to examine how the intertwined desires of a rising bank officer, her glamorous mentor and the gigolo between them build toward a killing on the eve of the Marcos regime's collapse. A colorful and sensual Disco Noir.

Supremo

2012

A film about Andres Bonifacio.

Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir

2013 · ★ 4

Pedro Calungsod, a young Filipino man, leaves his Visayan native roots to join the Spanish Jesuit priest Fr. Diego de San Vitores in his mission to the Marianas Islands (Guam) in 1668. The San Diego Mission arrives in the Marianas where the young Pedro, a trained catechist and mission assistant, begins work for Fr. Diego de San Vitores in baptizing the Chamorro natives, preaching the holy gospel and spreading the good news of salvation through the Christian faith amidst paganism, doubt and disbelief. Despite the longing for his father and the threats to their lives, even at the peril of death, Pedro and Fr. Diego continued their missionary work. They roamed the dangerous islands and baptized many more natives and continued to enlighten them about Christianity.

Hen. Gregorio Del Pilar

1949

A biopic about general Gregorio Del Pilar.

Dagohoy

1953

Dedicated to the valiant Boholano hero Francisco Dagohoy, this film shows the real causes that impelled the Dagohoy Uprising.

Diego Silang

1951 · ★ 7

This movie captures the core and colorful saga of the famous Ilocano hero Diego Silang.

Gabriela Silang

1971

Gabriela Silang a Filipino revolutionary leader best known as the first female leader of a Filipino movement for independence from Spain

Andres Bonifacio Ang Supremo

1964

A story about the Philippine revolutionary Andrés Bonifacio, the founder and Supremo of the Katipunan.

Padre Burgos

1949

This film reenacts the martyrdom of the Gomburza, high-lighting the events and occurrences prior to their execution. The movie focuses on the story of Fr. Jose Burgos and his involvement in the Cavite Mutiny of 1972.