Hope Spots

Appointment in Tokyo

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 B

1945

Himala Ngayon

A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest As

2012

People Power Bombshell: The Diary of Vietnam Rose

The unfinished movie of the late Celso Ad Castillo now a Cinema One Originals documentary film.

2016

Piding

Once upon a time, you were born. In the Philippines, there was no science education when you were a child. When they began to offer it in your adultho

2016

Forbidden Memory

Forbidden Memory summons remembrances and memories of the fateful days in September 1974 when about 1,500 men from Malisbong and neighboring villages

2016

Appointment at Mount Manunggal

This documentary paints the life of former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay (1953-1957), from being a simple mechanic, a wartime guerilla leader,

1966

Sunday Beauty Queen

Beneath Hong Kong's glittering facade, Filipina domestic helpers work in relative anonymity and for near-slave wages. In a beauty pageant like no othe

2016

The Guerilla is a Poet

The tale of an activist’s journey during the turbulent years of Martial Law, until his capture in the mountains and the dark, nine years of imprisonme

2013

Motherland

The planet’s busiest maternity hospital is located in one of its poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines. There, poor women face devastat

2017

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming o

1991

Hors les murs

Portraits of Freedom

Ed Gerlock, Romeo Mariano, and DJ De Guzman shares their experience in documenting a range of events in the decades of media censorship.

A Bad Name

Two street artists with contrasting intentions about the artform tell the relevance of street art in society while accompanied by an enigmatic graffit

Eldest Among the Seven

Sampaloc Lake - the most prominent of the seven lakes of San Pablo City has provided shelter, employment and inspiration to its immediate community fo

2017

War Baby

Meet Duewand Collier Jr.-Male, 68 years old, American Citizen, a child conceived in the backdrop of the Philippines-American Mutual Defense Treaty, bo

2019

Pinoi Rock and Rhythm

Pinoi Rock & Rhythm sheds the spotlight on four obscure yet significant figures in contemporary Philippine Popular Culture. Rebel Disc Jockey Dante "H

2003

Wild Window: Bejeweled Fishes

Bejeweled Fishes captures the spectacular beauty of the myriad fishes inhabiting coral reefs of the Tropical and Eastern Pacific. This Wild Window was

2016

Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema

Documentary about the history of Philippine cinema.

2010

Backpacking The Philippines: 3 Weeks, 5 Islands

Ever wanted to go on a backpacking adventure around the Philippines? Me and my mate James are heading to the Philippines to travel for 3 weeks, but d

2017

Pagrara Sang Patipuron

Filmed in the mountains of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo, Pagrara Sang Patipuron revolves around a group of indigenous women who work as weavers. This documen

2017