Movies: Jess Mendoza

A serial killer in Payatas leaves the bodies of young boys in the dump as two Jesuit priests try to solve the murders....

In the 1970s, a widow in a remote village takes over her husband’s barber shop. She becomes the laughing stock of the male-dominated community and in the process discovers freedom and liberation....

Toto, a teenage orphan, is recruited by a notorious death squad. Irma, the groups leader, soon becomes a maternal figure to the young boy. As the two form a familial bond, their loyalties will be put to the test when one of their targets turns out to...

Kray, an underappreciated and underpaid stuntwoman, takes on one last job with her former gang only to be trapped in a hellish underworld....

A disillusioned and suicidal Rizal, a cross-dressing Bonifacio gripped with paranoia, an ex-Katipunero who joins the US army to save his own neck, and a widow whose sex-for-food errands lead her to become the first ever Makapili. These are the histor...

Manila is besieged by the worst typhoon to hit the country. Talk of the world coming to an end hangs in the air. And five men find themselves stranded inside a police station with a prisoner who may o may not be the devil. It's going to be a long nig...

A department store saleslady has had enough of being an underdog. One night, she discovers a peculiar-looking gun right on her doorstep. Her life drastically changes as she discovers how much power owning a gun can give her....

A story of Ilyong, recently-dead man killed by the police, after he was caught stealing. This is the beginning of his story, his death. Soon after, he was brought into a sleazy funeral home, run by Violet, a greedy homosexual who has learned to survi...

Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs when their son goes missing....

Set against the drug wars in the Philippines, Maria's husband is murdered in mysterious circumstances and is left to fend for her three children in a police state. As she delves into Manila’s dark underworld of cops, criminals, and drugs to find answ...

Two unusually close friends share every aspect of their lives together. As their lives evolve, their bond remains the only constant....

A tragic-comic portrait of a dysfunctional family and the disquieting blind faith they invoke as they dream of going home....

The dramatization of the life of General Ronald dela Rosa....

Teban, a troubled teen who recently got out of jail for petty theft, moves to tenement 66 with his older brother Tony and cousin Ron-ron, hoping to start a new life away from the people who influenced him to commit crimes. But soon find out that ther...

A thriller about a never-ending war, a town ravaged by a devastating storm, and the woman caught in between....

A journalist investigates a woman with the name of China Doll. Soon, he discovers his knowledge of her turns out to be dangerous....

A college heartthrob meets a college newbie - a challenge, a tension, a discovery, and a love that will change everything between them....

It is a trilogy which follows the story of three individuals must go through desperate measures to hide their secrets....

A high school princess is cursed by the geek whose affections she toyed with....

Police officers Bong and Roman investigate paranormal killings in ominous talahib grass fields, unraveling a chilling mystery....