Filipiñana

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17-year-old Isabel (Jorrybell Agoto) is the newest addition to the roster of “tee-girls” at an exclusive golf course catering to the country’s ultra-rich and a steady flow of Chinese tourists. The president, Dr. Palanca (Teroy Guzman), is always the subject of gossip for his many flings with various employees, much to the chagrin of his ex-Miss Universe wife Maribel (Agot Isidro). Meanwhile, loyal patron and head of golf equipment business Renato (Carlos Siguion-Reyna) tours his New York-based niece Clara (Carmen Castellanos) around the premises, teaching her the basics of the game in hopes that she’d agree to stay in Manila to help run the family business. While the economic elite are enjoying their time engrossed in the game, the tee-girls and caddies are micromanaged military style and have to work under terrible conditions just to get by. It won’t take long before Isabel finds out that she shares something else with Dr. Palanca apart from their Ilocano roots.

Ganggang

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Mel (Raine Dela Cruz) is accustomed to moving house depending on where his father, a soldier, gets assigned by the force. Their latest residence is in a rural community in Bulacan called Barangay Sidhaya. Far from civilization and unaffected by the frenzy of urban Manila, Barangay Sidhaya still teems with activity. Mel meets classmates Ilay (Kenneth “Butchoy” Vincent Mendoza) and Ten-Ten (Don Rishmond Cerbito) who immediately become his best friends, perhaps because all three of them serve as prey for the class bully who happens to be the son of the barangay captain. For entertainment, the kids rely on Ganggang, which involves catching spiders and having them battle one another on a stick. While the children are busy with their games, the adults of the town are caught in a constant risk of getting red-tagged by the military, in an effort to show the country that their anti-communist insurgency initiatives are bearing fruit.

A.ni.mál

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The Peraltas have built a strong foundation as a political dynasty on their home turf. Dan (Jojit Lorenzo) is up for reelection while his wife Ofel (Frances Makil-Ignacio) is a constant companion and campaign manager of Dr. Grace Reyes (Bituin Escalante), who is running to replace her husband Governor Paul (Reymund Domingo). Meanwhile, their daughter Lily Peralta (Maxine Ignacio) spends most of her time at a local animal shelter as a volunteer, taking as many selfies and videos as she can and posting them online to convince herself that her advocacy for animal rights is legit. One evening as she visits Ninong Paul’s mansion to ask for financial favors regarding her advocacy, she catches him in the act of sexually molesting his dog Bella (Bini) with the help of a bottle of peanut butter. She records a video. When she shows the video to her parents, a heated debate erupts in their household.

Tayo Lang Ang Nakakaalam

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Neil (Martin del Rosario) and Bong (Miguel Odron) have already been romantic partners for half a decade, living together and forming new memories. Neil is even close to Bong’s mother Gloria (Yayo Aguila) who treats him almost like his own son. Their bonds are tested when Bong ends up confined at a hospital. While the doctors say that it is a case of amoebiasis, Bong’s emaciated frame and feeble condition seem to suggest otherwise. To make matters more complicated, relatives from Gloria’s side of the family have been visiting since finding out about Bong’s illness, but Gloria couldn’t introduce Neil properly as her son’s partner because Bong is not out of the closet yet, at least within his family. Bong’s estranged Father (Epy Quizon) also makes an appearance after being gone for so long, further complicating the family dynamics. As Bong’s condition worsens, the revelation of a secret will test the bond they share.

Kaka Sa Yawan

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21-year-old Niko (Beaver Magtalas) comes back to Mindoro to visit his Father (Luis Alandy) as well as the family home. His return triggers visions of his childhood as a young Niko (Bryce Nicolo Mercader) in the province when he and his father decided to move back there to reconnect with his estranged Mother (Nikki Valdez) who was suffering from a terminal illness. That is also the year when his paths crossed with a Tadyawan boy of his age named Ayan (Dennis Dato), with whom he formed a strong bond of friendship. Niko is welcomed in Ayan’s humble abode on the mountains, eventually becoming a regular visitor there. Niko also convinces Ayan to continue his studies and go back to school with him. That summer gives them a life’s worth of happy memories, at least until tragedy strikes and reminds them that everything in life is fleeting, and each moment must be savored as if it were the last.

Hand of God

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Lt. Edgardo Reyes (Ruru Madrid) is relocated from Cotabato to a new assignment, also in Mindanao. The soldiers he commands, who have been stationed there way longer than he, warn him not to trust the locals. Still, he still insists in sharing the joys of football to the town’s children by setting up a goal post and teaching them how to play. True enough, rebel leader Omar (Jhong Hilario) pays the town a visit and orders his men to tear down the goal post so they could melt the steel to make guns. One of the townswomen, Farida (Iza Calzado), is also suspicious of Reyes, but allows her son Khaleel (KD Omalin) who is training under Omar to be a child soldier to join the games as goalie. Soon, Reyes hatches a plan to take the kids to Manila so they can compete there, much to the reluctance of town elder Pak Ismail (Ronnie Lazaro) who fears that such a decision will be seen by the rebels as taking sides.

Status: Rejected

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Virginia Divinagracia (Ruby Ruiz) is one year shy of her 70th anniversary on earth. She lives with her breadwinner daughter Anna (Alessandra de Rossi) who is a single mother to her granddaughter Sophia (Yani Villarosa) who is studying to become a nurse. Virginia also has a son named Clark who is working illegally in the United States, which is one reason why she is eager to get a visa to join him there, but she is denied by the US Embassy for the fourth consecutive time. As Anna becomes more and more vocal about the family’s money problems, Virginia seeks solace in her friend Tessie (Beverly Salviejo) who prods her to beef up her social media accounts. There she meets “Steve”, a retired American soldier looking for love and companionship. He promises to take her with him to America through a fiance visa. Will Virginia finally fulfill her dream of setting foot in the USA?

Mag-iina (The Mothering)

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Anj (Janine Gutierrez) comes back to the family home after a long time spent abroad, mostly in New York. There she meets Yñigo (Lucas Andalio), the orphan boy her aunt Ysobel (Cherry Pie Picache) has adopted and named after her deceased brother. In fact, her father’s 40th day death anniversary is the main reason for her reluctant return, knowing that she’s going to have to deal with her unhinged and perpetually drugged mother Mita (Agot Isidro). And of course, there’s also her grandmother Angela (Jackie Lou Blanco), the headstrong matriarch and national artist who keeps herself locked in her room painting all the time. Meanwhile, loyal househelp Katte (Ness Roque) serves as the bearer of family secrets and constant victim of the family’s not so evident cruelty. When Yñigo the kid starts acting eerily like Yñigo the recently deceased, Anj is thrusted right into the center of the family drama she worked hard all these years to avoid.

Tirik

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Parish priest Bert (Rocco Nacino) takes care of his parishioners and always lends a helping hand to those in need. One of those parishioners is taxi driver Santos (Floyd Tena) who owes the priest a debt of gratitude for his financial assistance to his wife and son. Bert’s parish also serves as a temporary refuge for sleep and rest whenever Santos is left without a place to stay in the wee hours of the morning after driving around the metro. One day, Bert is scheduled to travel all the way to Dasmariñas in Cavite for a church service there. Santos offers his cab and insists to take the priest to wherever it is he ought to be. The road trip takes hours and they have their own fair share of adventures along the way as well as confessions and revelations that might just put their friendship to the test, if they make it through the day in one piece.

2 Valid IDs

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Indigent farmer Silvia (Marietta Subong) travels to Manila to accompany her sick husband Ramon (Joey Marquez) at a public hospital ward where they await his operation. Despite their lack of funds, they find new hope in his New Zealand-based aunt who sends them a little over a hundred thousand pesos in exchange for their land in Pangasinan. The problem is, the remittance center won’t release the funds because Silvia’s postal ID is no longer considered a primary ID. On top of that, she actually needs two valid IDs for her first transaction. Luckily, Silvia has found a loyal assistant in Denver (Zaijian Jaranilla), a college dropout who serves as his comatose grandfather’s carer on the bed next to Ramon’s. As they go through the requirements for getting one of the many listed valid IDs, they realize how ridiculous the process is. But then again, do they really have a choice?