Verity

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World-renowned author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) is taking some time off despite constant pressure from her publishing house to churn out another bestseller. The truth is she figured in a car accident and is physically and mentally unable to write, which prompts her husband Jeremy (Josh Hartnett) to seek a ghostwriter who can organize his wife’s disorganized thoughts in the form of notes and hopefully come up with a novel from there. Published but unrenowned novelist Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson) is hesitant to step in, fearing that Verity’s readership will feel the difference in voice and tone. After some convincing from Jeremy as well as a payday that her penurious life cannot refuse, Lowen moves in with the Crawfords and meets the now catatonic and paralyzed writer. As she organizes her notes and finds a secret unpublished manuscript, the pressure almost drives her mad, seeing Verity stalking her around the house, unable to determine whether it’s real or hallucination.

Forgotten Island

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1990’s, the Philippines. Two schoolmates find a best friend in each other, one being a natural born genius and the other a free spirit raised by her grandmother Lola Fatima (Dolly de Leon). Jo (H.E.R.) grows up without much plan in life despite her inclination toward the arts, taking on a part-time job as a fastfood cashier and mascot. Raissa (Liza Soberano), on the other hand, will be flying to California to go to Caltech. As they spend their last night together at the beach reminiscing about the good old times, their arguments are interrupted by a portal which takes them to the forgotten island of Nakali where Jo’s Lola claimed to have gone in the past and even befriended a Kapre or two. Lost and confused, Jo and Raissa are found by a were-dog named Raww (Dave Franco), who takes them to the only creature on the island who he thinks could help them, a memory demon called Batiba (Jenny Slate) who trades favors for memories. Things get complicated when Raissa finds herself with wings which she is said to have stolen from the dreaded Manang (Lea Salonga), a hostile Manananggal feared by everyone on the island.

Touch Me Now

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The Dela Costa clan belongs to a socioeconomic elite that dictates what goes on in the Philippine political landscape. Marcelo is the only living son left to matriarch Conchita, whose devotion to Our Lady of Navire is equal to none. He occupies a post that gives him leeway for some societal engineering, micromanaging everything behind the scenes for those in power. His wife Josefina's only concern is getting her eight hours of sleep every night. Their older son Marcelito is active at university and is slowly but surely being drawn into the influence of his rallyist classmates. Younger son Joselito, on the other hand, is exploring his sexuality at an all-boys high school in Mandaluyong. Meanwhile, some family cousins run their own businesses: one, controlling what is published in print through the country's largest broadsheet which she owns; the other, being the proprietor of La Sirena, an underground den that attracts the rich and the powerful to secretly indulge in their carnal and narcotic desires.

Pan de Monio

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Payak lamang ang pamumuhay ng magkaibigang Aves at Teroy Peklat sa bayan ng Antipolo. Hindi man malaya dahil sa pamamahala ng mga Kastila ay nakapag-aaral naman ang dalawa at nangunguna pa nga sa kanilang paaralan pagdating sa katalinuhan. Isang araw ay may matutuklasang krokis si Teroy Peklat sa kanilang kubo na mabilis niyang ipakikita kay Aves. Ang krokis ay naglalaman ng isang uri ng pagsusulat na hindi nila kilala at parurusahan pa nga sila ng Fraile dahil ayon sa kanya ay galing sa mga kampon ng kasamaan na sinasamba ng mga sinaunang Pilipino ang mga ito. Isang araw ay isang uwak ang dadalaw kay Aves at magsisimulang dalhan siya ng mga burloloy na gawa sa ginto, pilak at hiyas. Ituturo rin nito sa kanya kinalaunan ang kinalalagyan ng matagal nang hinahanap na nawawalang bantayog ng Birheng Itim na Santa Patron ng Antipolo. Bukod dito ay may matutuklasan pa siya tungkol sa matagal nang nawawalang ama.

Muli (FlipMusic)

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Anita (Kakki Teodoro) has separated from her husband Maki (Marvin Ong) three years ago but her house and her life are still in shambles. She is caught up in a constant state of chaos as she tries to declutter but always fails at the attempt. At least her daughter is supportive. Kath (Janine Teñoso) has always talked about leaving and moving on but for now she serves as her mother’s only emotional support. For how long, she doesn’t know. Anita has been plagued by nightmares lately, what-if scenarios that shake her to the core, some of them including: a life as a successful but politically corrupt real estate developer; a diva in every sense of the word; or even a “momfluencer”. The common theme of her nightmares is that her daughter also exists in those realities but they are estranged. Moving closer toward the edge, their upcoming high school class reunion might just end up being the final straw.

The Notebook (Theatre Group Asia)

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Older Noah (Rody Vera) frequents a nursing home every day to visit Older Allie (Celeste Legaspi) so he could read the contents of a notebook to her. Truth is, she is his wife, who has been suffering from dementia and is quickly losing all memories she holds dear. The contents of the notebook she wrote herself, making him promise to read it to her so she could come back to him. And so he does, despite his own bodily ailments. The notebook begins at their very first meeting when Younger Noah (Benedix Ramos) sets his eyes on Younger Allie (Sheena Belarmino) one summer. The two quickly fall in love but her parents do not approve. A decade or so later, Middle Allie (Morissette Amon) is back in the area and visits the house Middle Noah (Laurence Mossman) has actually built, from a promise he made to her when they were younger.