John Torres Movies

  • 2011
    Breather

    Breather

    Breather

    02011HD

    A touching ode to Leonardo de la Cruz, the filmmaker's late father, who died earlier this year of lung cancer at the age of 65, the film is a...

    Breather
  • 2017
    After Nonoy Estarte, a certain Orpheus, and those flowers in Dahilayan that accompanied this other sense they told me about

    After Nonoy Estarte, a certain Orpheus, and those flowers in Dahilayan that accompanied this other sense they told me about

    After Nonoy Estarte, a certain Orpheus, and those flowers in Dahilayan that accompanied this other sense they told me about

    02017HD

    Inspired by an artist's drawings in the South, I saw paintings that depicted the indigenous people's view of the origins of the world. The film is...

    After Nonoy Estarte, a certain Orpheus, and those flowers in Dahilayan that accompanied this other sense they told me about
  • 2017
    Haunted: A Last Visit to the Red House

    Haunted: A Last Visit to the Red House

    Haunted: A Last Visit to the Red House

    02017HD

    During the World War 2, Japanese soldiers raid houses in the Philippines. Thousands of men were shot and killed while women were brought to the Bahay...

    Haunted: A Last Visit to the Red House
  • 2012
    Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange

    Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange

    Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange

    02012HD

    Village miracles caught on tape: images of a river that must be crossed to erase heartaches, imagined with a boy who has never experienced sorrow.

    Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange
  • 2019
    For My Alien Friend

    For My Alien Friend

    For My Alien Friend

    02019HD

    Stories of Filipino men and women, and other living things passing through similar objects, familiar spaces, non-linear time and dreams...

    For My Alien Friend
  • 2014
    Shotgun Tuding

    Shotgun Tuding

    Shotgun Tuding

    02014HD

    Tuding sets out on a journey to a distant town to track down the man who got her youngest sister pregnant, and she’s not going home without...

    Shotgun Tuding
  • 2010
    Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song

    Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song

    Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song

    6.52010HD

    Sarah is a debt collector who lives among the inhabitants of the village of Guimbal on the island of Panay. She wants to find the young man who...

    Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song
  • 2019
    Tristan und Isolde

    Tristan und Isolde

    Tristan und Isolde

    02019HD

    Tristan, King Marke’s most loyal vassal, takes the Irish princess Isolde to Cornwall to be married off to his master. During the journey,...

    Tristan und Isolde
  • 2011
    Very Specific Things at Night

    Very Specific Things at Night

    Very Specific Things at Night

    02011HD

    A mobile phone film shot in Mahiyan Street (Shy Street), Sikatuna, a stone's throw away from the house of Chavit Singson, who also led the masses to...

    Very Specific Things at Night
  • 1970
    Hai, They Recycle Heartbreaks in Tokyo so Nothing's Wasted

    Hai, They Recycle Heartbreaks in Tokyo so Nothing's Wasted

    Hai, They Recycle Heartbreaks in Tokyo so Nothing's Wasted

    01970HD

    A young lady recovers something from a recycle bin. He is brought back to life. She sleeps. He sees his future in her through photographs from her...

    Hai, They Recycle Heartbreaks in Tokyo so Nothing's Wasted
  • 2011
    Muse

    Muse

    Muse

    02011HD

    A film inspired by birds, planes, and flight. Based on a poem by Filipino writer Allan Pastrana.

    Muse
  • 2011
    Silent Film

    Silent Film

    Silent Film

    02011HD

    Black-and-white sequence of contemporary urban life, jittery images recorded by a 1940s motion-picture camera, and a sleepy narration of words,...

    Silent Film
  • 2011
    Húdas Húdas

    Húdas Húdas

    Húdas Húdas

    02011HD

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    Húdas Húdas
  • 1970
    Ruption 1 2 3

    Ruption 1 2 3

    Ruption 1 2 3

    01970HD

      Friends of Los Otros make a group output during a 16mm film workshop conducted by visiting filmmakers Dianna Barrie and Richard Touhy...

    Ruption 1 2 3
  • 1970
    Trees Wearing Our Clothes When We 're Not Looking

    Trees Wearing Our Clothes When We 're Not Looking

    Trees Wearing Our Clothes When We 're Not Looking

    01970HD

      One shot of things a girl at once did not see.

    Trees Wearing Our Clothes When We 're Not Looking
  • 1970
    Salat

    Salat

    Salat

    01970HD

    Composed of several vignettes that resemble snapshots of urban life; they are juxtaposed with images of love, friendship and everyday life.

    Salat
  • 1970
    Silent Film

    Silent Film

    Silent Film

    01970HD

    Black-and-white sequence of contemporary urban life, jittery images recorded by a 1940s motion-picture camera, and a sleepy narration of words,...

    Silent Film
  • 2004
    Tawidgutom

    Tawidgutom

    Tawidgutom

    02004HD

    TAWIDGUTOM is an experimental love poem composed of images that recur and repeat themselves.

    Tawidgutom