Jess Mendoza Movies

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...

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

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,...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

Set at the inauguration of the new President is the inter-woven tales of people dealing with daily lives: their relationships, desires and their...

After a turbulent squall in the night, villagers wake up to the astonishing sight of the sea that has turned red.

The film depicts the troubles of Jonas and his sisters Carmina and Tricia , who have moved to their family’s old farm after Jonas’ real...

Set on the eve of a fictional inaugural of the Bangsamoro Government, the film revolves around Daud, a scion of a political dynasty who is reluctant...

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...

This is not a film by Khavn. A crime-thriller retro-road movie based on the Kuratong Baleleng Rubout Massacre of 1995.

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

"Swap" takes us to the internal conflict of a young father, torn between solving a crime and committing another crime when one day his only son is...

The dramatization of the life of General Ronald dela Rosa.