Up Film Institute Movies

A young woman goes back to her province in the countryside where she gets to once again meet her Grandmother Loleng - a distant relative and a senile...

A university student learns that it is not so easy to borrow a library book. Martika Ramirez Escobar and Sari Estrada's segment in the anthology...

Struggling to pay for his 16-year-old daughter’s laptop, a conscientious father applies for a product loan purchase after getting convinced by...

Fifty years into a Philippines riddled with rising prices and scarcity in local produce, a person travels to the wet market to look for ingredients....

“Pusong Bato” (Stone Heart) is about Cinta Dela Cruz, a middle-aged faded actress who tries to relive and remember her glorious days as a...

Experiencing extreme sleep deprivation for months, a young man tape-records his memories for preservation against sinister, clandestine watchers.

Short and innocent glimpses of human relationships through the lens of a photobooth aching for connection.

During the course of one night, a young journalist is set to finish his investigative report that will expose the private army of an influential...

A film by Silver Racca

After their high school friend's wake, two best friends decide to 'pagpag' as they reconnect after five years.

Marlon, a socially inept and reserved office worker, stumbles upon a mysterious beeper number. Intrigued by curiosity, he reaches out to this...

Kara thinks she's out of luck. She's a fresh graduate who doesn't want to venture into her nursing career, she's got a nagging mother, and she has an...

While on an out-of-town birthday party, Bianca, an only child to a single father, receives a phone call about her father’s sudden passing. She...

A call center applicant manipulates time during his interview only to find out his interviewer could do the same. The two become stuck in a limbo as...

Set in the late 2000s, a payphone booth at an all-girls Catholic school stands witness to the intimate performance of its callers.

It’s the last day of high school. Three misfits: Mike, Jeremy, and Marie are tasked to edit the graduation video. As they review the footage,...

A slice of the eccentric lives of Roca and Sammy, two members of the Gay Inmates Organization detained at the Pampanga Provincial Jail, intertwined...

After a one-night stand, a writer and an actor navigate the hazy terrain between connection, ambition, and commitment.

Told through the tales of love of a retiring film projectionist and a late-blooming actress, the short documentary delves into the journey of...

After years in the United States, Miguel returns to the Philippines as a young man. Revisiting his hometown in Pampanga, he is flooded with memories...