Five lives. One city. In the heart of Manila, their stories intertwine through desire, heartbreak, and the rawness of life.

In 1946, one year after World War II, Tetsuko leaves her mother in Aomori and moves to Tokyo alone to discover her purpose. Enrolling at Koran Girls’ School, her loud…

Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert…

Ira lives with her mother, Linda. One day, without any rational explanation, a mystical incident causes Linda to behave like a madwoman—suffering physically and frequently hallucinating. Unable to cope with…

Lela, a mortician, finds something odd about the body of her mother who died suddenly. Trapped in sacred tension and a tense horror journey, Lela discovers another oddity in the…

A seasoned jewel thief partners with a reclusive ex-criminal strategist to assemble a crew of skilled operatives for an intricate diamond heist

Three bachelor brothers—Fadly, Kifly, and Ahmad—were asked by their parents to have a joint wedding due to financial limitations in upholding tradition. However, Fadly’s fiancée was suddenly arranged by her…

A brother and sister are terrorized by what seems to be their late-author mother’s most sinister literary creation – The Calling Witch.

A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.

Egypt’s most adored actor, George Fahmy is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts the role and finds himself thrown into the inner…

Aya, a young Ivorian woman in her early thirties, says no on her wedding day, to everyone’s astonishment. After emigrating to Asia, she works in a tea export shop with…

A transgender woman lands her dream job of working in a carbon mine, but after having the sex-change surgery must face a superstition that bans female workers from entering the…