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Rabid is an anthology film that probes into our everyday reality of anxiety, uncertainty and paranoia. It features distinct but interwoven stories that revolve around the different ways this world can drive us human beings to the brink of madness.
Misfortune starts to happen on an island when a beautiful maiden is washed ashore. She falls in love with a local fisherman who eventually disappears after a sea accident. She commits to do and to give everything, even her body, in order to find him.
An examination of the tumultuous times of Filipino activists and revolutionaries from the end of World War II through Martial Law.
After learning that a group of doctors were killed by super natural forces, father’s Salvador and Benedicto will have their faith tested when they are tasked to perform an exorcism on a possessed woman named Clarita. Meanwhile, a photojournalist investigates the truth about Clarita’s possession and helps the two priests perform the exorcism. In their journey to help Clarita, they will encounter demonic obstacles that will prevent them from performing the exorcism.
A collection of interwoven stories about life and violence in the Philippines, following a college professor, a university chancellor, a social worker, a police chief, two students, two mothers, and a lawyer.
For Ian, a room is a space for freedom and expression of his individuality. In his room, he is free to do as he pleases. In his room, there are no rules that suppress what he feels and thinks. Like a room, life is full of mystery.
A supposed “happy gathering” amongst childhood friends becomes a bitter revelation as Jason, an openly gay man, attempts to discuss a serious and personal matter, only to find out that his friends are a homophobic bunch after all these years. Surprised with his friends’ views on his sexual orientation and LGBTQ issues in general, powdered with toxic masculinity, he decides to keep the issue to himself as he walks out of the party, and eventually from the friendship he thought he had with them.
The tale of an activist’s journey during the turbulent years of Martial Law, until his capture in the mountains and the dark, nine years of imprisonment that followed, leading to his birth as a poet.
On a commuter's trip from Manila's business district to the suburbs, the director finds a myriad of possibilities, ranging from miniature ironic situations to a love story that is finally finding its unexpected closing.
As Father Severino Mallari, a 19th century priest during the Spanish occupation, descends into madness, his life and work as a parish priest in Pampanga is recounted, where he reportedly murdered 57 people to aid his ailing mother.