Carlo Francisco Manatad Movies

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

Victoria Lansang is a popular news reporter who has been requested to mediate a hostage crisis. And in front of a national television audience,...

The audition process for an exploitative game show becomes the latest test of a long-suffering mother’s fortitude and tenacity.

A Kapampangan youth who doesn't know how to speak in Kapampangan--and doesn't want to--until he runs into a compelling but weird character known as...

The story of Jesse and Celeste who meets at an unexpected time in their lives. They then realize their names are the same as the characters in the...

Lorna, a mother of two, just lost her husband, a fisherman one morning in a tragic sea accident. She was left with no choice but to raise her own...

Minjae is a Korean-Filipino teenager who is often discriminated against for being mixed-blood. His utmost desire to belong to the homogeneous and...

Set during the launch of the first space shuttle of the Philippines - an ordinary old couple living in the suburbs attempts to go about their life...

An estranged son purchases a child who can drink and smoke to impress his father.

In the span of a single night, "Hungkag (Hollow) explores the lives of three solitary individuals under the eyes of the city lights. Isa, a...

A senior high school student transferee from Japan starts a new life in Pangasinan. Gina, a girl who always wears a red glove on her right hand,...

A music documentary on MNL48, a franchise of the highly successful Japanese idol group, AKB48. The film looks into the girls as they perform within a...

A teenager resorts to desperate measures in her efforts to quit her school's aerobic dance team and assert her independence.

Vangie, a miserable contractual sales lady, is about to lose her job. But in her desperate attempt to convince her boss not to sack her, Vangie...

In a rural seaside town, north of Cebu, Philippines, fisher folks face the harsh reality of human-induced environmental conditions. Fueled by the...

Mila struggles as she remains unpaid at work and finds comfort in a love interest through his constant phone calls.

One day, in the small peaceful town of Barrio Malinawon, seven young punks, who call themselves the Iskalawags because of their shared love for...

A prepubescent boy slowly learns of his special role in the impending apocalypse during a religious camp. As he participates in the camp activities,...

When the whole family confronts her 14-year-old daughter of a suspected pregnancy, a 50-year-old woman gives birth to her 20th child.

The filmmaker is fairly young, otherwise you could say this extremely long film is Khavn’s life's work. Because it is so long and the maker is...