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FRAMES

Filipino Shorts Competition

Active Vista features short films that tell revealing stories on different frames of human struggles.

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Schedule

Screening

  • Date:
  • Time:
  • Location:
  • September 20, 2025
  • 6 PM – 8 PM
  • Sine Pop, Quezon City
Registration Closed

Awarding Ceremony

  • Date:
  • Time:
  • Location:
  • September 27, 2025
  • 6 PM – 7 PM
  • Sine Pop, Quezon City
Registration Closed

Short Films

Ang Kabug aton sa Nangabilin

By Ma. Katrina Rustia & Herald Christian Guillena

Drama | 2025 | 17m | Language: Cebuano

LOGLINE

Returning to Iligan to settle their old home, a daughter confronts her estranged mother, forcing them to face grief, regret, and the choice to rebuild or let go.

Dela Cruz, Juan P.

By Sean Rafael A. Verdejo

Drama | 2025 | 19m | Language: Filipino

LOGLINE

After being forced to resign from his previous job, Juan attempts to apply for a new one with absurd qualifications.

Isang Jeep Pa

(One More Ride)

By Terrence Camposano

Drama | 2025 | 11m | Language: Filipino

LOGLINE

A drag performer and a construction worker share a quiet dawn at a waiting shed, where a brief encounter sparks unexpected understanding across gender norms.

Mga Bag-ong Anito

By Nik Azcuna

Drama | 2025 | 18m | Language: Cebuano

LOGLINE

During election season in the Philippines, a madman believes new leaders are false gods bringing the apocalypse — but is he insane, or just seeing the truth?

Muli Na Ka, Merlie

By Shane David

Drama | 2025 | 20m | Language: Filipino, Kapampangan

LOGLINE

Merlie is a playful girl whose imagination makes her drawings come alive. As her home, their community, face the threat of demolition, she makes her bravest decisions in her final bid to mark their space in a cruel world.

Sa Pwesto ni Pistong

(The Barber's Chair)

By Vincent Joseph Entuna

Drama | 2024 | 20m | Language: Hiligaynon

LOGLINE

A humble barber navigates a tumultuous era while serving a diverse array of customers including a prominent haciendero and an idealistic nephew.

Things You Wanted To Say But You Typed It Nalang Sa Socmed

(Things You Wanted To Say But You Ended Up Just Typing On Socmed)

By Ja Turla

Experimental | 2025 | 5m | Language: Filipino, English

LOGLINE

While cardinals choose the next pope, Filipino netizens wage war in the comment section of the Conclave livestream—armed with sarcasm, anonymity, and 3AM brainrot. In a country where it feels safer to post than protest, they say what they can’t out loud… by typing it nalang.

Tiduk Nu Katupuwan

(Touch of Ancestors)

By Ralph Jason Larida

Documentary | 2024 | 11m | Maguindanaon

LOGLINE

A Maguindanaon folk healer turns to haram practices in response to the lack of health services in their town.

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Other films we are screening

Aswang

by Alyx Arumpac

When Rodrigo Duterte is voted president of the Philippines, he sets in motion a machinery of death to execute suspected drug peddlers, users, and small-time criminals. Aswang follows people whose fates entwine with the growing violence during two years of killings in Manila.
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Ain’t I A Woman? | On Women’s Empowerment

Women’s bodies and voices have long been sites of struggle, contested, and controlled, yet continually resisting. This forum listens to stories that challenge patriarchy and affirm women’s place at the center of shaping just and equal futures.
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The Fires We Inherit | On Labor

Workers have long borne the weight of exploitation, precarity, and inequality. From factory floors to picket lines, their struggles blaze a path toward dignity and rights. This forum reflects on labor’s unfinished battles and the collective fires we must carry forward.
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Climate Story Lab

After a year of development and creation, the four grantees of the Climate Story Lab are finally ready for their first screening!
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