Movies: Irma Adlawan

Set in the present, the film tells the story of Mutya, a shy young transgender woman who works as a gardener at a resort south of Manila. She takes care of the blind mother of her OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) seafarer boyfriend, Kerel. The film is ...

This is the story of Marie Mayuga, who finds herself burdened with different kinds of problems. She is facing the dilemma of giving up her morality and importantly, her husband's high code of honor to resolve her problems, as well as to advance the s...

Follows the creative process of Ruby, a prolific writer, abandoned wife and protective mother. She writes about Mario, a taxi driver and father figure to a street child. As she tries to resolve Mario's story, she seeks refuge in her own creative outp...

Moises, a single Filipino dad, comes home to celebrate his son's fourth birthday and learns that the Israeli government is going to deport the children of foreign workers....

The lives of three women change when a new beauty product arrives....

A father and seaman named Antonio is forced into retirement after learning he can never board a ship again. The film follows his struggle to reacquaint himself with the family he has long forgotten....

Laya is a young professional photographer who has drifted away from her family. Her father has fallen ill, but she hasn’t once come to visit him at the hospital. Her mother, who left their family when Laya was a child, returns to urge Laya to make am...

Lolo Joseph, the stubborn and loud-mouthed patriarch, whose illness tears his two daughters Cely and Beth to make a decision whether to end or prolong his life....

John flies home to furniture in one corner, the dining table arranged for guests, and their bedrooms removed of its function– he comes home to his father’s funeral. With his mom Leia, they learn how to put together what was removed and rearranged....

The movie Edna is a unique take about real and imagined fears of overseas Filipino workers. Staged in three parts- the film attempts to walk the audience from a thrilling arrival to an astonishing departure....

ISLANDS explores a cinematic journey of two astronauts. As they enter Earth’s atmosphere the structure transforms. The spacecraft becomes the meteor from a myth of a tribesman; it triggers an old lady’s memory of a lover from her past. As these diver...

During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II, a young girl from Vigan and an idealistic Japanese officer fall in love. With a war between them and disapproval from both sides, the two struggle to find their own piece of happi...

The movie tells the story of Abigael Edades who returns to her Philippine hometown from her five-year stint as a nurse in Canada. Her town mates rousingly welcome her as a hero, the crass moniker ascribed by the government to hundreds of thousands of...

San Cristobal mayoralty candidate Connie de Gracia is hearing mass, in the hopes that her fealty with the Catholic God translates to votes. After all, the voice of the people is the voice of God. If one is assured of God's undying support because of ...

An unaccredited tour guide and a heartbroken tourist form a romantic bond as they explore the wilds of Philippine Islands....

A Hyperlink Movie about the choices and actions of a diverse group of people and about the question if it is possible to change your destiny....

Louie receives a text message from the province that his father Ulding had a heart attack. Louie rushes to drive home from Manila only to find out that the message was nothing but a prank. Louie then senses something eerie about his hometown. He fin...