Archipelago

Mysterious disappearances of people rise as earthquakes shake Mindanao. 13-year-old Munya investigates the strange phenomenon after her mother goes missing during a solar eclipse. Fantasy becomes reality and reality becomes fantasy as the mythical serpent dragon, “Bakunawa", devours a seemingly tranquil world.

Along a river that undergoes a major change, Baby, a middle-aged transwoman, shuttles between her job as a companion-for-hire for strangers and her duty to her father. As the people around Baby start to disappear, she realizes that she has been left behind in a stagnating city.

In sleepless Manila, where dreaming is outsourced to call centres, a fallen star appears on the eve of a woman’s departure to help her and her mother say goodbye.

When their father vanishes with their mother's urn, Joaquin and Ara uncover an unfinished storybook she wrote, leading them on a journey through restaurants their parents once visited, in a desperate search for their missing father and answers.

A young girl turns into a fish and recounts the struggles of the fisherfolk in her hometown, Zambales.

In a race against time, Jelian, a determined young boy hailing from Ormoc City, embarks on a desperate quest to find his drowning father hidden within a treacherous sea of soup.