John Torres Movies

Rooted in Filipino realities – both concrete and cinematically reimagined – John Torres’ meticulous yet generous approach is a...

A couple wakes up and talks about a dream.

Documentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.

Stories of Filipino men and women, and other living things passing through similar objects, familiar spaces, non-linear time and dreams...

Black-and-white sequence of contemporary urban life, jittery images recorded by a 1940s motion-picture camera, and a sleepy narration of words,...

The unfinished movie of the late Celso Ad Castillo now a Cinema One Originals documentary film.

Five years after their late brother's death, three siblings reunite in their hometown to celebrate her birthday with their 7-year-old niece who no...

Basically an artist is also a terrorist, the protagonist thinks in an unguarded moment. And if he is a terrorist after all, then he might just as...

Something seems to be preparing Rana. It appears after spending the day with their grandmother and their friend Saada. In the afternoon, as a hopeful...

During the World War 2, Japanese soldiers raid houses in the Philippines. Thousands of men were shot and killed while women were brought to the Bahay...

Black-and-white sequence of contemporary urban life, jittery images recorded by a 1940s motion-picture camera, and a sleepy narration of words,...

A mobile phone film shot in Mahiyain Street, Sikatuna, a stone's throw away from the house of Chavit Singson, who also led the masses to bring...

Village miracles caught on tape: images of a river that must be crossed to erase heartaches, imagined with a boy who has never experienced sorrow.

A film inspired by birds, planes, and flight. Based on a poem by Filipino writer Allan Pastrana.

Inspired by an artist's drawings in the South, I saw paintings that depicted the indigenous people's view of the origins of the world. The film is...

Filmmaker John Torres describes his childhood and discusses his father's infidelities.

A young lady recovers something from a recycle bin. He is brought back to life. She sleeps. He sees his future in her through photographs from her...

TAWIDGUTOM is an experimental love poem composed of images that recur and repeat themselves.

Composed of several vignettes that resemble snapshots of urban life; they are juxtaposed with images of love, friendship and everyday life.

　　Friends of Los Otros make a group output during a 16mm film workshop conducted by visiting filmmakers Dianna Barrie and Richard Touhy...