Up Film Institute Movies

A stop-motion short film by Cole Matthew D. Navarro.

After years in the United States, Miguel returns to the Philippines as a young man. Revisiting his hometown in Pampanga, he is flooded with memories...

Hosts of a horror show investigate a woman's haunted house.

A lonely, introverted girl faces mysterious encounters during her high school class’ religious retreat trip.

A thesis film by Katyana Floresca

A delayed UP student faces obstacles when enlisting in her final PE class because she is a dinosaur!

Experiencing extreme sleep deprivation for months, a young man tape-records his memories for preservation against sinister, clandestine watchers.

Ace, a closeted gay guy, learns Judo in a class full of straight men, channeling his inner Mulan.

​A cement factory, a crowded urban city, a flooded coastal town, and the Manila Bay intersect to construct the spaces of a developing nation...

Before graduating, high school sweethearts Ralph and Angelo face their final test: the rise of AI, love in turmoil, and the choices that could define...

Two mothers strive to live a life of hope and strength while carrying the unbelievable pain of losing their husband and child to Rodrigo...

Fifty years into a Philippines riddled with rising prices and scarcity in local produce, a person travels to the wet market to look for ingredients....

A Black Beret 2023 entry by Bane Vicente in partial fulfillment for their directing class under John Dalog Torres.

A Black Beret entry by Katyana Floresca in partial fulfillment for their directing class under John Dalog Torres.

An artist is struck with a mysterious condition that fills up her lungs with water. As she is called to her imminent death, her sister serves as her...

The Reyes family prepares to take a family portrait.

Two friends embark on a quest to uncover allegedly planted marijuana in the backyard of their town's mayor, only to encounter an appalling surprise.

Reyna, head of the school choir and daughter of the Parish Office Chair is rattled once her meticulously orchestrated music group is disrupted by the...

A single mother. Her marriage ring. Her routine.

A two-minute experimental film visualizing my daily encounters with OCD — rhythmic and dissonant ones alike.