Myra Beltran

Hayuma Habulan

A bride walks on the desert. She takes off her bridal ornaments and turns into a harlot. A multitude of people crawl on their bellies, become sick and soon die. A volcano erupts. White ashes of lahar cover the earth. The bride remembers her betrothal and repents--symbolically paving the way for the resurrection of her people. A final bridal march into a new heaven and earth takes place.

A solitary Frenchman seeks inspiration in a ruined duchy, meeting eccentric figures with their visions of art, madness, and myth. During 15 minutes he wanders across the broken edges of reality and sanity, he questions what form inspiration can still take among fragments of ruins and environment, as the viewer steps into his eyes and ears, discovering beauty within decay.

One night after a brief 'visit,' Angela prepares to leave Derek's apartment, but he's determined to not let her go so easily. A drama about a common moment in a relationship, 'Close' explores the intense frustration that comes when the person you desire does not see things your way.

Santi, a 17-year-old boy, plays football with his friends at the entrance of the village while Marco, his childhood friend, returns after a two year absence. The last summer Marco was in town, Santi began to feel something towards him. But while living in that cave, the best thing for him to do was to forget about it and focus on building his life based on tradition. The return of Marco throws Santi off, who had finally managed to forget him. Under the conservative gaze of all the people, he will have to fight against his feelings as he considers his identity for the first time.

A social worker recounts the case of Ella Jackson, a girl who sees a man standing behind her in the mirror

Suli wants to know about the fate of old buildings in her city. After drinking a coffee with eyeballs in it, Suli became even more confident that she could reveal those secrets.

Dong-woo is ashamed that his mother is Chinese because his close friends, Jun-gil and In-ho, hate Chinese people. Wanting to get along with his friends, Dong-woo hides the fact that his mother is Chinese. One day, while the three friends go to a factory, Dong-woo runs across his mother unexpectedly.