Pen Medina Movies

Destiny. Is it beyond our control? Or do we make our own? These questions and other musings about the past and the future set the tone as we sail...

It is the time of El Niño, a season ruled by superstition and fear. The rain is long in coming, the ground has cracked up dry. The ricestalks...

The title “Kamera Obskura” is a Filipino spelling of the latin “Camera Obscura” which simply means “dark room”....

A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same...

Pao is a young schoolboy who inherits an amulet from his grandfather. butt before he can use its power, he must first past three formidable test to...

Diego is a local thug who keeps the streets clean from opportunistic gangs. His life suddenly changes when he defends the girl he loves from being...

The film is based on the true story of a maid who was either seduced or raped and made pregnant by her Chinese employer; the baby was either killed...

The film tells the life of Colonel Billy Bibit from his days as a cadet to his exploits as a young officer and one of the heroes of the Philippine...

After a chance decision sends her home in a taxicab, Dorinda (Nora Aunor), a widowed judge, strikes up a friendship with the young and charming...

This film is based on a true story of Baguio City police officer Bobby Ortega.

A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest...

The sin of the past is the tragedy of the present. The year is 1953 and Gabriel de Dios, a man who lives a simple and happy life with his family,...

An aging assassin hides in a facility for abandoned senior citizens to protect a daughter he left years ago.

Jaime quits a syndicate led by Don Jose, gets imprisoned, and reunites with his brother Joey who takes his place as the new leader of Don Jose's...

Five Aging ex-cons are trying to go straight after being release from prison. But unable to find work, they pin their hopes on a treasure map left to...

Christine frantically flies back in the Philippines to gather evidences that will convince his Australian father not to marry Georgia her estranged...

An ex-convict who is ostracized by his neighborhood. Little does he know that this neighborhood he once knew is set to awaken his past. Ishmael...

A homeless family and their neighbors in the city of Manila are plagued by attacks from a Manananggal. A little boy named Teks suspects a nun working...

The daughter of a circumciser rebels and challenges the status quo when she is asked to take over her father's job.