John Torres Movies

Sarah is a debt collector who lives among the inhabitants of the village of Guimbal on the island of Panay. She wants to find the young man who...

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

Tristan, King Marke’s most loyal vassal, takes the Irish princess Isolde to Cornwall to be married off to his master. During the journey,...

Tuding sets out on a journey to a distant town to track down the man who got her youngest sister pregnant, and she’s not going home without...

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

"Mapang-akit" is an offshoot of a documentary project made with an Icelandic filmmaker and uses the outtakes from the Hudas Hudas festival in...

An examination of poverty and violence and the influence it has on two boys who live in a slum.

John Torres repurposes documentary footage captured from the sets of various Filipino productions (including the likes of Lav Diaz and Erik Matti)...

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

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

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...

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

A touching ode to Leonardo de la Cruz, the filmmaker's late father, who died earlier this year of lung cancer at the age of 65, the film is a...

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

　　One shot of things a girl at once did not see.

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