Official Selection

THIRD EYE (IN COMPETITION)

Ngilngig Third Eye is the core competition of the festival, bringing together daring and imaginative works from the Philippines and across Asia. These films compete for Ngilngig’s highest honors while challenging audiences with sharp, uncompromising, and distinctly fantastic works.

Philippine Third Eye

  1. Bandage Poetry by Ian Alfaras BUTUAN CITY
  2. Ice (Yelo) by Gab Rosique DAVAO CITY / QUEZON CITY
  3. It Feels Really Good to **** in the Mansion (Manami guid man mag **** sa Mansion) by Seb Valdez and Trini Garcia SAGAY CITY
  4. Memorare by Pia Velonza QUEZON CITY
  5. Out of Eden (Ako Ay May Lobo) by Siege Ledesma MARIKINA CITY
  6. Pretend You’re My Girlfriend by Ylac Provido DAVAO CITY
  7. The Embalmer, the Madman, and the Corpse (Ang Embalsamador, Baliw, at Bangkay) by Jasper Tan QUEZON CITY
  8. The Skies are Weeping (Lumuluha ang Langit) by Jean Louise Javier SAN JUAN, BATANGAS
  9. The Vanishing Fireflies by JP Corton TABANGO, LEYtE
  10. Veiled (Nagmanto) by Melver Ritz L. Gomez ILOCOS NORTE

Asian Third Eye

  1. Ali (Алі) by Adnan Al Rajeev BANGLADESH / PHILIPPINE / INDIA
  2. Boiling Point by Ze Ying CHINA
  3. Rotten Pleasure (Bangkai Nafsu) by Azzam Fi Rullah, JAKARTA, INDONESIA
  4. A Gentle Breeze by Lin Htet Aung MYANMAR
  5. I’ll Leave You Words by Anwar Johari Ho Malaysia / SOUTH KOREA
  6. Southwest Corner by Zachary Yap SINGAPORE
  7. The Debtor’s mother by Le Thien Trung HO CHI MINH CITY, VIET NAM
  8. Hyena by Altay Ulan Yang CHINA / USA
  9. A Very Straight Neck by Neo Sora JAPAN
  10. Arcade by Seo Won-cheol SOUTH KOREA

VISIONS

(non-competition)

The Ngilngig Visions section is a curation of films that unblinkingly explore the realm of the ngilngig and the fantastic. These films are selected for their ability to expand the meaning of ngilngig.

Asian Shorts

  1. A Out of Eden (Ako Ay May Lobo) by Faye Shu CHINA

Philippine Shorts

  1. Beat (Tibok) by Evzen Freders A Conejero DAVAO
  2. GROUP VI by Romeo Gabriel A. Orbase CALAMBA
  3. I Have Faith (Nagatuo Ako) by Mark Joseph Gicana Perez ILOILO
  4. In Your Head (Guniguni) by Samantha Santelices PARAÑAQUE
  5. Merfolk (Kataw) by Alyssa Ashley Manugas CEBU
  6. Moonlighters by Coby Mercado PASIG
  7. Red by Aries C. Ferrer SOLANO, NUEVA VIZCAYA
  8. The Body by Justine OBANDO, BULACAN
  9. The Return of Max Crocodile (Ang Pagbabalik ni Max Buwaya) by John Luke Miraflor MALABON
The Furthest Tree of the Eternal Sun

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Short Circuit

Short Circuit is a program dedicated for new films from Davao and for films celebrating their homecoming after a series of screenings from the festivals in the Philippines and abroad.

  1. A Crab from a Conch Shell (2024) by Jermaine Tulbo
  2. Beneath the Firefly Veil (Sa Ilalum sa Balabal sa Alitaptap) (2024) by Juvy Ann Clarito
  3. The Furthest Tree of the Eternal Sun (2025) by Kuda & Yahshiyya

Kuman Pictures Challenge: Malaysian Horror Shorts

Each year since 2020, the production company Kuman Pictures has a challenge for Malaysians to make a horror or thriller short film, within a deadline of only a month. It was first done to pass the time during lockdown years, but it has continued until now, attracting over 100 entries nationwide. We present the 6 winning shorts of each year, with Kuman Pictures producer Amir Muhammad on hand to talk about the context of horror in Malaysian cinema.

  1. Virus Mairus (2020, 8 min, dir: Gogularaajan Rajendran)
  2. Alam (2021, 3 min, dir: Taufiq Kamal)
  3. Actions Have Consequences (Tiap Perlakuan Ada Batasnya) (2022, 4 min, dirs:Shaz Dyn + Azraei Azlan)
  4. Sathamindri (2023, 10 min, dir: Sidhaarthan)
  5. Sooner or Later (Kalau Bukan Sekarang, Nanti) (2024. 8 min, dir: Yusuf Zulfakhar)
  6. Subversif (2025, 6 min, dir: Alli Hasrom)

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