John Torres Movies

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

Basically an artist is also a terrorist, the protagonist thinks in an unguarded moment. And if he is a terrorist after all, then he might just as...

Filmmaker John Torres describes his childhood and discusses his father's infidelities.

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

Something seems to be preparing Rana. It appears after spending the day with their grandmother and their friend Saada. In the afternoon, as a hopeful...

A news team investigating rumors of aswang killings in a remote barrio are attacked by a group of soldiers, forcing them to run for their lives in...

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

Five years after their late brother's death, three siblings reunite in their hometown to celebrate her birthday with their 7-year-old niece who no...

A couple wakes up and talks about a dream.

Stories of Filipino men and women, and other living things passing through similar objects, familiar spaces, non-linear time and dreams...

The unfinished movie of the late Celso Ad Castillo now a Cinema One Originals documentary film.

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

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

A young lady recovers something from a recycle bin. He is brought back to life. She sleeps. He sees his future in her through photographs from her...

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

Village miracles caught on tape: images of a river that must be crossed to erase heartaches, imagined with a boy who has never experienced sorrow.

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

Inspired by an artist's drawings in the South, I saw paintings that depicted the indigenous people's view of the origins of the world. The film is...

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

A mobile phone film shot in Mahiyain Street, Sikatuna, a stone's throw away from the house of Chavit Singson, who also led the masses to bring...