LOVE AND VIDEOTAPES

HULING PALABAS

By Ryan MACHADO

PLUTO FILM DISTRIBUTION NETWORK GMBH - as SALES All rights, World

LGBT - Completed 2023

In the summer of 2001, 16-year-old Andoy searches for his long-lost father in the most unlikely of things — VHS tapes. His reality becomes mystified when two movie-like characters appear in their small hometown.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale 2024
Generation
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • LGBT, First film
    • Countries
    • PHILIPPINES
    • Languages
    • FILIPINO
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ryan MACHADO
    • Producer(s)
    • Ryan MACHADO (Studio Pulo), Cris BRINGAS (Studio Pulo)
    • Synopsis
    • In every movie that he watches, 16-year-old Andoy creates narratives that could help him find answers to the questions that have always bothered him: Who is he and who is his father? While the truth remains elusive, his imaginings remain unrealized until two movie-like characters appear in their small town – Ariel, a hairdresser who lures young men with their inexplicable charm, and Isidro, a mysterious, long-haired man who owns a VCD player. Andoy finds himself entranced with Ariel and Isidro and begins to spend intimate time with them. As he gets entangled with their twisted lives, his reality becomes mystified. Just like the movies, Andoy must decide whether to conclude his years-long search for his father with a bang or with a whimper.