Coming of Age

Good Filipino Kids

By Alan Ng | May 2026

Writer/director Andrew Acedo’s Good Filipino Kids asks a simple question: What does it mean to be a good Filipino kid? The answer,…

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Writer/director Andrew Acedo's Good Filipino Kids asks a simple question: What does it mean to be a good Filipino kid? The answer, it turns out, is not...

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A Quiet Storm follows a family in suburban Tokyo where a mother's attention is spread across two sons with vastly different needs. The film centers on one...

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Co-writer/director Nicholas Ma’s narrative feature debut, Mabel, opens on a shot of the titular character basking outside in the sunlight. No, not Callie...

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Stargazers is the feature-length debut of writer/director Jonathan Brooks. The science fiction adventure follows a 12-year-old boy named Jack (Leo...

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In many ways, writer-director Chandler Levack's Mile End Kicks is a spiritual sequel to her 2022 debut feature, I Like Movies. Both films are...

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It’s always a bold choice to tell the audience how a film ends in the first scene. But Departures does just that, opening on a contentious breakup...

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Writer, director, and star Owen Squire Smith's Late Bloomer is a five-episode web series about a man who has spent his whole life invisible to the world,...

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Two Tears, written and directed by Josefina Pieres, follows best friends Ginny (Sofia Bela) and Deana (Sydney Goldstein), who are passionate about their...

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Writer/director Marcellus Cox delivers Jamarcus Rose & Da 5 Bullet Holes as a deeply personal tribute — a story based on true events about a young...

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In Ben Richardson’s short film, The Session, Ashton (Matta White) steps into her first counseling appointment, fearful that she’s going to screw it up....

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