John Torres Filmes

  • 2011
    Silent Film

    Silent Film

    Silent Film

    02011HD

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

    Silent Film
  • 2019
    For My Alien Friend

    For My Alien Friend

    For My Alien Friend

    02019HD

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

    For My Alien Friend
  • 1970
    Hai, They Recycle Heartbreaks in Tokyo so Nothing's Wasted

    Hai, They Recycle Heartbreaks in Tokyo so Nothing's Wasted

    Hai, They Recycle Heartbreaks in Tokyo so Nothing's Wasted

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    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...

    Hai, They Recycle Heartbreaks in Tokyo so Nothing's Wasted
  • 2012
    Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange

    Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange

    Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange

    02012HD

    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.

    Study on Lukas in Lukas the Strange
  • 2012
    The Great Cinema Party

    The Great Cinema Party

    The Great Cinema Party

    5.52012HD

    A group of friends, sharing a passion for cinema, assemble in Corregidor, a small island in Manila Bay that has preserved relics from the Pacific War...

    The Great Cinema Party
  • 2019
    We Still Have to Close Our Eyes

    We Still Have to Close Our Eyes

    We Still Have to Close Our Eyes

    22019HD

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

    We Still Have to Close Our Eyes
  • 2017
    After Nonoy Estarte, a certain Orpheus, and those flowers in Dahilayan that accompanied this other sense they told me about

    After Nonoy Estarte, a certain Orpheus, and those flowers in Dahilayan that accompanied this other sense they told me about

    After Nonoy Estarte, a certain Orpheus, and those flowers in Dahilayan that accompanied this other sense they told me about

    02017HD

    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...

    After Nonoy Estarte, a certain Orpheus, and those flowers in Dahilayan that accompanied this other sense they told me about
  • 2011
    Mapang-Akit

    Mapang-Akit

    Mapang-Akit

    02011HD

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

    Mapang-Akit
  • 2013
    Lukas the Strange

    Lukas the Strange

    Lukas the Strange

    5.82013HD

    A small town in the Philippines is turned upside down by the arrival of a film crew that has everyone excited. Meanwhile, 13-year-old Lukas finds his...

    Lukas the Strange
  • 2006
    Todo Todo Teros

    Todo Todo Teros

    Todo Todo Teros

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    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...

    Todo Todo Teros
  • 2011
    Very Specific Things at Night

    Very Specific Things at Night

    Very Specific Things at Night

    02011HD

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

    Very Specific Things at Night
  • 2018
    Dog Days

    Dog Days

    Dog Days

    02018HD

    A half-black half-Filipino Michael Jordan wanna-be sets his way towards his “hoop dreams.”

    Dog Days
  • 2010
    Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song

    Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song

    Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song

    6.52010HD

    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...

    Refrains Happen Like Revolutions in a Song
  • 1970
    Salat

    Salat

    Salat

    01970HD

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

    Salat
  • 2011
    Húdas Húdas

    Húdas Húdas

    Húdas Húdas

    02011HD

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    Húdas Húdas
  • 1970
    Ruption 1 2 3

    Ruption 1 2 3

    Ruption 1 2 3

    01970HD

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

    Ruption 1 2 3
  • 1970
    Trees Wearing Our Clothes When We 're Not Looking

    Trees Wearing Our Clothes When We 're Not Looking

    Trees Wearing Our Clothes When We 're Not Looking

    01970HD

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

    Trees Wearing Our Clothes When We 're Not Looking