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Sa Pusod ng Dagat (1998)
Character: Mrs. Santiago
In a remote fishing island in the '50s, Pepito grows up learning the trade of his mother, Rosa, the only midwife capable of delivering the newborn babies of their community. At first, the young son doesn't mind the unusual arrangement, but as he grows older, he begins to resist the role traditionally meant only for women. In time, Pepito's coming of age intersects with the lives of the other islanders, whose beliefs and struggles become critical impetus to his maturity.
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April, May, June (1998)
Character: May
A story about three friends, a simple housewife with a bad tempered husband, a busy career wife whose husband want a child, and one who desperately wants to become a wife.
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Pandanggo (2006)
Character: Claire (segment "It Takes Two to Tango")
Pandanggo has three stories with parallel themes converging in one event, the Kasilonawan Festival in Obando: a career woman learning to dance tango who is torn between her dance partner and live-in partner has to choose the man who will satisfy her dream of raising a family; a wife whose wish to conceive a baby boy to make her husband happy brings her feet to the festival, but fate has other plans of bringing the child into her life; and a modern woman who, amidst her medical condition that might render her childless for the rest of her life, finds connection with an ancient lore about fertility.
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Rigodon (2006)
Character: Salome
Rigodon follows the spiritual journey's of three Filipino immigrants in New York City whose lives intertwine in the age of racial profiling and government crackdowns.
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Ama Namin (1998)
Character: Ka Riza
The life and faith of a priest was put into test when his family was killed by the military who wrongly accused them of supporting the communist rebels. After being tortured by the military, he joined the rebels to avenge his family's death. Will he finally get the justice he never got when he was still a servant of God?
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Kapag May Katwiran... Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie (1995)
Character: Gilda Cuevas
The melding together of two separate stories that share a similar premise - each detail the account of a young Filipino woman who becomes a victim of sexual violence and takes her attacker to court.
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Tatarin (2001)
Character: Doña Mira
A ritual performed by women to invoke the gods to grant the blessing of fertility by dancing around a Balete tree that was already a century old.
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Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon (1996)
Character: Maxine
Childhood best friends Beverly and Maxine's picture-perfect relationship is strained when one of them is suddenly thrust into the world of marriage and motherhood.
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Pedrong Palad (2000)
Character: N/A
A frustrated man discovers that life in the city is no better than the countryside he left behind.
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Cul de sac (2008)
Character: Racquel
A suspense thriller directed by Juan Miguel Sevilla.
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Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal (1992)
Character: Cynthia
Sandy returns to the country to see her family and David, her fiancé. Later on, she meets Tommy, David's friend, who has a rocky relationship with his girlfriend. However, this meeting turned into an unexpected romance.
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Manila (2000)
Character: Maribel
Due to a delayed flight, a group of German flight passengers had to wait in the hall of the airport of Manila. The crowd was quite mixed, ranging from a cultivated eastern German teacher couple up to sleazy sex tourists. As the waiting prolonged, more and more aggressions and long-repressed behaviors shed their way to the surface.
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José Rizal (1998)
Character: Josephine Bracken
Accused of treason, Dr. Jose P. Rizal awaits trial and meets with his colonial government-appointed counsel, Luis Taviel de Andrade. The two build the case and arguments for the defense as significant events in the central figure's life prior to his incarceration unfold. Upon hearing Rizal's life story, Taviel begins to realize that the accused not just is innocent but exhibits in fact all the qualities of an extraordinary man. When the mock trial unreels, Taviel is all set to act as the prime advocate for his client as Rizal himself is about to give an earth-moving speech to defend his honor and address his countrymen. Meanwhile, the Spanish authorities have worked out the vast political machinery to ensure a guilty verdict. A revolution waits in the wings.
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Maalaala Mo Kaya: The Movie (1994)
Character: Marissa
As part of the drama anthology program's third anniversary, a film version was created. Ana, a young girl, is responsible of taking care of little BJ while his mother (Ana's cousin) Marissa left the country to work in Japan as an entertainer.
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Bayad Puri (1997)
Character: N/A
Three women who come from different backgrounds work hard to earn a living in Manila, but realize that they are victims of sexual exploitations. A television producer is forced to have sex with her boss in exchange for an opportunity to produce a new programme. That almost costs her marriage. A temporary teacher and her colleagues are sent by their principal to give a dance performance at a ministry officer's birthday party. They are gang-raped or almost gang-raped by the officer and his guests. A bus ticket seller accidentally kills one of the men who tries to gang-rape her, but all the bus passengers who witness the scene refuse to go to court to help her defending the charge of murder. Although the three women do not know each other, they end up taking the same bus leaving Manila and heading to the rural area.
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I've Fallen for You (2007)
Character: Tessa
A boy and a girl who have wildly divergent personalities yet share the name, Alex Reyes, decide to team up for a cycling contest. But while female Alex is focused on winning the prize money, male Alex is more concerned with his parents breaking up. Through their intense training sessions, the two become closer than friends and eventually help each other confront their biggest problems.
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A Love Story (2007)
Character: Concha
Ian Montes is a picture of success. Despite being a son of a shipping tycoon, Ian refused to just ride in his father's empire. He built his own real estate company and earned his first million at a very young age. He never looked back since then. Driven by his ambition to become better, if not as good as his father, Ian managed to make it on his own. But behind all the glory is a man yearning for love and recognition.
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Sa Aking mga Kamay (1996)
Character: Camille dela Rosa
A serial killer preying on unfaithful wives sets his eyes on an investigator's wife. The culprit is a debonair director, whose compulsion to prey on married women stems from a deep psychological trauma.
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