SEASON 2024-2025
AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 15, 2025
MALIGPOT FANTASTIKA I FANTASTIC COMPETITION SHORTS
BAKUNAWA FEST XI proudly presents this year's Maligpot Fantastika - Fantastic Competition Shorts - some of the fab, fascinating, forceful, flamboyant, foreboding, forthright, fun, fatal and fearless films assembled. We're very excited to share them to you. They’re all Premieres, as always, and yes, free!
An Artist’s Curse
Steven J Mihaljevich I 2024 I
Australia I 10 min
Horror I English I Philippine Premiere
Bath Bomb
Colin G Cooper I 2024 I
Canada I 9.55 min Horror, Comedy I English I Southeast Asian Premiere
Canto
Guilherme Daniel I 2024 I
Portugal I 15 min Horror I No dialogue I Southeast Asian Premiere
Capturing the Ghost
Davi Melo I 2024 I
Brazil I 12:37 min Drama, Fantasy, Mystery I Portuguese w/ English Sub I Phil Premiere
Dagon
Paolo Gaudio I 2024 I
Italy I 6 min Horror, Fantasy I No dialogue I Southeast Asian Premiere
Imago
Rafa Dengrá Oliver I 2024 I
Spain I 10:57 min Horror I Spanish w/ English subtitles I Southeast Asian Premiere
Mu
Javier Méndez Cañada I 2025 I
Spain I 14 min Drama, Fantasy, Horror I Spanish w/ English sub I Philippine Premiere
Parking Area
Toru Masuyama I 2022 I
Japan I 9 min Sci-Fi, Animation I No Dialogue I Philippine Premiere
A Pleasure
Sonia Estevez I 2024 I
Spain I 4 min Animation, Experimental I No Dialogue I Philippine Premiere
Resistance
Carolina Ceca I 2024 I
Japan I 5:37 min Experimental, Video Art I No dialogue I Philippine Premiere
She and Her Good Vibrations
Olivia Griselda, Sarah Cheok I 2023 I
Singapore I 10:48 min Animation, Comedy I English I Philippine Premiere
The A to Z of An Excellend Kid
Albert Aymar I 2025 I
Spain I 9:49 min Comedy, Fantasy I Spanish w/ English Sub I Southeast Asian Premiere
The Bottle
Tuan Kien I 2024 I
Vietnam I 8:25 min Drama, Fantasy I No dialogue I Philippine Premiere
The Shadow of Dawn
Olga Stalev I 2024 I
Estonia I 14:52 min Folkloric Fantasy I Estonian w/ English subtitles I Philippine Premiere
The Yarn Man
Cremance I 2024 I
Mexico I 9:59 min Fantasy, Experimental I No dialogue I Southeast Asian Premiere
Uncertainty Principle
André Brugnara Petry I 2025 I
Spain I 15:48 min Sci-Fi, Drama I Spanish w/ English Sub I Asian Premiere
Vivid
Bugoy Gandeza I 2024 I
Philippines I 12:32 min Drama, Horror I English I Philippine Premiere
Vivir
Gerardo MaravillaI 2024 I
USA I 8:52 min Drama, Horror I English I Southeast Asian Premiere