The following are a list of Philippine animated films. Included are works which is in-full or partially produced by a production studio or entity based in the Philippines.
This excludes:
Release date | Title | Director(s) | Studio [a] | Technique | Synopsis | Ref. |
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09/21/1978 | Tadhana [b] (transl. "Fate") | Nonoy Marcelo | — | Traditional | Based on volumes of novels of the same name by Ferdinand Marcos, a commissioned film portrays a satirical, humorous and poignant view of the Philippines' history of Spanish colonization through highly original and surreal vignettes fusing art, mythology and music. | [1] |
1979 | Biag ni Lam-ang (transl. "The Life of Lam-ang") | — | Traditional | Based on Philippine folk epic of the same name, the film depicts the adventures and misadventures of the Ilocano epic hero, Lam-ang. | [2] | |
1989 | Sa Paligid-ligid (transl. "Everywhere") | — | Philippine Children's Television Foundation | Traditional | The film about the environmental awareness and conservation. | [3] |
12/25/1995 | Isko: Adventures in Animasia | Mike Relon Makiling Geraldo A. Garccia | OctoArts Films | Hybrid | A coconut dealer must save the princess and the land of Animasia from the evil monsters. | [4] |
12/25/1997 | Adarna: The Mythical Bird | Geraldo A. Garccia |
| Traditional | After the king falls ill, three sons set out on a journey to look for the Adarna Bird, a magical creature who could cure their father but could also turn people into stone if they fall asleep to its song. | [5] |
10/09/2002 | Kwentong Kayumanggi (transl. "Stories from the Malay Race") | Nelson B. Caliguia, Sr. | ArtFarm Asia Animation | Traditional | A triptych animated film based on myths and legends from each of the country's major island groups. | [6] |
06/18/2008 | Urduja | Reggie Entienza |
| Traditional | A fictionalized tale of an Asian folk heroine and warrior princess Urduja of Pangasinan with the ability and willingness to defend her people from their rival tribe. | [7] |
12/25/2008 | Dayo: Sa Mundo ng Elementalia (transl. "Niko: The Journey to Magika") | Robert Quilao |
| Traditional | A preteen named Bubuy who has to save his grandparents who were abducted and brought to the strange land called Elementalia, home to a host of strange creatures from Philippine mythology. | [8] |
12/25/2010 | RPG Metanoia | Luis C. Suarez |
| CGI | A preteen named Nico leads a simple life except when he logs onto a role-playing game in which he transforms into a hero in his own little online world until one day, it is invaded by a destructive virus that threatens the real world too. | [9] |
07/10/2011 | Kapitan Torpe (transl. "Captain Clumsy") | Antonio Cadiz | Bata Animation and Video Productions | Flash | A reluctant superhero called Kapitan Torpe realizes it is easier to be brave in the face of oppression than it is in the face of true love as he is thrust deeper and deeper into the world of crime fighting. | [10] |
02/26/2014 | Pikyaw (transl. "Peacock") | Arnold Fuentes | Multimedia Arts & Graphics Ensemble (MAGE), Inc. | Traditional | A student thesis film about a group of children: Abet, Tyrone, and Marco who finds themselves in a parallel universe that is the subject of revenge by Albion, a creature who lived in Calixto since he was a child. | [11] |
11/09/2015 | Manang Biring [b] | Carl Joseph Papa |
| Rotoscoping | Manang Biring, an elderly woman who has Stage T4 Breast cancer, wants to spend time with her family and is still looking forward to reuniting with her estranged daughter for the Christmas season until her death. | [12] |
12/25/2016 | Saving Sally [b] | Avid Liongoren |
| Hybrid | Marty, an amateur comic book artist who falls in love for Sally, a gadget inventor, and has since become her loyal protector and hero from the monsters. | [13] |
10/12/2018 | Paglisan [b] (transl. "The Leaving") | Carl Joseph Papa | Black Maria Pictures | Traditional | The relationship of a middle-aged couple strained as the man develops dementia. | [14] |
10/15/2019 | Cleaners [b] | Glenn Barit |
| Pixilation | Set in the backdrop of a Catholic school in Tuguegarao City, a coming-of-age film about high school cleaners for the school year 2007-2008. | [15] |
10/29/2020 | Hayop Ka! [b] (transl. "You Animal!") | Avid Liongoren |
| Rotoscoping | Nimfa, an anthropomorphic feline who works as a perfume saleswoman and whose boyfriend, a mongrel named Roger, is employed as a janitor. When Nimfa meets Iñigo, a wealthy dog with a career as a high-profile entrepreneur, she finds herself in the middle of a love triangle. | [16] |
01/22/2023 | Distortion | Frederick C.G. Borromeo | Studio Moonchalk | Machinima | First feature-length film to be produced with RPG Maker MV engine, the film set in the fantasy world that slowly descending one-by-one. | [17] |
08/05/2023 | Iti Mapukpukaw [b] (transl. "The Missing") | Carl Joseph Papa |
| Traditional / Rotoscoping | Eric, an animator without a mouth prompted by his mother to visit his uncle, which leads to the return of an alien he encountered in childhood intent on taking him away from Earth. | [18] |
03/29/2024 | Love and Friendship [b] | Frederick C.G. Borromeo | Studio Moonchalk | Machinima | Based on an anthology play Love Cafe Project by Joachim Antonio, a triptych film about friendship and interests. | [19] |
Films that are under production.
Release date | Title | Director(s) | Studio [a] | Technique | Synopsis | Ref. |
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2026 | Zsazsa Zaturnnah vs the Amazonistas of Planet X [b] | Avid Liongoren |
| Traditional | Based on a komik of the same name by Carlo Vergara, Ada is a shy, gay hairdresser in a small town, encounters a magical meteorite from outer space that gives him the ability of turning into a flamboyant female superhero under his identity Zsazsa Zaturnnah. | [20] |
TBD | 58th [b] | Carl Joseph Papa | Rotoscoping | The film will tell the story of the family of Bebot Momay, who was considered the 58th victim of the crime, although his body was never found. | [21] | |
Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and Claw [b] | Mervin Malonzo |
| CGI | A little girl from the slums of Manila battles supernatural entities in the midst of the government’s drug war making her question who the real monsters are. | [22] | |
Light Lost | Avid Liongoren | Rocketsheep Studio | Traditional | Based on a graphic novel by Rob Cham, Teardrop and Backpack are oddball friends who get separated across the universe. | [23] | |
Kahungkagan [b] (transl. "Emptiness") | Frederick C.G. Borromeo | Studio Moonchalk | Machinima | A silent psychological horror set in a village. | [24] [25] | |
Rage Radio [b] | Mark Mendoza | Friendly Foes | Anime-inspired | Rage Radio is about to close the concert when the major shift changed as a virtual radio station, but still not giving up and goes on a mission to stop the closure. | [26] | |
Sentinel [b] | Carl Joseph Papa | N/A | Rotoscoping | Set in a high school consumed by dark secrets. | [27] | |
Yama: The Golden Lily | Mark Mendoza | Friendly Foes | Traditional | A boy named Roger on a search for a mysterious girl named Yama. Inspired by the Yamashita's Gold, The film is set in an alternate reality where remnants of a great war are scattered throughout the world, with each relic holding stories and secrets of a distant past. | [28] | |
Untitled film | Ronnie del Carmen | — | — | — | [29] |
Date | Title | Director(s) | Technique | Synopsis | Notes |
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1953 | Untitled film | Larry Alcala | Traditional | An 8mm animated short film about the girl is jumping rope and boy is playing a yo-yo. | [6] [3] [30] |
1955 | Juan Tamad | A commercialized advertisement for a cooking oil product. |
Date | Title | Director(s) | Technique | Synopsis | Notes |
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1981 | The Criminal [b] |
| Traditional | A fugitive who cannot escape from himself. [31] | [6] [3] [30] |
1982 | Hari (transl. "King") |
| Stop-motion | The short film revolves around the power struggle of several characters fighting over the ownership of a crow. | |
1983 | Headset [b] |
| Traditional | A comical tale of a man wearing a headphone that produces rock music in his ears. | |
Huling Trip (transl. "Last Trip") |
| Stop-motion | A forward look into the radioactive age when survival comes down to eating one another. | ||
1984 | Anino (transl. "Shadow") | Claire Salaveria | Traditional | The story of an artist living the life of a shadow inside a box told with charcoal drawings. | |
Pagpula [b] (transl. "Becoming Red") |
| Stop-motion | The short film commented social and political issues during the Marcos era. | ||
The Eye in the Sky |
| Hybrid (Stop-motion) | A boy looks into a magical microscope and discovers a world of strange creatures. Upon seeing the boy’s huge eye, the creatures begin to worship him. An ambitious evil emperor oppresses and forces the other creatures to build a tower so that he can get hold of the eye. [32] | ||
The Great Smoke [b] |
| Hybrid (Traditional) | A satirical approach to the effects of nuclear war on the human race. | ||
1985 | ABCD [b] |
| Traditional | An advocation for a new and personal take on the alphabet reveals multi-layered, comical meanings, an experimental animation decidedly crude in approach and part socio-political commentary and surrealist whimsy. | [33] [34] |
1989 | Nguyamyam |
| Stop-motion | An educational short film teaches children what would happen to their planet if inhabitants devour all their precious resources and did not take care of their environment. [35] | [6] [3] [30] |
Spit |
| Stop-motion and traditional | A character spitting with his saliva then changing into different forms and interacting with different characters. |
Date | Title | Director(s) | Technique | Synopsis | Notes |
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1993 | Anak Maynila [b] (transl. "Child of Manila") |
| Hybrid (Traditional) | A short film about an impoverished mother and child roaming the streets of the metro. | [6] [3] [30] |
Noli Me Tangere (transl. "Touch Me Not") |
| Traditional | An animated short drama film based on a book of the same name by Jose Rizal. | ||
1994 | Melvin & Mekka | Jojo Paniza | A boy named Melvin learns to love Mekka, an unwanted cat, after the animal saves him from choking. | [36] | |
1995 | Junkzilla | Emmanuel Dadivas | Stop-motion | A family witnesses the transformation of their garbage into a monster. | [37] |
Mokmok | Living Room Productions | Traditional | — | [6] [3] [30] | |
1996 | Alamat ng Ibong Adarna | Animasia Studios | — | ||
Ano ang Trabaho ng Nanay Mo? (transl. "What Does Your Mother Do?") | Tita Rosel | Cutout | A child’s perspective on the most overlooked superhero of the home - mother. | [38] [39] | |
The Friendly Letter | Katrina Blanch Villa | Cutout / Traditional | A short film is about the "friendly letter" is what you send when you don't care to send the very best. | [40] | |
The Last Fish in the World |
| Cutout | People around the world try doing bizarre things to have fish and in the end, the last fish decides to leave them. | [41] | |
Vexations [b] |
| Traditional | — | [6] [3] [30] | |
1997 | Doon sa Kabila ng Bulkan | Ellen Ramos | — | ||
The Ghostwriter | Joey Agbayani | A talented ghost has just finished a literary masterpiece. Unfortunately, an ambitious vampire, Count Roach, sneaks into his haunted house and steals his work. In order to recover his masterpiece, the ghost confronts the vampire and battles with him using his wit, imagination and talent. | [42] [43] | ||
1998 | Puti (transl. "White") | Melvin S. Calingo | A figure single-mindedly tries to paint everything in white until it encounters its own shadow. | [44] |
Date | Title | Director(s) | Technique | Synopsis | Notes |
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2000 | Blind Beauty | Melvin S. Calingo | Stop-motion | A stop-motion animation about one woman's vanity. Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. | [45] |
2002 | Fiesta Karera | Ervin Malicdem | CGI | [46] | |
2005 | Fly Aswang [b] | Mark Galvez | Traditional | [47] | |
2007 | Araw At Gabi | Nelson B. Caliguia, Sr. | [48] | ||
Doodle of Doom | [3] | ||||
2008 | Love and Marriage | Kenny Lyn Tai | |||
2009 | Mutya | Nelson B. Caliguia, Sr. |
Date | Title | Director(s) | Technique | Synopsis | Notes |
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2010 | When Alma Died [b] | Wesley Tan | Traditional | [3] | |
Robuboy & Pugita | Avid Liongoren | [49] | |||
Smog [b] | Jerome Alcordo | Cutout | |||
2011 | Killing Just Becomes A Habit | Gil Joseph A. Sanchez | Traditional | [3] | |
Song Of The Magi |
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Sulundon [b] | |||||
Trapo [b] | |||||
2012 | Ang Prinsesa, ang Prinsipe at si Marlborita | Carl Joseph Papa | Cutout | [50] | |
Reversion [b] | Giancarlo Ng | CGI | |||
2012 | Bus Stop |
| Traditional | ||
Kaleh & Mbaki | Dennis E. Sebastian | CGI | [3] | ||
Marianing | Nikolo Salazar | Traditional | |||
2013 | Bahay Kubo | Ellen Ramos | |||
iNay | Carl Joseph Papa | Cutout | [50] | ||
2014 | An Maogmang Lugar | Mary Ann Espedido | CGI | [3] | |
Lakas ng Lahi [b] | Arnold Arre | Traditional | |||
2015 | Buttons |
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GEO | Arthur Merceder | CGI | |||
Muning | Avid Liongoren | Traditional | [51] | ||
2016 | Josephine | [52] | |||
Momo | [53] | ||||
Passage of Life |
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Strings | Rafael Daniel Evangelista V | CGI | [3] [54] | ||
2017 | Love Bites | Carl Joseph Papa | Stop-motion | [50] | |
2018 | Tahanan | Demetrio E. Celestino III | The film centers on issue of family separation told through the lens of a young green sea turtle | First stop-motion animated film to be screened at the Student Short Film competition of the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival. [55] | |
2019 | Jepoy [b] | Avid Liongoren | Traditional | [56] | |
Our Forgotten Friends | [57] |
Date | Title | Director(s) | Technique | Synopsis | Notes |
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2020 | Ella Arcangel: Lullaby in the Dark [b] | Mervin Malonzo | Traditional | [58] | |
Lea's Secret | Rico Gutierrez | Based on the 2007 children's book of the same name by Augie Rivera, the film's plot tackles child sexual abuse through the eyes of a young girl with her own "superpowers". | |||
2021 | Bebot | Mark Mendoza | [59] | ||
Teenagers in Chester Street | Frederick C.G. Borromeo | Machinima | The short film follows two teenagers are having a short conversation in the middle of the night. | [60] | |
2022 | Bad Tourism | Mark Mendoza | Traditional | [61] | |
2023 | Commute | Mark Mendoza | [62] | ||
2024 | Aiayai | [63] | |||
The Campfire | Frederick C.G. Borromeo | Machinima | A 3-minute continuous shot set in an elsewhere forest where the campfire still lit in the middle of the night. | [64] | |
Kampana | Mark Mendoza | Traditional | Won the Grand Prize in Animahenasyon 2024’s Professional Division. [65] [66] | ||
Sulayman | Nelson B. Caliguia, Jr. | The film revolves around the sacrifices heroes make to save others as the titular warrior uses his skills, compassion and dedication to fight elements that disrupt the peace in his hometown | Won the Best Animated Film at the PENSACON Short Film Festival 2024 and Best Animation (Traditional) at the FantaSci Short Film Festival. [67] | ||
Twins: The Story of Lester and Joshua | Frederick C.G. Borromeo | Machinima | An animated short drama film features the twins are having a quiet, short conversation in the library. | First RPG Maker animated short film to entered at the Metro Manila Film Festival. [68] |
Title | Director(s) | Technique | Synopsis | Notes |
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Division of Existence | Dave Gadrinab | 3DCG anime | Set in the year 2030 where humanity discovered another world inhabited by paranormal beings such as demons. A military organization called Global Security was established to prevent these paranormal entities from entering the human world who also built a nine-leveled underground containment prison facility to detain paranormal entities. | The film is potentially scheduled to be released on December 2017 through YouTube, but it was left cancelled or unfinished. |
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