Movies by Melissa Mendez

Third World Happy

Third World Happy

Wesley was a Fil-Am and a naturalized citizen when he left Philippines 12 years ago. In America, he aspired to become a painter, revealed that his parents died before he left the country to finish his dreams. Years later, he received a phone call that his loved one died and he was required to visit the wake. There he met his ex-girlfriend, his friends, his aunt and his own older brother will be his guide to give him a shining light and give him the courage to look at the coffin and say his last goodbyes.

Mama Susan's Friends

Mama Susan's Friends

Galo is a university student who writes on his journal the string of unsettling and mysterious experiences he has while living with his grandmother, Mama Susan.

Batang Z

Batang Z

A Filipino kids movie directed Bey Vito

Baliktaran: Si Ace at si Daisy

Baliktaran: Si Ace at si Daisy

This is about a man and a woman who are forced to marry each other except, their sexual identity causes them trouble because the man is gay and the woman is a lesbian. They struggle throughout their marriage until the end.

Burger Boys

Burger Boys

Four high school friends hatch a plan for a farcical heist that sends them spiraling into a series of surreal events littered with clowns, fast food, and ‘rakenrol’, in an even more absurd nation of squalor and entertainment.

Kiss in the Wind

Kiss in the Wind

A young woman is brought to Baguio by her new stepfather. While she struggles with her new family and surroundings, she finds herself torn between two young men who bring passion into her life.

The Missing

The Missing

In the pursuit of a contractual work in Japan, Iris became the victim of a curse that haunted her during her engagement as an architect of an over 100 year old house.

Andrea, How Is It Like to Be a Mother?

Andrea, How Is It Like to Be a Mother?

When it is time for her to give birth, Andrea, a communist insurgent seeks refuge in the city to her best friend Joyce. When Andrea's husband is reportedly killed, she temporarily leaves her son to their care. But before Andrea could return to her baby, she is arrested by the military. With no news of Andrea's whereabouts and presuming her to have been dead, the childless couple decided to keep the child and bring him to the United States. Upon returning to the country after seven years for a visit, Andrea confronts them and tries to claim h...

Kalakal

Kalakal

A searing look into the world of flesh trade in a city of sin.

I Won! I Won! Ang Swerte Nga Naman

I Won! I Won! Ang Swerte Nga Naman

A 1985 Filipino comedy film starring Redford White.