Movies by Nico Antonio

Balota
A land-grabbing tycoon and a former sexy male actor are in a tight race for mayor in a small town. When violence erupts, Emmy, a teacher, runs into the wilderness with a ballot box, the last copy of the election result.

Lolo and the Kid
A hustler and the child he took in routinely con the wealthy — but a life-changing opportunity could end their inseparable bond.

Deadma Walking
A Palanca-winning comedy about gay best friends for life John and Mark whose friendship is put to the test when one of them has a terminal illness and asks the other to help him stage his fake death, wake, and funeral as his dying wish. The result is a laughfest of "deadly" proportions.

#WalangForever
Mia, a celebrated writer of romantic-comedy films, is at a turning point in her life which makes it difficult for her to believe that love could last. Everything comes to a head when Ethan returns, only for her to find out that he has become a cynic of lasting love because she broke his heart.

Time & Again
It follows Apol who is a writer and a diner waitress who falls for a customer who already has a girlfriend. She then gains the ability to turn back time which she uses to go back to the ay she first meets Ozzi.

Ilawod
A story of a family's breakdown in the midst of a demonic attack. Dennis, a reporter, accidentally invites the ilawod which is a water spirit into his home where it attaches to his son, Ben.

The Diplomat Hotel
Victoria Lansang is a popular news reporter who has been requested to mediate a hostage crisis. And in front of a national television audience, something horribly goes wrong and people are killed while Victoria suffers a mental breakdown. A year later, she’s eager to get back into the game. However, the only assignment she can get is to do a documentary on the last night of The Diplomat Hotel in Baguio City, a crumbling and abandoned building infamously known for its bloody past and its hauntings. Looking for redemption, she arrives there wi...

Red
Red, a shy orphan who spent most of his childhood in a girly bar, grew up to be the town's best fixer. When a rich kid was gunned down in a drug bust that went wrong, Red was hired by Art, a spoiled socialite, to fix the mess.

Whether the Weather Is Fine
Against the backdrop of the Typhoon Yolanda, a mother and her son struggle for survival and deal with absurdity of fate, sustained by the hope that they carry, and what is lost and gained.

Beauty in a Bottle
The lives of three women change when a new beauty product arrives.

Echorsis
A young hustler takes advantage of the love of a gay man, and pays consequences for it in the form of a demonic possession.

Tandem
In the traffic-laden streets of Metro Manila, two brothers use the chaos of the city roads as a smokescreen for their shady occupation tandem robbers on motorbike. But when a robbery goes sour, the brothers are forced to graduate from low level thieves to high profile hit men in an act that tests both their resolve and their relationship.

Eyeball
A vain man is out to meet a woman he met on Facebook for the first time. While waiting for her, he comes upon a naive guy whom he teaches his ways to attract women. But the vain man may need to learn something more.

Big Night!
A gay beautician is determined to clear his name after learning he's included in a drug watchlist.

Straight to the Heart
A gay hairdresser gets into a coma and wakes up a straight guy, turning his life and relationships upside down.

My Candidate
A promising young politician who’s running for the senate. He then meets a female spin doctor who helps in orchestrating his campaign and giving him a new image. The first choice to play his leading lady is Jennylyn Mercado, since they’ve already proven that they have good chemistry together.

Espantaho
During the nine days vigil (pasiyam) and wake (paglalamay) at the Lazatin-Henson-Katigbak Mansion, food and drinks are served. Narrative sequences from Monet and Rosa's mourning of patriarch Pabling where a horrifying secrecy and an evil death plot surface, even during the funeral procession, carrying of the hearse and entombment in the Catholic cemetery.