#dir: sigrid andrea p. bernardo

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since i’m filipina, i’m going to list filipino films but also films from other countries

barcelona: a love untold (2016) by dir. olivia lamasan

while earning a degree in Spain, a young architecture student dealing with grief meets a fellow expatriate trying to escape her past.

Filipino

(this one was excellent ✨)

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the last 10 years (2022) dir. michichito fujii

twenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has 10 years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love, but she meets Kazuto Manabe at a school reunion.

Japanese

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threads – our tapestry of love (2020) dir. takahisa zeze

Ren Takahashi and Aoi Sonoda were both born in 1989. They met for the first time at the age of 13 and became each other's first love, but they separated. At the age of 21, they met again. They were unable to undo their past. Now, they are 31-years-old.

Japanese

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kita kita (2017) dir. sigrid andrea p. bernardo

In one horrible moment, her entire world clouds over. It takes an unlikely stranger to help her see its beauty again.

Filipino

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hello, love, goodbye (2019) dir. cathy garcia sampana

a bartender and a domestic helper of Filipino origin living in Hong Kong find themselves falling in love, but they each have different plans for their future.

Filipino

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20th century girl (2022) dir. bang woo-ri

in 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend, then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

Korean

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inhuman kiss (2019) dir. sittisiri mongkolsiri

an innocent young woman is the unwitting host to a krasue, a demon who causes havoc in her village as it searches for vengeance at night.

Thai

hope u guys enjoy! xoxo

thank you so much anon! whoever asked for recs here you are! 🩷

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Lenlen Frial as Carmen in Anita’s Last Cha-Cha (2013)