Going Home to Christmas (Repertory Philippines)

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Passengers of a Liberty Airlines flight headed to Cebu are stranded at the Ninoy International Airport amidst the Christmas rush, all of them frustrated despite the cheers of the holidays. The airport janitor keeps on improvising the lyrics of Christmas in Our Hearts based on his observations while people-watching. Bickering husband and wife Arnie (Lorenz Martinez) and Josie (Neomi Gonzales) might not make it to their cruise, which they hope would be the answer to their marital woes. Father and son JR (Floyd Tena) and JD (Neo Rivera) run into aunt and niece tandem Em (Mayen Bustamante-Cadd) and Raya (Justine Narciso), with whom they both have romantic histories. Ground attendant Pat (Carla Guevara-Laforteza) is lonesome because her pilot husband Richard (Noel Rayos) is working away from home in Dubai and won’t be home for the holidays. Will the Christmas spirit eventually take over or will all of them succumb to misery at one of the world’s worst airports?

The Kite Runner

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Amir and Hassan grow up together in the same household in Kabul: the former, the son of a successful businessman who has a penchant for throwing parties; the latter, the child of the househelp who grew up with the house owner as some form of atonement for a past crime. While a year younger than Amir, Hassan is the more courageous of the two and often defends his friend from their bullies. Despite practically growing up as brothers and moving about in the same world, their roles couldn’t be any less different given their respective ethnic heritage. Their days of innocence and flying kites are disrupted by a personal tragedy as well as the arrival of the Shorawi who takes control of the country. Their lives diverge paths to avert another tragedy, but eventually begin to intertwine again decades later when Amir pays a visit to an old friend in Peshawar and is confronted with a revelation that will change his life forever.

Animal Farm

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Old Major, a white boar respected by many other farm animals living with him at Manor Farm, asks for a special gathering where he shares a vision he had in a dream, that of equality among all animals as well as the overthrow of their cruel human master Mr. Jones. After his death, two pigs by the name of Napoleon and Snowball turn his vision into reality by staging a revolt that successfully drives away the humans of the farm. The animals are now free from human intervention despite the neighboring farms demonizing them in fear of the revolutionary spirit spilling over to their own domains. Administration of the farm now falls in their hands. As new commandments are written and group work is abetted by the new communal spirit, Snowball is expelled and deemed a traitor, blamed for every bad occurrence at the farm, while Napoleon gains sole control of his domain, his behavior and style slowly turning into those of the humans they chased away not so long ago.

Fight Club

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An unnamed narrator is held at gunpoint on one of the upper floors of the city’s tallest skyscraper which is about to explode soon. Counting down the last few minutes of his life, he recalls the first time he met Tyler Durden. On a flight. At the beach. At the first Fight Club that they establish after he moves into his apartment when his own flat is blown to smithereens. Before this, he frequented cancer support groups as an escapist outlet for his insomnia. There he met Marla Singer, who was doing the same thing. Soon enough he sees more of her against his own will when she ends up on Tyler’s bed. As Fight Club gains prominence, Tyler hops on an opportunity to begin organizing an army for Project Mayhem, a social movement aiming to disrupt public order and unshackle men all around the country from the chains of corporate slavery. When Tyler’s plans go a bit too far, the narrator wants out, but discovers something about their bond that will change the way he sees his life and himself forever.

Bored Gay Werewolf

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Brian is bored and kind of in a rut as far as his life is concerned. Leaving the comforts of home meant some sort of liberation from his parents’ rules, but making it on one’s own is always going to be challenging and problematic, even more so when you transform into a werewolf once every full moon. Brian swears that coming out as gay has been way easier for him, even though his parents seem to be okay with him being a werewolf, or at least that’s the message they try to convey despite the obvious fear deep inside. Brian finds a new family in his co-workers Nik and Darby, his colleagues at a restaurant, but they will never understand his struggles. Enter Tyler, a millennial werewolf himself who has a vision and a mission: that of establishing a pack and maximizing their werewolf potential, and he believes Brian can and will be the one to help him in his endeavor.