Lamberto V. Avellana Movies

The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the...

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.

Lamberto Avellana’s English-language film based on Nick Joaquin’s play about a painter, a painting, two sisters, and a crook.

Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the...

A Filipino drama film by Lamberto V. Avellana.

The documentary serves as a tribute to National Artist for Cinema Gerardo de Leon in celebration of his Centennial Year. “Salamat sa...

Carding, the anti-Japanese guerrilla turned Huk rebel when his family's land is taken over by the greedy landlord while Maxie, the communist...

“Waywaya” is derived from “Waywaya” an Ilocano term meaning freedom. The film is adapted from the short story of the same...

Hassan (P. Ramlee) is 10 when his father died. His mother had died when he was younger. His late father's boss feels sorry for Hassan and adopts him....

Cristina, a pretty young neighborhood girl, is pursued by the mysterious Satur, a wealthy but mysterious young man. Cristina, however, is engaged to...

Interpol follows a fat man from Tokyo to Hong Kong to Manila as he takes care of business for an opium empire.

A story about Kulas whose land papers were stolen by the Spaniards and he went and got it back, but by doing so made him a wanted man so he left to...

Lapu-Lapu who defeated Spanish invaders on then land of Mactan.

RUGGED in action, RAW in romance.

This strikes straight at the heart because it is a tender story of four people, each deserving a Purple Heart.

A story about a farmer who had his parents killed and also abused by the Japanese occupation forces escapes joins the guerrilla and became a leader...

A story about Celing and her kid brother Pidingare recently orphaned and they come to Manila to find work in the home of their late parents' hacienda...

The musings and works of artist Lamberto V. Avellana.

A coming-of-age story of a barrio lass in a patriarchal archipelago.