For those who aren’t in the know yet, Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival is an annual independent film festival produced by the ABS-CBN-owned cable channel, Cinema One. To date, the festival has produced international award-winning films like Jerrold Tarog’s “Confessional” (2007), Sherad Anthony Sanchez’s “Imburnal” (2008) and Antoinette Jadaone’s “Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay” (2011).

The ninth edition of the festival is the second year that it will be featuring films in two categories—Plus for films given a P2M grant and Currents for those given P1M. To give you a taste of what’s to come, here are 8 (randomly chosen) trailers from the festival’s roster of 15.

8. BLUE BUSTAMANTE

Cinema One Plus | Comedy
Directed by Mike Livelo

Finding himself unemployed in Japan, a Filipino migrant worker becomes a double for a superhero character on a TV show.

Screening Times
Premieres on November 12 (Tuesday), 10PM at Glorietta

7. SHIFT

Cinema One Currents | Drama
Directed by Siege Ledesma

The unconventional relationship between an idealistic call center slacker and her pragmatic gay senior colleague.

Screening Times
Premieres on November 11 (Monday), 10PM at Trinoma

6. BUKAS NA LANG SAPAGKAT GABI NA

Cinema One Currents | Drama
Directed by Jet Leyco

Three related occurrences caused by the tragic accidents of a Filipino-Spanish priest.

Screening Times
Premieres on November 11 (Monday), 7:30PM at Trinoma

5. ISLANDS

Cinema One Currents | Sci-fi
Directed by Whammy Alcazaren

A spacecraft lands within the geography of a fictional film, blurring reality and reel fiction.

Screening Times
Premieres on November 14 (Thursday), 7:30PM at Trinoma

4. ISKALAWAGS

Cinema One Currents | Comedy
Directed by Keith Deligero

Reflections on a man’s coming-of-age during his teenage years in a small town.

Screening Times
Premieres on November 13 (Wednesday), 10:00PM at Glorietta

3. RIDDLES OF MY HOMECOMING

Cinema One Currents | Drama
Directed by Arnel Mardoquio

In Mindanao, there is a traditional belief that when a person dies his soul goes back to his homeland.

Screening Times
Premieres on November 11 (Monday), 7:30PM at Robinsons Galleria

2. ALAMAT NI CHINA DOLL

Cinema One Plus | Drama
Directed by Adolfo Alix, Jr.

The life of a high school girl on an idyllic island takes a drastic turn before graduation after an article is published.

Screening Times
Premieres on November 14 (Thursday), 10:00PM at Trinoma

1. SITIO

Cinema One Plus | Psychological Thriller
Directed by Mes De Guzman

A family from the city returns to the province in search of a simpler life but instead finds problems and setbacks.

Screening Times
Premieres on November 11 (Monday), 10PM at Glorietta

The 9th Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival opens on November 10, 7PM with the restored version of romantic musical drama “Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon” in Trinoma and will run from November 11 to 19 at Trinoma, Glorietta and Robinsons Galleria.

Unfortunately, the Cinema One Originals Film Festival currently does not have a website, but you can visit Facebook.com/CinemaOneOriginals for the complete line-up of films and for more details.

*Screening schedules may change without prior notice. Please check Cinema One Originals’ Facebook Page for updates.

Which of these movies are you planning on watching? Which ones have you already seen? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments Section below.