MANILA, Philippines?Stories about call center agents, a dying woman with a to-do list, two Mangyan children hired by illegal loggers, a piano concert in a forest, and an aborted fetus propel some of the competing films in this year?s Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival.

Now on its fourth year, Cinemalaya is an all-digital film competition aimed at discovering new Filipino filmmakers.

A total of 10 finalists selected from 194 entries submitted will be competing in the full-length feature category. The festival is set July 11 to 20 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay City.

?100,? by Chris Martinez, is about a terminally ill woman with literally a hundred things to do before she dies.

?1434456,? by Emmanuel dela Cruz, is the story of Ranjeet Singh, or ?Jimmy Paybsiks,? an Indian migrant.

?Concerto,? by Paul Alexander Morales, is based on the true stories of the director?s family. Morales relates how, toward the end of World War II, a piano concert is held in a Davao forest.

?Antiparang Basag,? by Edith Asuncion, is about a woman?s brief encounter with four octogenarians who escaped from a nursing home.

?Baby Angelo,? by Joel Ruiz and Abi Aquino, is about a fetus found in the dumpster of a run-down apartment complex.

?Brutus,? by Tara Illenberger, is the story of two Mangyan children hired by illegal loggers to smuggle wood from the mountains of Mindoro to the lowlands.

?My Fake American Accent,? by Onnah Valera, is a comedy about the life of sleep-deprived, caffeine-fueled call center agents trained to fake American accents.

?Huling Pasada,? by Paul Sta. Ana, follows the creative process of Ruby, a prolific writer, abandoned wife and protective mother. As she writes about Mario, a taxi driver, the line between reality and fiction is blurred.

?Jay? is the name of the two protagonists?one living, the other dead?in this film by Francis Xavier E. Pasion. The living Jay is producing a documentary about the dead Jay, a gay teacher who was brutally killed.

?Ranchero,? by Michael Christian Cardoz, is about convicts who prepare the meals everyday in prison.

The finalist-filmmakers will receive a P500,000 seed fund from festival sponsor Econolink Investments Inc. The winning entry, which will be announced on July 20, gets an additional grant of P200,000 and the Cinemalaya Trophy.

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