Oros by Paul Sta. Ana, starring Kristoffer King as Makoy, Tanya Gomez as Linda, and Kristoffer Martin as Abet, is a finalist in the New Breed full length feature category of the 2012 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.

SYNOPSIS

The film set in a decadent world where even death becomes a provider.  In a country where a cadaver may serve as license for holding a sakla operation (illegal gambling) in wakes, people may exploit the dead in order to generate income from the profits of gambling, and possibly pay for its burial.  In Oros, a funeral parlor owner sells an unidentified body to Makoy, a kasero in a saklaan, who, along with his reluctant brother, Abet, set the stage for a three-week long fake wake holding the illegal saklaan. (Read the rest at the Cinemalaya website.)