AESTHESIA, 20min,. Philippines
Directed by MiCah Viluan Capadiso
Hitting puberty, a 16-year-old man, Ely, asks his mother why his father left them. Longing for a father’s love, his feelings and sensitivity became more and more intense. One night, his friend Pao asks him to use drugs to feel numb, escape reality, and be in life's fantasy, but overcoming his sensational desire leads him to get out of control and rape his own girlfriend.