Outside of a likable cast and its sincere intentions, ‘Maple Leaf Dreams’ fails to dramatize familiar material in a compelling manner. Its best parts have little to do with its story, but rather with the real-life Canadian OFW stories.

‘Talahib,’ just like this film, is a blade of grass in a barren wasteland; it’s there, it exists, but it has no value.

Her Locket is nothing short of an effective family drama. Its message is universal, reminding us that our loved ones are all we have at the end of the day. #SinagMaynila2024