Bwakaw

Bwakaw centers on Rene, a retiree in the Philippines who keeps to himself and avoids most contact with other people. He shares his home with a dog named Bwakaw, and his life is largely solitary until he begins to come to terms with being gay, a shift that slowly opens him up to the people around him. Directed by Jun Robles Lana, who also wrote the screenplay, the film mixes comedy and drama and runs 110 minutes. It is set in the Philippines and was produced by APT Entertainment, Cinemalaya Foundation and Octobertrain Films, with Ferdinand Lapuz and Antonio P. Tuviera as producers.

Eddie Garcia leads the cast as Rene, supported by Rez Cortez as Sol, Joey Paras as Tracy, Soxy Topacio as Zaldy, Armida Siguion-Reyna as Alicia and Bibeth Orteza as Rose. The film was released in September 2012, sitting between Lana's earlier Tarot (2009) and his later Becky and Badette (2023), Your Mother's Son (2023), About Us But Not About Us (2023), Call Me Mother (2025), And the Breadwinner Is... (2025), Sisa (2026) and The Greatest Showdown (2026).

On IMDb, Bwakaw holds a rating of 7.2 out of 10 from 398 votes, a modest but solid tally that suggests a small, favorably received film rather than a widely seen one.