Warla
8.1
A group of transgender women belonging to a gang kidnaps foreign men to fund their gender-affirming surgeries, not knowing that their quest to free themselves to be who they are may end with them in prison.
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Cast
21 people
Lance Reblando
Kit-Kat
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KaladKaren
Joice
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Serena Magiliw
Barbie Ann
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Valeria Kurihara
Luningning
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Jacky Woo
Isamu
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Dimples Romana
Ester
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Bernie Barrantes
Heart
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Khiendra Salamanque
Rica
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Jess Mendoza
Joice's Brother
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Floyd Tena
Tomas
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Gold Aceron
Kuya
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Rita
Kirk Popiol
Glydel
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Kevin Z. Alambra Director · Arah Jell Badayos Writer Neil Daza Cinematographer
United States release August 9, 2026 · Produced in Philippines · Languages English, Japanese, Tagalog
Production
Cinemalaya Foundation
Production
Southern Lantern Studios
Production
Philippines
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Tagalog
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese · Tagalog
Release dates
Philippines · October 3, 2025
Premiere · Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival
United States · August 9, 2026
Premiere · Rhode Island International Film Festival
United States
August 29, 2026 · Premiere · Sidewalk Film Festival
Argentina
September 5, 2026 · Premiere · Festival Internacional de Cine de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (FICPBA)
Brazil
November 12, 2026 · Premiere · Festival MixBrasil
Canada
May 14, 2026 · Premiere · Fairy Tales Queer Art & Film Festival
September 20, 2026 · Premiere · Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Croatia
June 26, 2026 · Premiere · Queer Momenti
Denmark
November 7, 2026 · Premiere · MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
France
November 19, 2026 · Premiere · Festival Chéries Chéris
India
June 5, 2026 · Premiere · KASHISH Pride Film Festival
Macao SAR China
June 7, 2026 · Premiere · Macao International Queer Film Festival
Mexico
June 25, 2026 · Premiere · Festival MIX México - Cine, Diversidad Sexual y de Género
Spain
September 10, 2026 · Premiere · Guadix Iridiscente Festival Internacional de Cine
Switzerland
October 9, 2026 · Premiere · Everybody's Perfect Geneva International Queer Film Festival
November 18, 2026 · Premiere · PinkPanorama Film Festival Lucerne
Thailand
July 4, 2026 · Premiere · Bangkok LGBTIQ+ Film Festival
United Kingdom
March 19, 2026 · Premiere · BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
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