Pwede ka, pero 2026

Bystanders have the power to stop the cycle of violence

Directed by Melanie Adriatico

Two transgender best friends named Tanya and Rian, grew up together but became separated because of their realities. Rian who has access to Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) slipped past societal standards, while Tanya remains open and transparent about herself, including her identity, enduring the daily discrimination that is slowly eating away at her dignity. Amidst the silence of mere onlookers, neutrality becomes complicity in oppression, until Rian is gradually challenged by her own ghosts within her silence. It shows how radical love is a form of resistance. To choose to stand up, to talk, and to stand up for others, especially among those whom society chooses to silence.