The friendship of two men is set on fire as one finds out that his wife is having a steamy affair with the other.
Jessie’s perfect life becomes a nightmare when her only son, Ethan, is kidnapped by unknown persons. No contact is made by the kidnappers, making the police conclude that the kidnapping was an act of revenge. Jessie has no clue as to who holds a grudge against her or her husband, Brylle, since they live a relatively quiet life. Brylle is a hard-working doctor, while Jessie is a devoted housewife. However, Brylle suspects Amado, the father of a patient he failed to save, and Reign, a lover he is keeping from Jessie.
Rachel meets Nathan, a gay man who later marries her due to family's pressure. Unhappy and trapped, Nathan plots his fake death and later undergoes to a sexual reassignment and face surgery in another country. Years later, Rachel meets Gavin and falls for him. Gavin has a wife, Venus whom Rachel will eventually find out to be her former husband.
Filipino director Adolfo Alix Jr. returns to the Festival with this timely story of a couple caught up in Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs when their son goes missing.
A SAF-K9 trainer loses his fiancée in a heinous crime and decides, with the help of his K9 partner, to deliver his own brand of justice to the people responsible for his loss.
Maria Mercedes is an upcoming Philippine television drama remake of the 1992 Mexican telenovela of the same name that aired on Televisa with Thalía and Arturo Peniche, starring Jessy Mendiola, Jake Cuenca and Jason Abalos. The series is set to be premiered by ABS-CBN on October 7, 2013 replacing Muling Buksan Ang Puso, and worldwide on The Filipino Channel on October 8, 2013.