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Beauty comes in many forms, from a masterful make up application to a perfectly framed photograph. But, true beauty goes much deeper. It's in the desire and determination to pursue your passions. Designing Beauty presents the inner thoughts of 3 artists in different mediums who show that beauty, like life, it's ours to define and design.

Elsa Oesterheld is a wife and mother of four girls. She is a tireless worker who, one day, lost everything.

Like many other Filipinos forming the large Overseas Foreign Workers (OFWs) pool, Igorots have also come to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) in search of employment. They leave behind their families living in the small towns and farming communities of the high Cordilleran mountain range of northern Luzon. The Igorots have a rich cultural heritage quite distinctive from lowland Philippines. How have they adjusted to life in multicultural Malaysia? This film documents the lives of three women Igorots who have worked in Kuala Lumpur for different lengths of time.

WHAT HAPPYNS: Merging Urban Skateboarders and Lawn Bowlers is a 45-minute documentary by award-winning filmmaker Ric Beairsto which looks at the convergence of opinion which occurs when youthful skateboarders and elderly lawn bowlers are asked an identical set of questions. The questions are ones like, 'What is meaningful work?', 'Who Is a hero to you?', 'Do you believe in an afterlife?, and, most critically, 'Are you happy?' The result is a quirky blend of wisdom, insights, frustrations and regrets unlike anything you've ever seen before.