Kalel, 15

Kalel, 15 is a 2019 Philippine drama film starring Elijah Canlas and directed by Jun Robles Lana under The IdeaFirst Company, Octobertrain Films, and Cignal Entertainment.

Cast

 * Elijah Canlas as Kalel Fernandez, a 15-year old teenage boy who is HIV positive. This is Canlas' first lead role. He originally auditioned for the role in 2014 but was not accepted – back then the character was envisioned as a mestizo who is a son of a Spanish friar The director would eventually tap him to play the character in 2018.
 * Jaclyn Jose as Edith, Kalel's mother
 * Eddie Garcia as George, Kalel's estranged father, who is also a Catholic priest.
 * Gabby Padilla as Sue, Kalel's girlfriend.

Production
Kalel, 15 was produced under The IdeaFirst Company, Octobertrain Films, and Cignal Entertainment. with Jun Robles Lana as the director. Carlo Mendoza was the cinematographer. The film reportedly took five years to make.

The film under the working title Our Father was pitched by Lana at the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum in 2014. In 2019, the film was promoted as Son of God at the HAF Work-In-Progress Lab.

The film made in black-and-white, tackles about the stigma of HIV/AIDS, the attitude of Filipino youth on sex, and how the consequences of a dysfunctional family dynamic and "Christian double moral".

Release
Kalel, 15 premiered at the 23rd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival which began on November 29, 2019, in Tallinn, Estonia. It would have a theatrical release in select cinemas in the Philippines on December 18, 2019.

The film became available for streaming at Netflix on December 9, 2020.