Respeto

With staggering 15 nominations including Best Picture at this year’s FAMAS Awards, Treb Monteras’ Respeto topbills full-length features for forthcoming screening special in honor of the country’s oldest-existing industry award-giving body for film.

Catch the film of many milestones at UPFI Film Center – Cine Adarna in UP Diliman on June 1 Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Directed by:  Treb Monteras II

Starring: Abra, Dido de la Paz, Loonie, Kate Alejandrino, Chai Fonacier, Ybes Bagadiong, Brian Arda, Thea Yrastorza, Nor Domingo

Synopsis: Hendrix dreams of hip-hop greatness, but he’s spiraling down a rabbit-hole of crime and poverty until he meets Doc, an old poet still haunted by his martial law past. Can they turn each other’s lives around before they’re swallowed by their circumstance?

RESPETO is a celebration of the underground Pinoy hip-hop world and how we find the words to find ourselves.

Ticket price: Php150.00

Watch the trailer here: