RESPETO

by Treb Monteras

Fiction, Drama, Hip-hop | 2017 | 96 min | R-13

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About the Film

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.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

  • Balanghai Trophy for Best Film – Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2017
  • Balanghai Trophy for Best Sound – Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2017
  • Balanghai Trophy for Best Editing – Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2017
  • Balanghai Trophy for Best Cinematography – Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2017
  • Balanghai Trophy for Best Supporting Actor – Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2017
  • NETPAC Award Winner – Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2017
  • Audience Award Winner – Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2017
  • Audience Award Winner – Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2018
  • Grand Jury Prize Winner for Best Picture – FAMAS 2018
  • Nominated for Best Picture – Gawad Urian Award 2018
  • Nominated for Best First Film – Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018
  • Nominated for Best Director – Shanghai International Film Festival 2018
  • Star Award Nominee for Indie Movie of the Year – Star Awards

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Alberto “Treb” Monteras II has been directing top-rating TV shows, commercials, live concerts, and music videos. He has also done album cover shoots for some of the country’s best artists. His TV shows that have won awards include “Party Pilipinas,” “Myx Ambushed,” “Myx Live,” “Kusina Master,” and “Sarap Diva.”

In 2011, he won in Nokia Europe’s N8 Producers International Film Competition. He was already doing animation at age of 6, using coins and his father’s video camera. During his childhood, he attended summer courses on painting at the Metropolitan Museum. A consistent dean’s lister, art director of the school publication, and student leader, this BFA Advertising Arts Graduate from the UST College of Fine Arts and Design, is also a recipient of the Quezon Leadership Award. He continued to hone his skills at the Mowelfund Film Institute and the International Institute for Film and the Arts.

He recently attended the American Cinematographer’s Masterclass in Los Angeles, California.

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