Indie film director Jose “Pepe” Diokno won two prestigious awards, namely, the grand prize in the Orrizonti section and the Luigi De Laurentiis (Lion of the Future) award for a debut film. Pepe Diokno won for his debut film Engkwentro at the recently concluded 66th Venice International Film Festival. Pepe Diokno is a University of the Philippines film undergraduate student. The awards meant a cash prize of $100,000.
Engkwentro stars Zyrus Desamparado, Felix Roco, Daniel Medrana, Eda Nolan, Bayang Barrios, Jim Libiran, and Celso Ad Castillo.
Synopsis:
Richard (Felix Roco) and Raymond (Daniel Medrana) are two teenage brothers. Richard is the leader of his gang, “Bagong Buwan,” while Raymond is just being inducted into rival gang, “Batang Dilim.” Complications at a deadly midnight engkwentro (square-off), when Raymond is given the task of killing his older brother.
Meanwhile, the City Death Squad lurks the streets. This real-life vigilante group is allegedly backed by the city mayor (Celso Ad Castillo) and responsible for many unsolved murders of teen gangsters. Today, they are hunting down Richard. Will they take the younger brother, too?
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