Miko Pasamonte

A provocative and bold indie film about a married man’s forbidden love affair with his mysterious handsome neighbor and his discreet sexual desire over a group of male buddies (“kumpares”).

#Labyu (2014) is a new gay romantic comedy film written and directed by Jill Singson Urdaneta and produced by Dennis Sebastian of Spin Entertainment Production, in association with Sunflower Films International. #Labyu is the film debut of Urdaneta as a writer-director. It stars Miko Pasamonte (The Escort, Kape Barako, Kumpare) and Albert Goza, who appeared in a film for the first time. The cast also includes Renee Gozon, Jobben Bello, G.A. Villafuerte, Gelo Arucan, John Galvez, LK King and JB Sinday. The film soundtrack features the music of Jeff Cifra, Kian Dionisio, Jerome and Sebastian Castro.

Rico owns the struggling coffee shop Kape Barako. The shop only has one regular customer, aside from a lady who orders nothing but ice water and leeches off their Internet connection. As a result, Rico is having trouble paying off his mortgage. He now has just two weeks to raise 120,000 pesos to keep the bank from foreclosing on the property. He tries a variety of things to raise the cash, even going as far as considering selling his body. Luckily, one of his baristas Jek accidentally stumbles on a solution to the shop’s problems. A prank goes wrong and a special ingredient ends up making their coffee a real hit among a certain section of their clientele.

A story of a pragmatic escort who unexpectedly falls in love to one of his potential client.

This is the story of Inno, the son of Pol, the original Macho Dancer.

Labyu translated into English as LoveYou is a gay movie that originally came out in 2014, and was recut in 2020 into a series to attempt to cash in on the BL craze. It is debatable whether it really is considered part of the BL genre due to its origins as an M2M indie film.