RESPIRE: A Multimedia Comic Project on Perseverance Among Filipino Youth

Armin is a first-year Fine Arts student who works part-time to support himself while chasing his dream of becoming an artist. As mounting bills, sleepless nights, and family responsibilities begin to outweigh his passion, he finds himself caught between financial survival and the future he has always envisioned. Respire is a coming-of-age drama that explores the quiet realities of working students and the resilience it takes to keep moving forward when giving up seems easier.