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JT Trinidad
JT Trinidad (b. 2001) is a filmmaker based in Cebu, Philippines. They graduated summa cum laude and class valedictorian of the University of the Philippines Film Institute. They c…
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JT Trinidad (b. 2001) is a filmmaker based in Cebu, Philippines. They graduated summa cum laude and class valedictorian of the University of the Philippines Film Institute. They currently teach Photography at the University of the Philippines Cebu. JT’s works explore the intersection of queerness and geographical tensions, with a special interest in landscapes as transforming and transformative spaces. Their narrative short "the river that never ends," about a trans woman care worker, won Best Southeast Asian Short Film at the 34th Singapore International Film Festival and the Student Award at the 18th JOGJA-NETPAC Asian Film Festival. The film eventually had its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. It is currently streaming on The Criterion Collection. JT received the Ani ng Dangal award from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in 2024. They are an alumnus of ASEAN-ROK FLY Film Leaders Incubator (South Korea), Objectifs Film Incubator (Singapore), and the US-based nomadic film school Film Futura. Their most recent work “Honey, My Love, So Sweet”, a coming-of-age story about a genderqueer child in a rundown cinema, will have its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival this August.
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2026
we don't have to spend the night
Movie Writer
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2026
Decline of Senses
Movie Editor
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2025
Kara: The Burning Woman
Movie Producer
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2025
Honey, My Love, So Sweet
Movie Director
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2025
Tomorrow, To Feel
Movie Co-Producer
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2024
Refrain
Movie Thanks
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2024
RAMPAGE! (or the parade)
Movie Producer
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2024
Ang Halikan sa Water Fountain
Movie Producer
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2024
Mama
Movie Colorist
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2024
if tomorrow never comes
Movie Producer
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2024
Pader
Movie Colorist
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2023
Ang Pagbubuntis Ni Ligaya
Movie Colorist
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2023
yesterday will always be yesterday
Movie Director
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2023
The Rats of the City
Movie Editor
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2023
Dogs Don't Die, They Multiply
Movie Colorist
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2023
bilugin mo man ako
Movie Dick Casaquite
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2023
Si Toto Mart
Movie Editor
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2022
The River That Never Ends
Movie Director
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2022
even if cities would vanish, we will remain
Movie Director
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2022
the wheels have stopped from rolling
Movie Director
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2022
Like People, They Change Too
Movie Producer
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2021
In Case You Forgot to Return
Movie Director
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2020
As If Nothing Happened
Movie Writer
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2019
Blossoms
Movie Director
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The Red Banca
Movie Assistant Director
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1... 2... Strike!!!
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