JT Trinidad
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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.
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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.
Known for
As If Nothing Happened
November 27, 2020
Ang Halikan sa Water Fountain
September 20, 2024
RAMPAGE! (or the parade)
November 9, 2024
Honey, My Love, So Sweet
August 11, 2025
Like People, They Change Too
February 25, 2022
The Rats of the City
March 13, 2023
In Case You Forgot to Return
April 14, 2021
the wheels have stopped from rolling
September 21, 2022
even if cities would vanish, we will remain
October 30, 2022
The River That Never Ends
November 19, 2022
Mama
August 4, 2024
Pader
January 15, 2024
Behind the camera24
- 2026Decline of Senses Editor
- 2026we don't have to spend the night Writer, Editor
- 2025Kara: The Burning Woman Producer, Editor
- 2025Honey, My Love, So Sweet Director, Writer, Editor
- 2025Tomorrow, To Feel Co-Producer
- 2024RAMPAGE! (or the parade) Producer
- 2024Ang Halikan sa Water Fountain Producer, Editor
- 2024Mama Colorist
- 2024if tomorrow never comes Music, Producer
- 2024