JT Trinidad
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Honey, My Love, So Sweet ... (Director)
- Kara: The Burning Woman ... (Producer)
- Tomorrow, To Feel ... (Co-Producer)
2024
- Mama ... (Colorist)
- Pader ... (Colorist)
- Refrain ... (Thanks)
- Ang Halikan Sa Water Fountain ... (Producer)
- if tomorrow never comes ... (Music)
- RAMPAGE! (or the parade) ... (Producer)
2023
- Dogs Don't Die, They Multiply ... (Colorist)
- The Rats of the City ... (Editor)
- yesterday will always be yesterday ... (Director)
- bilugin mo man ako as Dick Casaquite
- Si Toto Mart ... (Colorist)
- Ang Pagbubuntis Ni Ligaya ... (Colorist)
2022
- The River That Never Ends ... (Director)
- even if cities would vanish, we will remain ... (Director)
- Like People, They Change Too ... (Director)
- the wheels have stopped from rolling ... (Director)
2021
- In Case You Forgot to Return ... (Director)
2020
- As If Nothing Happened ... (Writer)
2019
- Blossoms ... (Director)