JT Trinidad

Directing

JT Trinidad (b. 2001) is a filmmaker-critic based in Manila. Their debut documentary short "as if nothing happened" competed at the London Short Film Festival. Their shorts were included in CNN's Best Filipino Films of 2020 and 2022. Their debut narrative short "the river that never ends” won the Best Southeast Asian Short Film at the 34th Singapore International Film Festival and the Student Award at the 18th JOGJA-NETPAC Asian Film Festival. Their shorts have been selected at QCinema International Film Festival, SeaShorts Film Festival, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, and Kaohsiung Film Festival. Their writings have been published in Sine Liwanag and Sinegang.ph. They are an alumnus of Ricky Lee's Screenwriting Workshop, Mowelfund Film Institute, and the US-based nomadic film school Film Futura by No Evil Eye Cinema.