JT Trinidad

Long removed from her music lessons when she was still young, Lisa Valenzuela, a single-minded pianist, grapples with a debt she knows she owes.

In a decaying cinema in the heart of Manila, Life discovers first love through films and their new friend’s father.

Two mothers strive to live a life of hope and strength while carrying the unbelievable pain of losing their husband and child to Rodrigo Duterte’s vicious war on drugs.

After a violent confrontation with his father, a teenager runs away from home and wanders the outskirts of Manila. There, he meets a fellow runaway, and they find something that feels like home.

A 68-year-old matandang dalaga suddenly goes through pregnancy when her 19-year-old niece visits her home. As they spend time together, the two women are forced to deal with the cards life has handed them.

In Bacolod, Kara feels a sudden surge of intense body heat as a distant rumble echoes from the mountains.

A thesis short film written and directed by MXRDD.

It’s the last day of high school. Three misfits: Mike, Jeremy, and Marie are tasked to edit the graduation video. As they review the footage, their batchmate’s video contains a confession that their principal harassed her. The group has to decide whether or not to expose the issue as each deals with their own secrets.

As a child was innocently playing with their friends, an interruption comes along.

The Sister uses every available tool for her experiment and teaches what she knows to her younger brother, the Pupil, before the visit of his teacher. As the Student-Teacher journeys from the lowlands to the mountaintop, unfamiliar atmospheres draw him into an alternative conversation about silence, survival, and what cannot be spoken.

In late 2040s Manila, Wax and Phil’s dying relationship is shaken by a family member's transient arrival. As they accommodate this estrangement, they find a final push to retrace an old desire—to feel.

A silly bromance sparks out of the closeness of two laidback high school boys, Maki and Kaloy. When a night of reckless drinking with their friends leads them to share a bed together, they discover the true nature of their bromance and now must decide whether to embrace this or risk losing each other's friendship.

A journey to someone's personal gallery and an unsent letter.

Along a river that undergoes a major change, Baby, a middle-aged transwoman, shuttles between her job as a companion-for-hire for strangers and her duty to her father. As the people around Baby start to disappear, she realizes that she has been left behind in a stagnating city.

RAMPAGE! (or the parade)

Two drunk friends decide to get high on a "spot" on top of the city. During their trip they will understand the noises of the city below, and what life means for each other

40 years after having to marry a white man, Angie is deported and reunites with her ex, Badine. As they revisit the places buried by urbanization, they unearth the past and rekindle their love.

A Black Beret entry by Joel Andrei Ramirez in partial fulfillment for their directing class under John Dalog Torres.

After an earthquake hits her province, a distressed young bride wanders around the city to find a new home, and possibly, a new existence.

When his beloved daughter runs away with an engkanto, a lonely old man attempts to summon his daughter back home through her favorite dish.

Speeding cars. Dancing lights. The Philippine capital and the night. Burnt and distorted pictures of an unknown young boy. An image of a naked body mapping it in the city. A visual mood piece of the Philippine capital and a study on rhythm, pace, and restlessness. A sensual aural arrangement gathered from recordings of intimate moments with the persona’s visitor—their lover. A nauseous experience in an alienating world, finding peace and home in one’s existence.

A science high school graduate turned filmmaker reimagines the sudden death of their grandfather with Newton’s laws of motion. With repurposed home videos and mobile footage collected in 7 years, it explores life as a field of opposing forces, relationships as variables, and ruminations as something material.

With the Sports City Meet fast approaching, the pressure is on for Kapatiran National High's sepak takraw team to secure their fourth consecutive championship. The arrogant team captain Kyle (17) is forced to work with Carl (15), their second-best striker, and long-time trainee Jake (16). The trio must overcome their differences and rediscover the true meaning of sportsmanship, teamwork, and respect.

Told through episodes, the filmmaker describes the places where they used to go with their late grandfather. As they revisit these places, they notice that the lands are no longer the same.