The River That Never Ends

2023影展

PG 12 +

John Thomas TRINIDAD
Philippines
DCP
2022
Color
19min

Nominees and Awards

★ 2022 QCinema International Film Festival Gender Sensitivity Award
★ 2022 Philippine Fan Awards Favorite Short Film

Synopsis

Along a river that undergoes a major change, Baby, a middle-aged trans woman, 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 sprawling city.

Team

Director

John Thomas TRINIDAD

John Thomas TRINIDAD is a filmmaker born and raised in Pandacan, Manila. Their short As If Nothing Happened competed at the London Short Film Festival 2022 and was included in CNN’s Best Filipino Films of 2020. They were an alumnus of Ricky Lee’s Screenwriting Workshop, Mowelfund Film Institute, and Film Futura.

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