TJ Trinidad

TJ Trinidad

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TJ Trinidad

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My Letters To Happy
A brilliant man loses his drive after a series of unfortunate events. His luck changes as he meets a random person online that would change his life forever.
The Eternity Between Seconds
Andres
In Incheon airport of South Korea, time stands still for Andres, a depressive best-selling self-help author. He meets Sam, an anxious Overseas Filipino Worker who is about to start a new life as a nurse. She stalls and spends her time sketching strangers in the airport. Together, they bond over their loneliness, conversations and neuroses. Time is an unbeatable opponent, only to leave fleeting but lasting connections.
Sin Island
David and Kanika are happily married, until Kanika's adulterous affair ruins their relationship, prompting David to start his own affair with Tasha.
Smaller and Smaller Circles
A serial killer in Payatas leaves the bodies of young boys in the dump as two Jesuit priests try to solve the murders.
Bliss
Carlo
After she gets into a film-production accident that leaves her crippled, successful actress Jane Ciego slowly transitions into madness after experiencing horrors and torture in her own home.
Saving Sally
Nick
Marty is an aspiring comic-book artist who is secretly in love with his best friend, Sally, the gadget inventor. Like every love story, there are complications: Sally has monsters for parents and a literal dick for a boyfriend, while Marty has the innate ability to do nothing about everything despite his vivid fantasies of defending the love of his life from the big bad world.
Working Beks
Five gay men from different walks of life are confronted with important choices that could change everything for them.
Always Be My Maybe
After being dumped by their respective lovers, Jake and Tintin cross paths at a resort and discover they have much in common.
Buy Now, Die Later
Santi
Story about five people who wanted something so badly that they’ll do anything, even to deal with the devil. As they finally get what they want, no one has mentioned that their dream will cost them their lives.
Sleepless
An offbeat rom-com about two insomniacs, it charts how they start to bond while the rest of the world sleeps. Drawn together by their nocturnal loneliness, they talk about love, zombies and everything in between.
Felix Manalo
Emiliano Quijano
Felix Yzagun Manalo is a sprawling historical epic that traces the origin of Iglesia Ni Cristo (The Church of Christ) which is established in the Philippines from its humble beginnings in 1914 through the present day.
Shadows Of The Past
Ed
The film explores the varying degrees, forms and issues of surveillance (the feeling of being policed) which are the heart of the relationship and conflict of a schizophrenia patient and caregiver, especially during the treatment phase.
Sana Dati
Robert Naval
Andrea Gonzaga is about to marry a man she doesn’t love when a mysterious guest arrives and suddenly reminds her of the man she truly loves.
The Road
Luis
A 12 year old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an old abandoned road where a gruesome murder is left undiscovered for three decades.
Deadline - Reign of Impunity
Ross Rivera is a writer whose cynicism has converted him into a government apologist, is suddenly forced to reassess his role as journalist when he finds himself right in the middle of unearthing a conspiracy linking Muntazir Ghazi, a local warlord, with election fraud and the sporadic killing of journalists in various parts of the country. While Ross wrestles with the his conscience and attempts to convince Greta Manarang, television newscaster and grieving girlfriend of a recently murdered journalist, of his newfound integrity in Manila, Azad and Claire, local journalists who are keep into the tracks of Ghazi, are hunted down by Ghazi's henchmen. Their stories eventually intertwine, revealing a more frustrated than concerned outlook of the state of free speech in a country that supposedly fosters democracy.
Mkak
Director
John Mendez is a single, ambitious lawyer in his late twenties. Despite his humble beginnings, he has learned to rely on his charm to get ahead in life. John is given his first big break courtesy of his married female boss who he has been sleeping with. John's troubles begin when he contracts an STD and is told that he is HIV-positive.
Patient X
Alfred
After twenty years, local police captures the murderer of the older brother of a young boy. Now a doctor, he must go back to his old town and face the murderers himself. He then discovers that the murderers are Aswangs (folkloric Filipino vampire-like creatures) and they pose a deadly threat not only to him but also for the entire town.
Ang Panggagahasa Kay Fe
Arturo
In this metaphoric story of violence and resilience from director Alvin Yapan, Fe (Irma Adlawan) returns home to the Philippines after several years of working overseas, her job a victim of global economic shifts. Fe is initially greeted with affection by her husband Dante (Nonie Buencamino), but he has a long history of domestic violence fueled by rage and long-term impotence, and Fe quickly discovers her time away has not changed him. Dante works in a factory making baskets, and Fe soon joins him there; she becomes the lover of Arturo (T.J. Trinidad), the man who manages the basket company, but while Arturo treats her well, he's still under the thumb of his father who owns the factory. Meanwhile, an unknown admirer sends her parcels of strange black fruit on a regular basis. Torn between two men who cannot give her what she needs and wants, Fe's frustration leads to take desperate steps to establish her independence.
Desperadas 2
Richard
The story of Desperadas 2 is about four half-sisters - Isabella, Patricia, Stephanie, and Courtney - who have another big problems in their life. They also found out that they have another half-sister, Lugaluda.
100
Rod
With only three months left to live, a cancer patient compiles a list of tasks to complete before she dies.
Mag-ingat ka sa... Kulam
Dave
Mira survives a car accident, and awakens without a memory of her past. As she is regaining pieces of her life with husband Paul and blind daughter Sophie, her business associate Dave convinced her to leave her husband as what she promised her before the accident. However, the situations go more weird as strange things start to occur in her home. Mira is forced to confront her past and discover the real story
For the First Time
Greg Sandoval
Two lovers spend an unforgettable summer in Greece, but their differences threaten to break them up.
SEB: Cyber Game of Love
"SEB" is the story of four couples who met through the internet. Funny, sad, bitter sweet and poignant are the four situations that reflect how the Filipino romantic has adapted to the world wide web.
Resiklo
Jerson
Set in December 2021, Resiklo is the story of Crisval Sarmiento, an ex-military Colonel who leads a rag-tag group of survivors in the Philippines against the insect-like alien invaders known as the Balangs. Because of the enormous expenditures in resources during the invasion, the humans are forced to scavenge the destroyed landscape for anything that could be recycled and put to use at their secret sanctuary, called Paraiso. However, they are in a race against time, as in addition to the resource gathering, the survivors are fighting to eliminate the Balangs and their human collaborators, the Mutanos, while keeping Paraiso's location secret and along the way, uncovering the truth behind the invasion as well.
Desperadas
Richard
The story is about four beautiful half-sisters - Isabella, Courtney, Stephanie and Patricia - who have problems in their personal life. Isabella has issues with commitment, Stephanie is having problems with her husband Richard, Courtney's boyfriend Patrick becomes a Born again Christian and Patricia publishes her new sex book much to the dismay of her husband who's having trouble with their relationship as a couple.
A Love Story
Rick Montes
Ian Montes is a picture of success. Despite being a son of a shipping tycoon, Ian refused to just ride in his father's empire. He built his own real estate company and earned his first million at a very young age. He never looked back since then. Driven by his ambition to become better, if not as good as his father, Ian managed to make it on his own. But behind all the glory is a man yearning for love and recognition.
Tiyanaks
Professor Earl
Against the advice of a concerned mythology professor, a group of school friends decide to take an out of town trip during the holy week. When they first leave on their vacation, Shiela, Rina, Christian, Kerwin and their friends believe they have made a good decision. Everyone is happy and excited about their upcoming adventure. But soon, the mood starts to change. Shiela begins having dreams and premonitions about an evil presence somehow related to young children. She sees images of an old woman that terrifies her. Troubling, frightening events seems to multiply around them. The friends soon begin to believe that one of them may be the source of the evil that is plaguing them. Will one of friends have to sacrifice themselves in order to protect the others?
The Promise
Anton
Daniel and Andrea grew up in the same home and have been closer than real brothers and sisters ever since. But her father's goodwill to take in Daniel and bring him up does not sit well with her real older brother, who retaliates one day and kicks Daniel out. But by this time, nothing can come between the deeply in love Andrea and Daniel anymore--until the rich family on whose hacienda they've been working all these years come back. Andrea catches the eye of the rich son, while the daughter fancies Daniel, too. This will set in motion a series of events that will test how deep the two's love goes.
Shake Rattle and Roll 8
Mr. Mel (segment "Yaya")
Just like the seven previous SR&R franchise, this has three episodes-"13/F," about a children's party held in a forbidden floor; "Yaya" is about a naughty kid who discovers that her new nanny is a vampire; and "LRT" is about a freak accident in which people find themselves trapped in an LRT coach, chased by a monster.
Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita
Antonio
Inya, a heroine of the Philippine resistance against the Japanese during World War II, recalls events involving her husband Edilberto and their childhood friend Ignacio, a transvestite who, masquerading as a woman also named Inya, becomes the lover of the local Japanese commander, Ichiru, and is caught between a duty to be a spy for his country and friends and his reluctant but growing love for Ichiru.
I Will Survive
Rudy
Four disparate friends one a homosexual strive to be wonderful spouses and parents, yet despite good intentions, they all struggle with personal dramas. While Cynthia and her husband are no longer intimate, Mylene has learned her spouse is sleeping around. In the meantime, Louise fears her daughter isn't pretty enough, and gay foster father Mandy must come out of the closet.
1st Time
Costumer
Three stories, all first times
Keka
Arvin
A girl vows to avenge her boyfriend killed by frat boys.
Miss Pinoy
A fiction inspired by a true story of a group of Overseas Filipino Workers who looked for a good investment in preparation for their eventual return to the Philippines but turned out to become victims of million dollar fraud.