THE INTENT
Kids in the movies are wholesome yet dumb, and I was the opposite: angry yet mindful. Maybe it is because adults have mistranslated innocence to naivety. While innocence is pure, it is never deprived of truth. Innocence is a state where we are most conscious, a time when we are most resisting—a period where justice is welcomed and never denied.
JT and friends' first short film in elementary.
“Honey, My Love, So Sweet.” attempts to paint a portrait of a child’s heartbreak—a heartbreak that’s meant to change one’s life, whether it be for the better or worse. Through the collective memory of Life’s self-navigation within vanishing spaces and Gab’s attempt to find home amidst spaces that reject their existence. I aim to transform the cinema into a reimagined community where care is a priority.
Like Life, kids are innocent but never ignorant. Childhood is a place where fear is transformed, where wrongs are questioned, and where lies are rejected. Kids do feel. Kids do cry. Kids do hurt… just like us.
JT sings to "Sana" by Jolina Magdangal