DIRECTED BY JT TRINIDAD
PRODUCED BY GALE OSORIO, MA. SOPHIA SIBAL

SYNOPSIS

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 sprawling city.

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FESTIVALS • SCREENINGS • AWARDS

Official Selection, CinemAsia Film Festival 2025 
Official Selection, Experimenta 2024 
Jury Prize, Berlin NewGen Chinese Film Festival 
Best Narrative Short, San Diego Filipino Film Festival 
Official Selection, Seashorts Film Festival 
Closing Film, Kuan Du Film Festival 
Official Selection, BFI London Film Festival 
Official Selection, Taiwan International Queer Film Festival 
Official Selection, Summer Shorts Film Festival 
Official Selection, Kota Kinabalu Film Festival 
Exhibition, Northern Luzon Pride  
Exhibition, Northwest Film Forum 
Exhibition, The Burning House  
Official Selection, Espacio Queer Film Festival 
May 2024 Lineup, The Criterion Channel 
Lolly Award, XPOSED Queer Film Festival 
Official Selection, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
Best Narrative (Student), National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Solo Exhibition, Tarzeer Pictures 
Official Selection, Queer East 
Official Selection, Tampere Film Festival 2024 
Official Selection, Spokane International Film Festival 2024
Best Short Film, Singapore International Film Festival 2023 
Special Mention, Emerald Romero, Singapore International Film Festival 2023 
LGBTQ Shorts, QCinema International Film Festival 2023 
Students Award, JOGJA-NETPAC Asian Film Festival  
Archipelago Rising, Lutas Film Festival 2023 
Closing Film, BINISAYA Film Festival 2023 
Official Selection, Kaohsiung Film Festival 2023 
Archipelago Rising, Cineanimo Film Festival 2023 
Archipelago Rising, Cinemint Film Festival 2023 
Official Selection, Cinema Rehiyon 2023 
Gender Sensitivity Award, QCinema International Film Festival 2022 
Finalist, GoWatch Film Lab: The Greenlight Pitch Competition 
Featured in Best Filipino Films of 2022, CNN Life Philippines 
Winner, Favorite Short Film, Philippine Film Fan Awards 2022