
In Case You Forgot to Return
producer, director, writer
2021 | 7 mins. | digital | filipino | color | 1.43:1
synopsis
When his beloved daughter runs away with an engkanto, a supernatural entity, a lonely old man attempts to summon his daughter back home through her favorite dish, but his attempt proves futile, which leaves him resorting to an extreme choice: offering himself.
director's statement
There are stories that our family is cursed with supernatural power. It is a generational curse that’s been passed down through a white stone that’s swallowed by the ‘chosen one’. My grandfather is one of them. When he was a kid, he was physically unconscious for a short period of time believing an unseen entity is attracted to him and wants to get him. But his cousins, with the help of his deceased mother’s ghost, helped to bring him back. It’s a story I couldn’t easily believe. Until my father sees things I don’t see. Until my sister sees them too.
Is this madness? Is this real? Or is it important to prove the existence of these stories if they live in the collective consciousness of some people? This film is an examination of humans in their state of extreme longing. It is when madness infests our whole being, infiltrating our logic and reason causing us to jeopardize our capacity to identify what’s real and unreal.
awards and nominations
Official Selection, Gawad Alternatibo 2022 — Philippines
Official Selection, Diwa Filipino Film Festival — Seattle, USA
Official Selection, Asia Rising — Singapore
Official Selection, International Folklore Film Festival 2022 — India
Amihanan Shorts, Oroquieta Film Festival 2021 — Philippines
Official Selection, BINISAYA 2021 Horizons — Philippines
Best Film, CineKabalen Culinary Cinema 2021 — Philippines
credits
producer, director, writer, cinematographer, sound designer, and editor
JT Trinidad
executive producer
Chona Trinidad
cast
Tomas Trinidad II
Cyril Mae Trinidad
subtitle
Broz Domingo
thanks
Broz Domingo
EJ Gagui
Benita Lorenzo
Natividad Riosa
Ma. Sophia Sibal
press kit available upon request. jtrtrinidad@gmail.com

