Born in Pampanga, Philippines, Petersen VARGAS is a Filipino filmmaker based in Manila. He′s an alumnus of the Asian Film Academy (2018) and a cum laude graduate with a special mention in Narrative Filmmaking from the University of the Philippines Film Institute (2014). His thesis film Geography Lessons (2014) won Best Direction at Cinemalaya. His feature debut 2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten (2016) won Best Picture at Cinema One Originals, Best First Feature at the Young Critics Circle Awards and Audience Award at Torino LGBTQI Film Festival. His second feature in development, Some Nights I Feel Like Walking, won the SEAFIC Award at the Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab.