Filipino filmmaker Petersen Vargas is a graduate of the University of the Philippines Film Institute and an alumnus of the Asian Film Academy. His thesis short Geography Lessons won him Best Director at the Cinemalaya Film Festival. His feature debut 2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten was awarded Best Picture at Cinema One Originals and Audience Award at Torino LGBTQI Film Festival. He is currently part of the Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab (SEAFIC) this 2019.