petersen vargas is now back in what he does best—capturing longing in its purest form: hidden, tender, and trembling in the silence of what-ifs.
lisyun qng geografia (2014)
2 cool 2 be forgotten (2016)
how to die young in manila (2020)
some nights i feel like walking (2024)
‘Some Nights I Feel Like Walking' is coming to PH cinemas this August 27.
Written and directed by Petersen Vargas, film stars Miguel Odron, Jomari Angeles, Prince Argel Saycon, Gold Aceron, & Tommy Alejandrino. #SomeNightsIFeelLikeWalking
lonely souls. late night conversations. love and melancholy. knowing smiles. up dharma down playing on loop. doesn’t night feel like a different world?
⊹₊ ⋆ a thread of filipino films that feel like 2AM:
Kusaka is a Japanese scholar who wrote a book about moral politics in the PH. This is a fair & sobering warning in the morning after. How can the Duterte-as-martyr & Duterte-as-hero narratives be quelled in the run-up to 2028? The last thing we want is a Duterte win in 2028.
Trans people and their advocates have been saying for years that transphobia will easily be weaponized against cis and intersex women who don't conform to trad femininity, threatening all women in the process. And that's exactly what is happening