Petersen Vargas

In the seedy underbelly of Manila, teenage runaway Zion links up with a group of queer street hustlers who lead him on a heated journey of self-discovery in the tempting and dangerous nocturnal city.

An introverted teenage boy lies to his parents that he'd sleep over at his friends'. However, he made an appointment with a random guy found on a dating app. The street is filled with dead hustlers, but nobody seems to notice these strange occurrences.

After a heartless firing triggers a chain of unfortunate events, Philo plots a meticulous revenge against retail mogul, Mother Molly, aiming to dismantle her empire and seize the ultimate payback. This time, there is no mercy.

A middle-aged gay couple resign themselves to a cheap motel in the midst of Manila's Christmas nighttime rush. Later, a lost present is found in the hands of a younger, mysterious stranger.

Billie, a teenage rock star, moves to the province and meets Emma, a model and almost the perfect example of a good daughter. Together, they go through the experience of first love.

Teenager Henry begins longing for another life when he visits a mansion's construction site to seek compensation for his older brother's work injury.

Felix is a friendless achiever in high school whose life changes after the arrival of the half-American Snyder brothers, entangling him in their dark ambitions.

Two years after their breakup, a Bicolano chef on the rise reunites with his ex- girlfriend who is back in the province for a brief work visit. Still feeling bitter about their breakup, he tries to seduce her to ruin her engagement, only to find himself falling for her once more.

A series of mysterious hand-illustrated postcards take a young woman on a journey throughout the Philippines in search of its anonymous writer.

Aside from being the brains of Filipino lesbian anthology Tibok, The Heartbeat of the Filipino Lesbian back in 1998, Anna Leah remains to be a strong force in the women’s and LGBT movement up to this day. She held several leaderships positions and has founded various organizations and platforms that empower women, the youth and LGBT. She is also a super mom to her kids and a cool grandma to her grandchildren.

A mother tells her young son that his grandfather has turned into a goat in order to cover up the grandfather's death.

It took a hundred queer years for Lola Perla to be finally recognized by a government that never really took notice of the likes of her. But that’s okay, because along with the president’s anti-climactic, and in many ways, almost insincere recognition is a fat envelope containing Php100,000 (USD$2,000). For Perla, this is more than enough money to transcend her idea of a lifetime legacy. Today is the day Lola Perla confronts her long-standing personal covenant: to bail an ex-lover’s son out of jail. Meeting fifty-someting Nanding transforms into a reunion, then, a communion of her present self, with an old love.

A boy is troubled by bullies at school, until he finds a reason to finally break his silence.

Tin is a young woman who is able to see her mother’s ghost (Ima) since she was little. As she wakes up in their provincial mansion, alone, Tin realizes that it is the day of her Dad’s death anniversary. She gets a mysterious visit from her boyfriend Ollie, the same day her brother JD calls her to announce that he is moving her out of their house. Despite their disagreement, JD visits Tin, and Tin must make the choice to finally move out–away from the house that started her grief.

Two young lovers agree to a casual relationship, but this convenient arrangement grows complicated as their romance reaches an expiration date.

A lonely queer soul in their early sixties, long devoted to their family’s well-being, is stirred to face the love they once turned away from after a chance encounter at a cemetery.

Harold a shy college student from the province who develops a close bond and a secret love for his friend AM, a rich city girl who is passionate about her dreams. Because of their contrasting personalities, Harold is disillusioned and AM is idealistic and complications in their personal lives, the two never get past the “more than friends but less than lovers” stage and eventually separate. Now reunited after five years, AM and Harold spend fleeting hours wandering around their old haunts and wondering about their old selves, making Harold’s next-day flight the biggest “what if” of their lives.

Set in Marinduque in the year 2004, this story is about a lively young girl named Jenna, who longs to play piko (hopscotch) outside. However, her plan gets canceled because of a sudden heavy rainfall.

A boy and girl meet in the middle of a public cemetery for the first time.

Torn between bailing out her boyfriend and reaffirming her body, a trans woman chooses the world.

Before leaving Pampanga for good, Tib Apostol finds himself looking for his best friend Tric Torres back in high school. Guided by a map his best friend made for him, Tib attempts to visit each place around his hometown to retrace memories of his friendship with Tric.

Rome and Ethan have been together for 14 years. He is the love of her life, and she is his number one supporter. They are each other's firsts, and to their friends, they are the perfect couple. When the two begin to feel that their relationship has gone stale, they explore the idea of going open. It's something Ethan wants to do and it's the only way Rome feels she can do to keep her man. They agree that they are allowed to have sex with strangers, but they are not allowed to fall in love. In a relationship built over time, the two begin to "explore" expecting to salvage the exact same thing they are giving up. In the end, they learn the importance of the very thing that they have been blind to–a relationship without trust will eventually crumble.

A six year old girl gets lost in a cemetery in her mother's hometown. Despite the language barrier, a local stranger helps her find her way back home.

Jay-jay, the only girl in the mischievous Section E, hopes for a fresh start in high school but quickly becomes the target of her rowdy male classmates' pranks and schemes to make her leave. Dubbed their "Mutya" (muse), she fights back with wit and charm, turning the tables on her tormentors. Amidst the chaos, unexpected friendships blossom, and hilarious misunderstandings lead to heart-fluttering moments. Can Jay-jay survive the madness of Section E, or will she win over their hearts instead?

Mico’s online quiz night takes an unexpected turn when Xavier, the popular basketball player, joins and insults him and his friends. What starts as a rocky encounter leads to circumstances that change both their lives forever.

A young gay man in Manila accidentally ends up joining an older group of friends when he gets the wrong address on a Grindr hook-up. In a way, it’s a coming of age story and it’s also a story about friendship, about love, and about navigating the complexities of being young and gay in Manila.