Roland Cartagena (b. 1998, Zamboanga) is a Filipino filmmaker and artist based in Metro Manila, Philippines. He studied at the University of the Philippines Film Institute and completed his bachelor’s degree at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Primarily working with short form, Cartagena’s practice spans film, animation, and video art. His works, bound together by an emphasis on concept, imagery, and experimentation, deal with wide-ranging subjects interpreted in ways that reframe the familiar.