Celeste Lapida

Directing

Celeste Lapida

Born 1999-11-24

Celeste Lapida (they/she) is a filmmaker and performance artist from Manila. They are devoted to telling stories of the reimagined queer experience, presenting their characters in situations they best can look out for each other and placing at the center of both their films and performances, gender and the expression of femininity. She has held a passion for visual arts the moment she started listening to women. In 2016, she co-wrote and co-directed her first short CONTESTANT #4 which premiered in OUTFEST, Lovers Film Festival, Shanghai Queer Film Festival, and QCinema International Film Festival.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Grand Gestures poster
2.0

John flies home to furniture in one corner, the dining table arranged for guests, and their bedrooms removed of its function– he comes home to his father’s funeral. With his mom Leia, they learn how to put together what was removed and rearranged.

Grand Gestures

2020

Somewhere a Destination poster
NR

There can be glimpses of what feels rewarding. A recognition that something feels right, finally, brings this reward. When a body looks around a space and notices all the wrong things about it, in its rigidness and straight lines, a body starts to desire.

Somewhere a Destination

2021

Taking my Time to Dance poster
NR

Something seems to be preparing Rana. It appears after spending the day with their grandmother and their friend Saada. In the afternoon, as a hopeful gesture, after getting in drag for the first time. Rana comes home from a night of clubbing (plus getting a new mole), and finally gets to dance.

Taking my Time to Dance

2024

Taking my Time to Dance poster
NR

Something seems to be preparing Rana. It appears after spending the day with their grandmother and their friend Saada. In the afternoon, as a hopeful gesture, after getting in drag for the first time. Rana comes home from a night of clubbing (plus getting a new mole), and finally gets to dance.

Taking my Time to Dance

2024

Taking my Time to Dance poster
NR

Something seems to be preparing Rana. It appears after spending the day with their grandmother and their friend Saada. In the afternoon, as a hopeful gesture, after getting in drag for the first time. Rana comes home from a night of clubbing (plus getting a new mole), and finally gets to dance.

Taking my Time to Dance

2024