Elaissa Bautista is a writer, filmmaker, and an aspiring archivist working under the pen name Kapelikula, a homage to her Batangueña roots, coffee obsession, and love for films.☕️
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Research: Commemorative Film Programming of Martial Law Film Archives
(2024-present)

Ang Pagtula Bilang Isang Proseso ng Shapeshifting
(Sanaysay, 2023)
Pagsulat ng Tula under Eugene Evasco

The Rats of the City
(Essay, 2022)
1st Place Life UPdates of LIKHAAN

I enjoy the company
of ghosts a little more than sometimes
(Poetry, 2022)
2nd Place Life UPdates of LIKHAAN

Rush Hour
(Ekphrasis, 2022)
Pagsulat ng Tula under Eugene Evasco

Kino Punch LAYA6 (Film Publication, 2021)
Editor-in-chief of the 6th edition of UP Cinema's Kino Punch

Selected Essays and Musings on Substack
(2023-present)

Zine: Wika ng Pagpepelikula
(2024)

"...Katulad ng Maynila, ang bawat sulok ng mga tula ko ay marumi, maingay,
at malibog ngunit hindi nauubusan ng sorpresa, pag-ibig, at pakikibaka."
-excerpt from Ang Pagtula Bilang Isang Porma
ng Shapeshifting, 2023

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from The Rats of the City (2023) dir. Elaissa Bautista | DOP: EJ Navarro
from The Rats of the City (2023) dir. Elaissa Bautista | DOP: EJ Navarro
from The Rats of the City (2023) dir. Elaissa Bautista | DOP: EJ Navarro