Angela Lopez


Angela Lopez (she/her) is an Australian-born Filipino Producer based in Naarm/Melbourne. Occassionally, she is also a Production Designer and Director. Her work has been screened at esteemed film festivals including Tribeca Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival and SXSW Sydney. As a multi-disciplinary freelancer, her work spans from short to long-form narratives, music videos and branded campaigns, including credits on Apple TV+ limited series ‘Granite’.

Angela graduated with a Bachelor of Film and Television (Honours) from Swinburne University of Technology in 2023. In 2025, she founded the New East Collective, aiming to challenge the traditional trajectory of storytelling by platforming diasporic narratives. ‘TOMMY’, the first short film under the collective, is set to premiere in 2026. In her creative pursuits as a producer, she aims to explore the connection between high-quality outputs and the fostering of positive, collaborative working environments during production. 

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JANUARY
Short Film
2024

Semifinalists
Cannes Indie Shorts Awards 2025
Venezia Shorts 2025

Nominees
Indie Short Fest 2025 Written and Directed by Xin Ocean
Produced by Xin Ocean, Sally Long, Angela Lopez
Casting Xin Ocean
1st Assistant Director Angela Lopez
Line Producer Sinead Brown
Unit Manager Chelsey Catena
Cinematography by Tommy McMaster, Maddie Roux
Assistant Camera, DIT James Wajura
Edited by Stewart Arnott
Script Supervisor Lina Ly
Gaffer Daniel Tan
Best Person Edvard Christie
Sound Designer Andrew Dean
Music by Robbie Corbet
Sound Recordist Alex Christensen
Boom Operator Bea Brozek, Gonul Tuncel
Production Designer Nikko Guan
Art Director, Costume Designer MJ Kim
Production Design Assistant Violet Selwood-Thomas
Hair and Make-Up Artist Isobel Boekeman
Location Scout Xin Ocean
Production Runner Chelsey Catena, Kevin Twan
Florist Soya
Colourist Niklas Malkin
Colour by Crayon
Graphic Designer Sam Hayes
Rehearsals Facilitator Sinead Brown
Intimacy Coordinator Xin Ocean
Stills and Film Photography Poster Steph Reid
BTS Photography Kimberley Li
Credits Design Ella Boon
Special Thanks Offshoot Rentals, Crayon Starring

Kevin Khan as Noah
Amanda Ma as Jo
Charlie Di Stefano as Nick
Caitlin O’Farrell as Lisa
Isabella Mangano as Mia
Gabriel Cali as Matt

Nick’s Friends

Charlie Faubel
Markus Gavan
Lachie Thomson
Sinead Brown
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I live and work on the stolen country of the Wurundjeri People of the Koolin Nation.
I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Australia and pay my respect to Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded; this always was and always will be Aboriginal land.