Director | Screenwriter 

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*Currently in film festival circuit* 

Logline: A young woman discovers a hidden, locked door in her family home as she searches for her missing father. 

Festivals

• Popcorn Frights Film Festival | World Premiere | Miami, FL | 2024
• Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival | Best Student Film | Hot Springs, AR | 2024
• Tampa Bay Screams | Official Selection | Tampa, FL | 2024
• FilmGate Miami | Official Selection | Miami, FL | 2024
• Chicago Horror Film Festival | Official Selection | Chicago, IL | 2024
• HorrorHaus Film Festival | Official Selection | Los Angeles, CA | 2024
• Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival | Official Selection | Melbourne, Florida | 2024
• Atlanta Horror Film Festival | Official Selection | Atlanta, GA | 2024
• Halloweenapalooza | Official Selection | Ottumwa, IA | 2024
• Fargo Fantastic Film Festival | Official Selection | Fargo, ND | 2024
• Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival | Official Selection | Tampa, FL | 2024
• Central Florida Film Festival | Official Selection | Mount Dora, FL | 2024
• Poppy Jasper International Film Festival | Official Selection | Morgan Hill, CA | 2025
• FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival | Official Selection | Santiago, Chile | 2025
• Dam Short Film Festival | Official Selection | Boulder City, NV | 2025
• FLOW Film Festival | Best Low-Budget Short Film | Best First-Time Filmmaker | Best Sound Design | Sunrise, FL | 2025
• Gasparilla International Film Festival | Official Selection | Tampa, FL | 2025
• Sarasota Film Festival | Official Selection | Sarasota, FL | 2025
• Trinity Film Festival | Official Selection | Hartford, CT | 2025
• Fort Myers Film Festival | Official Selection | Fort Myers, FL | 2025

Press 

• Variety | 27th Annual Sarasota Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
• Fangoria | Exclusive: Here’s Popcorn Frights Third Wave Shorts Lineup Reveal
• Deco Drive | Genre movie showcase Popcorn Frights celebrates 10th anniversary with ‘free for all’ fest
• The Suncoast Post | Sarasota Film Festival Announces Full Program Slate for 27th Annual Edition

Writer & Director: Gabriel Lopez 
Producer: Milena Montero 

Annalisa: Mandy Mills 
John: Jordan Woods-Robinson
Ralph: Jim Edwards 
Francisco (Voice): Kasper Michaels 

First Assistant Director: Carly Jones
Second Assistant Director: Michaela Cowan
Second Second Assistant Director: Elise Woodard
Script Supervisor: Sam Russel 

Director of Photography: Almendra Kovac
First Assistant Camera: Xiang Li
Second Assistant Camera: Riley Moore
Digital Imaging Technician: Delaney Mann
Still Photographer: Celi Mitidieri 

Production Designer: Parker McGlothlin
Art Director: Violet DiCara
Carpenter: Ari Leonardi
Hair and Make-Up: Ali Weinberg
Set Dresser: Bella Shaffer
Set Dresser: Claire Simmons

Gaffer: Alejanda Cintrón Rivera
Best Electric: Andrew Lamm
Electrician: Beau Agrawal
Electrician: Claire Simmons 

Key Grip/Dolly Grip: Stanley Crenshaw 
Key Grip: Evan Nelson 
Best Grip: Alex Wilson 
Grip: Caleb Ard
Grip: Rodrigo Perez
Grip Truck: Sena Kwasi Amengor 

Editor: Xiang Li
Colorist: CJ Julian
Post Services: Away Team
Original Score: Brandon Wade 

Production Assistants
Abby Ronek
Alex Alfaro
Daniel Pacheco
David Reed
Kamela Flottemesch
Lar Ruiz de Velasco Alzaga
Lia McAnulty
Toni Chahwan

Sound Designer: Gabriel Lopez
Sound Mixer: Luis Antonio Godoy
Boom Operator: Danny Connolly
Foley Artist: Riley Cullather 

Graphic Designers 
David Scheele
Emma Stoecklein 

Motion Designer: Elizabeth Ditzler 

Faculty & Staff Advisors
Patrick G. Alexander
Matt Gissing
Sena Kwasi Amengor
Sheryl Haler
Nick Palladino
Troy Logan
Bradley Battersby
Mark Parry
Damon Maulucci
Kaylene Taylor
Derek Faust 

Shot on Location at
Lily Ingram Doll House 2002
Ringling College Studio Labs Stage B