Directing
Community Rating
7.3
TMDB estimate
Born in
Olongapo City, Zambales, Philippines
Kayla Abuda Galang is a filmmaker based in Austin, Texas, drawing from the humor and details of her communities, surroundings, memory, and the television that raised her. Her short film, When You Left Me On That Boulevard, won the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. She was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, received the Ani ng Dangal from the National Commission for Culture and Arts of the Philippines, and joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a voting member in the Short Films Branch. She works as a video producer at the University of Texas.
Shirt Orders with Rory Blank
as Editor
TBA
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An Ongoing List of Things Found in the Library Book Drop, Usually Being Used as Bookmarks
as Writer, Director, Editor
2025
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Rent Free
as Evie
2024
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When You Left Me on That Boulevard
as Director, Screenplay
2023
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Learning Tagalog with Kayla
as Kayla, Cinematography, Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer
2021
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Joan On The Phone
as Director, Writer, Editor
2016
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Papa
as Director, Editor, Cinematography
2013
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