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Thea Loo is producer and director from Vancouver BC. Her work has played at Sundance, Palm Springs ShortFest, CAAMFest and distributed on TIFF Digital Bell Lightbox.

She has produced multiple short films such as SMOKE EATER (Dir. Gloria Mercer), which premiered at the Whistler Film Festival 2022 and is available on CRAVE. Her latest short is the hybrid animated documentary BLUE GARDEN (Dir. Natalie Murao), which was selected for Telefilm Canada's Not Short on Talent program at Clermont-Ferrand 2022 and is streaming on CBC Gem. She has produced and directed her first feature documentary “Inay (Mama)” for Knowledge Network which premiered this August in New York at the Asian American International Film Festival. “Inay (Mama)” will broadcast on Knowledge January 2025.

Loo is an alumni of the Reelworld Producers Program, a cohort focused on developing BIPOC producing talent in Canada. Loo has two TV series projects and one narrative feature in development and recently participated in the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival’s Series Accelerator.