Roxana Chapela is a multiple-award-winning Mexican/Canadian filmmaker. An architect with a certificate in Fine Arts and a diploma in Permaculture Design, she has spent the past 22 years of her professional journey working in film and theater. Her set design credits span a wide range of projects, including FLASH, CONTINUUM, DC LEGENDS, HIVE 3: CULTURAL OLYMPIAD 2010, and LA CASA DEL TEATRO MEXICO, among others. Roxana has also collaborated with world-renowned directors, such as Steven Soderbergh on CHE, and served as Production Designer for the award-winning web series THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LA VIDA LOCA, which led to her winning an award for Best Production Design for the film LOS TRASHUMANTES. Her most recent work as Production Designer is for the National Film Board of Canada's IN THE ROOM, directed by Brishkay Ahmed.
She is also a celebrated director with a string of awards for her short documentaries, including UPCYCLERS: FASHION’S CLIMATE FRONTLINERS, THE PEACEFUL REVOLUTION, and SASHIKO: AS CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY. Chapela received a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to develop the script for her first feature film as a director, FEMININE: A REDEMPTION TALE, which was also part of the script development program at the 2023 Female Eye Film Festival.
Last but not least, she has served as the lead of the film committee and curator for the Sustainable Film Festival Vida Vert in San Francisco (2021/2022). Additionally, she was the Production Design Lead instructor at Infocus Film School (2022/2024), where she inspired a new wave of independent filmmakers.
