Uncaged Productions · Los Angeles

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The official home of filmmaker, writer, director and producer Hila Cage Coppola.

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Upcoming Los Angeles screening · September 16, 2026

The Talk at Alliance of Women Directors Day


Los Angeles City Club · American International Short Film Festival
Official selection · Block B

Official AWD film program

01 · Selected work

A quiet beginning.
A devastating truth.

The Talk · Short drama

What are we really preparing our children for?

What begins as a soft, loving monologue slowly reveals the weight of systemic racism, personal loss and the fear every Black parent carries.

Written, directed and produced by Hila Cage Coppola, The Talk uses intimacy and restraint to move a familiar conversation from the street to a space meant for healing.

Writer / Director
Hila Cage Coppola
Producers
Hila Cage Coppola · Christina Cannarella
Key cast
Kareem Zion · Jazmin Garcia · Spencer McNish
Festival
Valley Film Festival 2025
Explore the film View on IMDb

02 · Books & writing

The work continues
off screen.

Children’s book · Author

BIG Mantras For Growing Chakras

A rhyming affirmation book created by a mother for young children, using rhythm, imagination and repeatable language to make courage, kindness and emotional awareness easier to practice.

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Anthology · Contributing author

Dear Younger Me: Letters from Powerful Women

Hila contributes “Softness Is Strength,” a personal letter about survival, self-trust and the authority a woman earns when she stops confusing hardness with power.

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03 · Recognition

Work recognized
on its own terms.

Academic awards

  1. All-USA Academic Team Member
  2. New Century Workforce Pathway Scholar
  3. World Impact Scholar

Academic team distinction

  1. All-California Academic First Team

Personal film awards

  1. Writing — Cactus AwardWorldwide Women’s Film Festival
  2. Best DirectorMomòhill Film Fair
  3. Best Director [F]iDEAL International Film Festival
  4. Best Female Director Short FilmFive Continents International Film Festival
  5. Best Screenplay in Short FilmBridge Fest
  6. Best First Time FilmmakerAsian Talent International Film Festival

04 · Hila Cage Coppola

Building a creative life
with intention.

“The goal isn’t just to tell stories. It’s to create space for something real to be felt.”

Hila Cage Coppola is an award-winning filmmaker, author, writer, director, producer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles.

Her work is rooted in emotional honesty and examines motherhood, inequity, resilience and the ways institutions shape intimate human experience.

Hila holds an MBA from New York University and brings a background in business, leadership and creative problem-solving to production. She continues to expand her craft across directing, producing, cinematography, sound and post-production.

Her creative trajectory is focused on women’s stories, maternal experience and films that invite audiences to feel complexity rather than reducing it to easy answers.

Official biography and filmography

05 · Contact & press

Let the work
begin the conversation.

For professional inquiries, verified credits and current materials, connect through Hila’s professional profile.

Connect on LinkedIn Read the Valley Star profile