The Core Team
This is our core team with offices located in Los Angeles, California; London, United Kingdom.​
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Founder/Creative Director
Lisa K. Crosato
Los Angeles Office
Lisa K. Crosato is an award-winning actress, writer, and producer whose work has graced the global stage, including Cannes and the Toronto International Film Festival. Based in Los Angeles and originally from Vancouver, Canada. Lisa has had both starring and supporting roles in over 30 independent films and television projects. Lisa has several projects in development including a crime thriller she wrote about infamous female serial killer, Sheila LaBarre which won Your Script Produced, Best Script and Exceptional Achievement Award in the Multi Dimension Film Festival and was a semi-finalist at the Oscar qualifying Rhode Island Film Festival.
With a powerful presence both in front of and behind the camera, Lisa continues to expand her creative impact and is preparing to work on several exciting independent films in 2026 including the upcoming feature film MOONSEED, a thriller which will be shot in LA and the feature drama BROKEN BROTHERS about the dark realities of the aftermath of war.
Lisa successfully founded City of Angels Film Festival which is one of LA's most respected festivals and is in the top 1% Best Reviewed film festivals in the world and continues to attract exceptional filmmakers, writers and artists from around the globe. COAFF has been mentioned in Forbes magazine, Variety, Deadline Hollywood and recently in British Cinematographer. The festival is sponsored by Panavision, Apropos Productions UK, and recently partnered with the United Nations Association of Los Angeles
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International Producer
Paul Dubois
London Office
Paul is a British Canadian Producer based in the UK specialising in short films. Over the past decade Paul has produced and worked closely with new and established filmmakers including the following projects: the documentary PEMÓN by Brandon Pestano (BFI/Doc Society: winner of Best International Documentary, Buenos Aires Film Festival), DING-DING, NEXT? by Alexander McKenzie & India Plummer (Screen South/BBC Creatives: winner Berlin Flash Film Festival), Alice Trueman’s JAS (Red Rock Production Award), Eleanor Dolan’s READY OR NOT (Screen South/C4 Random Acts, Best Micro Film, NRFF), Joshua Kerr’s FLY HOME (Super 8s Cannes & World 25 winner) and for trans director/actor Jake Graf’s COCKTALE & XY (Iris Prize Nominee). Paul has produced numerous online series, including the award winning comedy series #HONESTY by Niall Bishop and Ruggero Dalla Santa and A QUICK FORTUNE by Erin Hunter and James Gavigan. Paul was also the Co-Producer of the feature film DARK SIGNAL (Netflix USA, SKY Cinema & Kaleidoscope) by Edward Evers-Swindell with James Cosmos and Exec. Produced by Neill Marshall. For further information about Paul’s film projects, please visit https://www.aproposltd.net/films

International Co-ordinator/Marketing Team/Media Team
Julita Litkowiec
London Office
Julita Litkowiec is an English and Media teacher, photographer, editor, and writer (of scripts, short stories, books, and poetry) based in the United Kingdom, originally from Lubycza Krolewska, a small city in Poland. Julita is deeply passionate about the arts of literature, storytelling, and filmmaking.
Julita gained her marketing, filmmaking, and screenwriting knowledge at Luton Sixth Form College (Luton, United Kingdom) during her studies before going off to university. She utilized and further expanded her marketing knowledge as a former European Union Student Careers Ambassador for her university, the Academy of Zamosc (Zamosc, Poland). She was a speaker during an international conference between the Academy of Zamosc and the University of Padova/Padua (Italy). The conference was titled From Padua in the South to Padua in the North and covered a range of topics including Professor Fiona Dalziel's (University of Padova), “Learning Languages Through Drama: Experiences at the University of Padova.”
Julita's first feature-length original script Always & Forever - A Tale of Timeless Love has been selected as an Official Selection for the 2024 season of City of Angels Film Festival. Julita continues to tell stories through her writing projects, including scripts.
Media Team
Jenna Westfall
Los Angeles Office
Jenna is one of our media team coordinators, she helps with film/media editing for our social media marketing and is always on the lookout for sponsors! This year 2024, she will graduate from Quinnipiac University with her Master’s, studying Cinematic Production Management. Jenna hopes to become a director and/or producer, combined with her passion of post-production one day. Her studies and experiences involve studying abroad to work for the Cannes Film Festival 2023, and worked for a production company in Los Angeles, California, 2023. Currently, she lives on the East Coast, and is also working for A&E Network as a PA. Jenna is a big advocate for female empowerment, inclusion, and fair representation within the film and T.V. industry. She is proud to be a part of women in film and T.V, while being a member of the City of Angel’s Media Team!
