Sundance Institute and Golden House We’ve identified 10 beneficiaries of the One House Filmmakers Fund.

The fund is designed to provide unrestricted funding, educational support, and support to filmmakers from historically underrepresented communities.

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The 10 filmmakers are Pierre Coleman (“Ricky”), Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan (“Hum”), Colette Ghunim (“Traces of Home”), Julia Kennelly (“Clare”) Sofian Khan (“Karachi Sky”) and Naomi Ko It consists of . (“Marry a Korean”), April Maxey (“Labor”), John Sutter (“Planet A”), Angela Tucker (“Inquisitor”) and Jing Wang (“Ride with Delivery Workers”).

The news was announced on Saturday, October 26, at the One House Filmmakers Fund Soiree, hosted by the Sundance Institute, Gold House and the East West Bank Foundation. The event also featured a special pitch session where 10 filmmakers were given a special opportunity. promote their projects to financiers and distributors.

“We are proud to partner with Gold House and Sundance Institute to support the One House Filmmakers Fund,” said Dominic Ng, president and CEO of East West Bank. “By embracing diverse perspectives and narratives, we enrich our collective innovation and create a more inclusive environment where new ideas can thrive.” We create an environment.” “Celebrating diverse cultural experiences, whether in entertainment or business, not only expands the market base but also builds stronger, more empathetic connections across communities, laying the foundation for everyone to reach further,” Ng continued.

Christine Yi, general partner of the Gold House Creative Equity Fund, added: “The One House Filmmakers Fund powers the stories that create a tomorrow for everyone. The Sundance Institute, East West, will provide the critical funding, mentoring and support needed to bring these stories to light.” We are honored to partner with the Sheria Foundation, Blackhouse, GLAAD, Latinx House, and the NAACP Hollywood Bureau.

UCLA’s annual Hollywood Diversity Report showed the demand for diverse storytelling. However, while there has been progress on-camera—on-camera BIPOC representation in film leads and total cast members reaching or exceeding proportional representation in 2023 (45% and 48%, respectively)—there are still clear gaps in representation behind the camera. Less than 1 in 3 of broadcast film directors and writers identify as BIPOC. The same trends exist for women: Less than a third of broadcast film directors and less than half of writers are women.

Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, institute grants director at the Sundance Institute, said: “We are thrilled to announce the ten filmmakers selected for the second year of the Sundance Institute | One House Filmmakers Fund. Working across fiction and nonfiction, these inspiring artists reflect the rich diversity of storytelling that drives our industry forward. With the generous support of Gold House, we are proud to continue our shared commitment to elevating underrepresented voices and providing a platform for these filmmakers to explore bold, original narratives that resonate around the world. Their work speaks to the transformative power of film, and we can’t wait to see the impact their stories will have on audiences around the world.

The Sundance Institute and Gold House, with curatorial support from a collective of multicultural organizations, launched the One House Filmmakers Fund earlier this year to address the gap in diverse storytelling. The opening group of 10 filmmakers includes Arun Bhattarai, whose documentary “Agent of Happiness” premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, and Jalena Keane-Lee, whose film “Standing Above The Clouds” premiered at Hot Docs this year, earning her an award took it. He is among Paper Magazine’s Top 5 Asian Creatives to Know.

The One House Filmmakers Fund continues Gold House’s mission to empower the Asia Pacific diaspora and multicultural partners to power tomorrows for all. At next year’s Sundance Film Festival, Gold House, along with Daniel Dae Kim’s 3AD and TAAF, will participate in the annual Multicultural Dinner, which brings together the official pan-AAPI “Sunrise House” as well as various multicultural organizations based at Sundance. will also host. Among other multicultural creative alliance, investment and promotional efforts A Home Toasts at major entertainment awards, including the Oscars and Emmys; One House Open, which promotes the opening weekend success of multicultural films; and the One House Leadership Coalition is closing the leadership gap by filling more than 60 board seats with diverse candidates.

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