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EXCLUSIVE: The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and Janet Yang Productions announced the four winners of the inaugural Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge, which awards a $15,000 production grant to four AAPI women or non-binary filmmakers. Selected from a pool of over 400 applicants, four grantees will be…

The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) celebrates the tenth anniversary of their New Writers Fellowship Program by ushering in a class of seven writers. The New Writers Fellowship Program is a non-studio professional development program that trains emerging writers to succeed in Hollywood. The program…

Gemma Chan, Tony Leung, Flee, Drive My Car helmer Ryusuke Hamaguchi are among the Asian filmmakers and talent receiving kudos for their work in the past year with Gold House and CAPE’s 2022 Gold List. Now in its second year, the Gold List seeks to honor the most outstanding Asian and Pacific Islander achievements in…

EXCLUSIVE: The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and Janet Yang Productions today announced that they’re partnering for a new Short Film Challenge, which will provide production grants of $15,000 to four AAPI women or non-binary filmmakers. Those looking to take part in the inaugural challenge supported by…

The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment has awarded Iram Parveen Bilal a grant that will support production on her next feature, Wakhri (One Of A Kind). The film slated for production in 2022 tells the story of a female Pakistani social media star who vows to change the status quo by craftily using her…

In collaboration with CAPE, The Black List today announced the ten scripts selected for the third annual CAPE List, highlighting scripts centered on diverse Asian and Pacific Islander characters and experiences from writers from Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Eligible writers were able to submit their scripts…

EXCLUSIVE: Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) celebrates the all-female 2021 graduating class of creative executives of their fifth annual CAPE Leaders Fellowship, a selective incubator to equip the next generation of creative executives with the skills and professional network to break into the VP…

EXCLUSIVE: The Asian and Asian American community in the country has had a rough couple of weeks. One could also argue they have had a rough couple of years — or even decades — since the first Asian set foot on the soil of America. Nonetheless, now is the time for authentic, humanizing representation of Asian and…

Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) has revealed its newly elected Board of Directors as well as Sanjay Sharma, Founder & CEO of Marginal Mediaworks, as the new Board Chair. The film and TV organization has also announced their open call for the CAPE Leaders Fellowship, an accelerator for Asian…

As Asian Pacific American Heritage Month comes to a close, Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) and The Black List have unveiled the 10 features and 10 pilots for the second annual CAPE List, a survey of Hollywood executives’ favorite unproduced screenplays. The CAPE List includes a curated list of…

EXCLUSIVE: CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) has launched it its third annual CAPE Leaders Fellowship, a signature program to propel junior executives to the senior ranks and has unveiled its industry executive partners. The program continues CAPE’s push for inclusion and focuses on the gatekeepers…

EXCLUSIVE: The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) and Franklin Leonard’s The Black List are teaming up for the CAPE List, a curated list of the 12 most promising unmade film scripts centering on Asian Pacific characters and experiences. The partnership, which is a fitting announcement for Asian…