CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) and Janet Yang Productions) has finally selected the grant winners of the Julia S. Gouw Short Film Challenge for Asian American and Pacific Islander Women or Non-Binary Filmmakers. T
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CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), the go-to organization for any and all Asian and Pacific Islander-related matters in Hollywood, today announced RADIANCE, an event celebrating the achievements of API Women and Non-Binary luminaries in entertainment. The inaugural RADIANCE event will be held Tuesday, March 21 at The Ebell in Los Angeles, which is itself an educational and philanthropic organization founded by women, for women in 1894.
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Celebrating ten years of developing emerging writers, CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) has selected its latest CAPE New Writers Fellowship class. The Fellowhip is the premier non-studio professional development program that trains emerging writers to succeed in Hollywood.
The Fellowship has one of the highest track records in the industry and boasts graduates who have been staffed on over 50 shows across all major network, cable, and streaming platforms in addition to those who have signed overall deals.
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CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), the leading film and television industry organization for Asian and Pacific Islanders, has found their inaugural class for their new program, the CAPE Animation Directors Accelerator (CADA) powered by Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). The CAPE Animation Directors Accelerator aims to equip animators on-the-cusp of leadership positions with the skills, mentorship, and professional network needed to break the ceiling in feature film and episodic animation.
For the inaugural year, the studio-agnostic program will take place virtually where the selected rising animation directors and leaders will hone both their artistic and leadership skills through a series of panels, workshops, and master classes from high-level executives, producers, and creatives in the animation industry. The Fellowship is co-chaired by Justinian Huang (VP, Creative, Sony Pictures Animation) and Michelle Wong (Producer, Vivo).
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CAPE celebrates the graduation of 2021 Class of executives selected for its fifth annual CAPE Leaders Fellowship, a coveted industry-leading accelerator that equips rising creative executives with the skills and professional network to break into the VP ranks and beyond. For the first time ever in the fellowship, the Class of 2021 consisted of all women: Christina Raquel (Director, Development, Film, Outlier Society); Emily Furutani (Director, Comedy Development, Universal Television); Evelyn Hu (Manager, Scripted Series - Spectacle & Event TV, Netflix); Janice Lee (Manager, Original Independent Film, Netflix); Mahak Jiwani | Manager, Scripted Content, Jigsaw Productions; Sam Campos (Manager, Drama Development, ABC Entertainment); Wendy Chuong (Manager, Original Series, Netflix).
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Los Angeles, CA – CAPE has opened submissions for the 2022 cycle of its CAPE New Writers Fellowship, marking 10 years for the program in developing emerging screenwriters in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. With the box office success of films like Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, representation behind-the-scenes is as important as ever.
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CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), the premier non-profit organization creating opportunities and driving success for Asian and Pacific Islanders in Hollywood for the past 30 years, is setting its sights on Animation. CAPE’s Board Chair Sanjay Sharma and Executive Director Michelle K. Sugihara announced today the CAPE Animation Directors Accelerator, a new initiative to identify and train the next generation of animation leaders, powered by Sony Pictures Entertainment, parent company of animation titan Sony Pictures Animation. Submissions open on September 1 and continue through September 30, with Sony Pictures Entertainment covering application fees for this inaugural year.
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