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CAPE and Janet Yang Announce Grantees for Short Film Challenge for API Women and Nonbinary Filmmakers
CAPE and Janet Yang productions have named the Grantees for the Short Film Challenge for API Women and Non-Binary Filmmakers.
Michelle K. Sugihara, executive director of CAPE, said, “This year’s cohort of finalists and winners are incredibly strong, and I am excited to see where all of their careers go from here as they continue this program’s legacy.” Outside of the grantees, a special Honorable Mention also goes to Seeret Singh, a New York-born, L.A.-based Punjabi-Sikh actor-writer-director with a penchant for comedy, for her submitted project “Good Indian Girl.” Her past films have screened in museums, universities and festivals internationally. The 2024 jury, comprised of all-women Asian and Pacific Islander industry professionals, includes Elsie Choi-Pletts (EVP, head of scripted TV; CJ ENM America), Geeta Malik (director; India Sweets & Spices), Jeyun Choi Munford (president; Hisako), Iram Parveen Bilal (director; Wakhri: One of a Kind), Katie Leung (“Bridgerton”), The Legend of Baron To’a Producer Kerry Warkia (producer, Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions), Naomi Scott (Great Scott Productions), Niti Shah (senior executive of talent development, talent acquisition and strategy; Inclusion, Equity, Belonging & Diversity Advocate; Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences), CAA Motion Picture Agent Rowena Arguelles, cinematographer Sandra Valde-Hansen (“The Summer I Turned Pretty”), Urooj Sharif (vp of original programming at Showtime).
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