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Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti Announces 2025 Writers Fellowship Class
Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti has announced it 2025 Writers Fellowship class.
PEAK executive director and co-founder Kristian Fanene Schmidt said, “Dana has that gift of bringing out the best in people and she’s mentored so many of us for so long, including our new co-manager Bryson for example, so it’s really nice seeing all the different ways these relationships impact each individual and reinforce the work.” He added, “As far as the fellows go, we’re all very impressed with the caliber of their storytelling and their grit. After earning his graduate degree from USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, he shifted his focus from higher education – where he worked as an advisor and lecturer – to screenwriting, inspired by the storytelling power that drives the media industry. Pola currently serves as the social media manager and editor/writer at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and is directing his debut short film, “Tuimaseve,” which draws on his recent experience of receiving his high chief title from his family’s village of Satupaitea in Savai’i, Samoa in 2024.
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