Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti unveiled the second group of the annual Peak Writers Fellowship.
The Benjamin Paula, Penji Molly, La Lassi, Lauren Tokomalati and Konrad Lesilahi.
With the support of Netflix, the fellowship determines and supports five emerging books who create stories from Pacific Press (the People of the Pacific Islands) while launching their career on TV. Founded by the co -founder of the founder, director, screenwriter and conditions, Dana Ledoux Miller and its director by the program manager and screenwriter Bryson Chun, the initiative is still the only program to write in Hollywood, which was created by the story of Pasifika.
The fellowship was organized to direct the emerging writers to secure the first employees in writing roles. Each participant will be matched with experienced industry teacher to help raise original text programs to polished professional samples. Fellows participate in a series of panels and conversations with the leading voices in movies and television, providing them with the tools and visions necessary for prosperity in the field of entertainment.
Fellows will get a guidance from Migizi Pensoneau (“Descense Dogs”, “Alien: Earth”), Dre Ryan (“Lady in the Lake”), Elsie Choi (CJ Enm America/Studio Dragon Global) and Alex Lazarown (“Resident alien”) and Jody Lambert (“People like us”).
“Dana has this gift represented in providing the best of people, and she has made many of us for a long time, including the new coach, Praison, for example, so it is really good to see all the different ways that these relationships affect each individual and enhance work,” said Cristian Vanna Schmidt. He added: “As far as colleagues go, we are all very impressed with the caliber of the story of the stories and their lover. They are a reminder of the extent of our future promise.”
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Benjamin Paula – “kinship”
When a teenager in Samoa is dropped to live with his Mormon uncle, he depends on his magic, the undeniable and grandmother’s rides or grandmother to survive in his new home.
Pola is a proud Sāmoan writer from Long Beach, California. After obtaining a graduate degree from the Annberg School at the University of Southern California Telecom and Press, on his focus from higher education – where he worked as a consultant and lecturer – to write the script, which is inspired by the power of telling stories that drive the media industry. Paula is currently the position of social media director and editor/writer at the USC School of Film Arts, and directs his first short movie, “Tuimaseve”, who relies on his recent experience in obtaining the title of high president from his family village in Satupaitea in Savai’i, Samoa in 2024. The film will return to Asian Asian festivals Asian as a s slica from a sicaive as a sicail (AWC) Fellowship.
Pingi Moli – “North Shore”
The Qualay family, the heirs of the last territories in Hawaii, which Hawaii did not touch on the northern beach, practices strong shipping empires to defend their grandparents against the uncompromising external forces, including land developers, the American government, and global crime participation, who seek to claim what it was before the transformation, but when there is an experimental act for the crime, they melt, and they melt, They solve. And betrayal to protect their legacy at any cost.
Molly is the writer, director, actor and performance in America, the first generation in Los Angeles. He has benefited from a former first -class soccer player and a lifetime combat artist, and he benefited from his sporting background to storm the industry through exciting works, with credits including “Fast & Furious Prests: Hobbs & Shaw”, and “The Accountant 2.” He wrote, directed, and he starred in his first short movie “Va’a” The Pixience Beheen “, which was first shown at the Hawaiian International Film Festival and will make the first show in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Asia Festival.
Ciara Lacey – “Pet Psychic”
It hangs itself with acute and hesitant pets-which she prefers to leave her alone-is attached to the translation of the anxiety of nerve pets in Brooklyn and their most disintegrated owners, all while taking care of her daily work in a sophisticated boutique that is certainly not allowed for animals.
LACY movies in Sundance and Berlinale also showed on platforms including Netflix, PBS, ABC, Al Jazerera and the Criterion Group. It is worth noting that she is the colleague of the Sandans Opening Institute Meta and her work is supported by Sandans, Tribua, Princess Grace Foundation, the original arts and cultures Foundation, the Mac Arthur Foundation, the Pacific Island in Communications, and the media. Whether the content you are working on is direct work, animation, documentaries, imagination, short length or feature, CIARA aims to formulate stories that feel immediate, personal and revelation.
Lauren toʻomalatai – “The Moana Guild”
After the death of her mother, Ruth FAʻATASI finds herself a reassuring recruiter of a secret ocean association in Oʻahu not only provides her answers to the past of her mother, but also carries facts about herself that she never imagined.
Toʻomalatai is a film director and programmer born in Caoko, Hawaii and grew up in West Valley City, Utah. She is currently working as a main programmer for the Māsima Film Festival, which she participated in its founding in 2019 with the Solt Lake Film Association under the YouTah Pacific Island Film series. Māsima specifically focuses on supporting and displaying the Pacific Island and directors. As a writer, she was chosen to participate in the IMAGINANATIVE 2021 script laboratories where she completed the original horror scenario, “Blow in the Bowl”.
Conrad Lesylehi – “Al -Waha, please hold”
For guests, it is a dream leave. For employees? It is just another shift in the longest display on the ground: hospitality.
Lihilihi uses the type to explore culture and social issues. Its use of comedy and horror provides a new and attractive perspective about cultural experiences. The prominent projects include the Smithsonian Docu-Series series “Language of a Nation” and Comeda Comedy for TUNTADUN FILMS YouTube. It is currently an assistant editor in Warner Brothers and produces “Storytime Mixed Plate”, a YouTube channel dedicated to enhancing literacy through children’s books on the Pacific Island.
