Mentorship

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Minnesotan filmmakers have been receiving one-on-one mentorships from national APIDA filmmakers. Mentors read, review, and provide notes on works-in-progress and meet over zoom.

Mentors

Mentors include: Lawrence Dai (The Late Late Show with James Cordon on CBS), Kevin Seccia (The Great North on FOX), Annie Nishida (Disney/Netflix), Katie Malia (Almost Asian), Kevin Yee (Apple TV’s Dickinson, Netflix), Hye Yun Park (HBO, Freeform, HBO Max), and Andrew Ahn (Netflix’s Gentefied)

Coaching

Creative coaches meet with participants on a monthly basis for 1-hour.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.