An Opportunity To Tell Your Story

Providing fiscal sponsorship is part of Asian CineVision’s (ACV’s) mission to nurture and grow the community of Asian and Asian American and diasporic artists and storytellers. As a media arts non-profit, ACV can accept and redistribute funds for independent projects and provide creative consultation, funding references, and partnership support upon request.

LITTLE SKY by Jess X Snow. Director of photography, Zamarin Wahdat

An Opportunity To Tell Your Story

Providing fiscal sponsorship is part of Asian CineVision’s (ACV’s) mission to nurture and grow the community of Asian and Asian American and diasporic artists and storytellers. As a media arts non-profit, ACV can accept and redistribute funds for independent projects and provide creative consultation, funding references, and partnership support upon request.

Select Past Projects

Yellow Rose

Director/Writer/Producer: Diane Paragas

An undocumented Filipino girl searches for a new home as she pursues her country music dreams. YELLOW ROSE was the Special Jury Prize winner at AAIFF42, and is the first Filipino film acquired by a major Hollywood studio.

Lingua Franca

Director/Writer/Lead: Isabel Sandoval

In Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, an undocumented trans Filipina caregiver struggles to pursue a marriage to avoid deportation.

Little Sky

Director/Writer: Jess X. Snow

A non-binary Chinese-American drag queen returns to their home town to confront their estranged father about the childhood memories that continues to haunt them.

Upcoming Projects

Getting There

Director: Mehreen Jabbar
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Shakeel, a recently widowed Pakistani grand-father in his early 70s decides it’s finally time to take the first step… out of the closet.

Did You Eat Yet?

Director: Alicia Qian
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As professional chef Eunice prepares a meal for her visiting mother, she struggles to navigate the blurred lines of what it means to be a ‘good daughter’, and the sacrifices that come with chasing your dreams. What better way to bond than over a hot meal? 

Characters Disappearing

Director: Connor Sen Warnick
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New York City, 1971 – As the Asian American Movement intensifies in its battle for equality, collective paranoia rises as those within its orbit begin to vanish without explanation. 

Self-Evident Show

Managing Producer: James Boo
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Self Evident is where we tell Asian America’s stories to help you do that, with the people closest to you. Each episode presents an in-depth audio documentary or radically open conversations from Asian American communities — across generations, cultures, and class.

Out of Body

Director: Joseph Le
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A sheltered woman is haunted by a suffocating spirit that preys on her deepest fears and insecurities. With her body and soul at risk, she must summon all her inner strength to resist both the demon and her manipulative date, all while confronting her own anxiety and societal pressures.

20s. 30s.

Director: Fred Seo
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As graduation nears, Tae must find a way to secure both his architecture career in the U.S. as well as his unconventional long-distance relationship in Korea.

Monsoon

Director: Jaap Deinum
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When a Chinese immigrant flies home with his daughter to attend the funeral of an estranged sister, he battles his stoic struggle with grief to finally be vulnerable for his child.

USTAAD

Director: Saiyna Bashir
Producer: Zakir Thaver
(AAIFF43 Excellence in Short Documentary Winner)
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In a time when vitriol dominates and divides communities all over the world, Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, one of Pakistan’s greatest singers, challenges these narratives by telling a universal story of devotion through a love for music. 

Good Boy

Director: William Yu
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The show follows Joon Kim, a rising streetwear designer who struggles with dysfunctional relationships and conflicting family values, forcing him to question if doing it for the culture is really worth the hype.

Beneath Cracked Pavement

Director: Marcus Fahey
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Three Brooklyn highschoolers selling candy bars to make a quick buck stop at a newly renovated brownstone on their block… only to find themselves kidnapped by the occult hipster tenants that’ve just moved in.

Motherland

Director: Christina Yoon
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A Korean adoptee raised in America searches for her birth mother in South Korea. When she finally meets her mother, she must grapple with her expectations of reunion and the reality of her abandonment.

Lucky Fish

Director: Emily Jampel
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A coming-of-age romance between two Asian American teenagers who meet in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant while having dinner with their families.

Fukushima Now

Director: Arif Khan

An interdisciplinary Film/VR documentary that takes audiences to the heart of Fukushima and introduces the survivors living in the shadow of the crisis today.

Lunchbox

Director: Anne Hu
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As a Taiwanese American woman prepares lunch, she is reminded of pivotal growing moments with her own mother.

We Want To Hear Your Story!

Who is the Fiscal Sponsorship for?

ACV provides fiscal sponsorship for independent projects by or about the Asian diaspora, acting as a fiscal agent for individual artists. Previous projects include HAFU by Megumi Nishiura, THE QUIET BUILDERS by Koji Hayasaki, WINGS OF DEFEAT by Risa Morimoto, SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW by Nadine Truong, HIDDEN HISTORIES/THE ORANGE STORY, YELLOW ROSE by Diane Partagas, and LINGUA FRANCA by Isabel Sandoval.

What You'll Get

  • Non-profit status for fundraising purposes
  • Creative Consultation
  • Funding References
  • Partnership Support

Criteria

  • Project must be by or about the Asian/Pacific Islander diaspora

**Please note, that at this time, ACV does not offer grants or subsidies to fiscally sponsored projects. If you have any additional questions you can contact us here. **

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