The Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti has selected the third cohort of its annual PEAK Writers Fellowship. Dana Ledoux Miller co-founded the organisation, which Bryson Chun co-manages.
This fellowship stands as the only Hollywood writing programme established by a Pasifika storyteller. Each fellow receives a pairing with an experienced industry mentor to guide their work.
Ryan Belezon and Jeffrey Gelber will provide mentorship alongside Aminta Goyel, Lauren Thompson, and Michelle Giannusa. Koster, a native Hawaiian writer and director, joined the cohort.
Kanani is a 2024 American Film Institute directing alum and a 2024 ‘Ohina Lab Fellow. Lu, who recently directed Fox’s “Rescue: HI-Surf”, is also a fellow in the Sundance Institute | The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) Accelerator.
Oketani was also selected as an ʻOhina Labs Writers Fellow in 2025. Tinkham is a Chamoru filmmaker from Guam whose feature-length screenplay “Jungle” was optioned by Popgun Filmmakers in 2018.
Tinkham's screenplay “The Taotaomona” was chosen for the Second Annual Indigenous List in 2022. Tanner, a writer and producer from Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, is developing three short films for release in 2027.
