Gold House

✨ Celebrating 6 Years of Gold Impact with Vanity Fair! ✨ From a team of volunteers to an industry-defining force, Gold House has spent six years forging cultural excellence and socioeconomic progress for the Asian Pacific community. Here’s how we’ve made an impact together: 🎬 In Narrative Change: we’ve deployed industry-leading research, consulting, investments, and promotion on 400+ major media projects, including Everything Everywhere All At Once (the most-awarded film in history!), to ensure affirming mainstream portrayals. Our Creative Equity Fund has invested in 15 films and 2 animation studios, including the award-winning Dìdi (弟弟), to greenlight more authentic stories. We’ve now expanded our expertise into journalism, advertising, gaming, and food. Through our partnership with OpenTable, we launched the Gold Chef Prize, and brought South Indian flavors to the Prabal Gurung creative-directed Gold Gala with a menu curated by Culinary Directors Padma Lakshmi and Michelin-starred chef Vijay Kumar of Semma and Unapologetic Foods. 💰 In Economic Empowerment: With Gold House Ventures, we’ve invested in 78 companies, our startup accelerator alumni have raised $2 billion, and we’re proud to power the largest top Asian Pacific founder network in North America. With Gold Bridge, we’re connecting Asia and North America for investment and collaboration. Anchored by Gold Prix during Singapore F1 week in partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), we gather 200+ founders and creators to explore Southeast Asia’s market, which is projected to reach $1 trillion by 2030. And on the success of our first fund and global reach, we’re now raising Gold House Ventures II. 🤝 In One House: Partnering with leaders like the Sundance Institute, East West Bank Foundation, and leading multicultural organizations, we have advanced collaboration and capital for diverse filmmakers – with collective convenings during mainstream awards and a first-of-its-kind One House Filmmakers Fund – and reshaped corporate power by securing more than 60 publicly-traded and privately-held Board Director positions. As our full-time Team, Fellows, volunteers, Membership, and network grow, Gold House’s work will continue to power tomorrow for all. Learn more about how we can collaborate and how you can join the movement at goldhouse.org.  We're not waiting for a seat at someone else’s table; we’re building our own house. 🔗: goldhouse.org/vanityfair Photography: Huy Doan | Editing: @p_t_gibson

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Happy holidays from #RALLY and the Gold House Ventures team! Wrapping up 2024, we sat down with A100 Honoree and SV Angel partner Steven Lee to talk about the challenges Asian American entrepreneurs face, the potential of AI, and more. Plus, a new filmmaking opportunity and portco wins: read our full issue now!

By 2026, the Asian Pacific diaspora will have an estimated buying power of $1.9 trillion — yet 1/3 of our community doesn't feel represented in advertising! So, how can brands better tap into this opportunity? 💸 Our inaugural Gold Paper examines the cultural familiarity, stereotypes, visibility, and opportunities for Asian Pacific communities within U.S. society and key industries where we’ve seen growing representation. Visit goldpaper.org to learn how businesses can better speak to Asian Pacific consumers!

Ladies and gentlemen, our final Renegade of the year: the one and only Stephanie Hsu. 🤩 Renegades is our interview series featuring exclusive interviews with Asian Pacific leaders and luminaries who are carving their own paths and defying stereotypes along the way. Stephanie Hsu is a certified triple-threat: a multi-time Broadway star; an Academy Award nominee, with accolades from the most-awarded film of all time, Everything Everywhere All at Once; and now executive producer, taking the creative lead on the dark comedy series, #LAID, streaming December 19 on Peacock. Read our full interview with Stephanie at now!

Only two more weeks left to apply for the Gold Scholars Program! In partnership with TeachAAPI and made possible by the Panda Community Fund, Gold Scholars aims to empower high school students to explore bold, "nontraditional" careers and uplift Asian Pacific communities. 🎓 Each Gold Scholar will receive: A one-time $2,500 scholarship award Mentorship from leaders in the Gold House network Access to select Gold House events or programs Community-building with other Gold Scholars Tag the Gold Scholar in your life in the comments below. Applications are due by December 31st, 11:59PM EST. Visit goldscholars.org to apply!

🎬 *Innovative Storytelling*: "Check out "Closing Dynasty," "Inheritance," and "The Resemblance" from the Future Gold Film Fellowship with Gold House and Tribeca Studios. From tales of hustling in the streets of New York City to ones of loss and family struggles, these short films invite you in to explore new worlds from Asian and Pacific Islander perspectives. Experience them on Netflix as part of our newly released Fresh Perspectives: Short Films collection! https://lnkd.in/gvVN9zHU  #NetflixShorts #AAPI **Closing Dynasty by Lloyd Lee Choi**   Join Queenie, a resourceful seven-year-old, on a day of street hustles in New York City, full of charm and ingenuity.  **Inheritance by Erin Lau**   A nature photographer confronts generational pain and family secrets in this touching exploration of heritage and healing.  **The Resemblance by Derek Nguyen**   A couple's evening with a "rental family" actor takes unexpected turns, exploring themes of grief, memory, and closure.

Every Renegades issue, we ask our incredible Asian Pacific changemakers the same question: what did you want to be when you were growing up, and how does that compare to what you do now? Here are some of our favorite answers from 2024. 🤩 Give us YOUR answer in the comments, and read all Renegades interviews at goldhouse.org/renegades.

LAST CALL TO APPLY FOR OUR 2025 FOUNDER FELLOWSHIP WITH New York City Economic Development Corporation! 🚨 If you're an underrepresented founder in NYC with a groundbreaking idea, this is YOUR moment. We're offering: Masterclasses with proven entrepreneurs 1:1 advising Curated investor introductions Up to $250,000 in potential funding Don't miss this opportunity to accelerate your startup journey: https://lnkd.in/eSh_eUsn!

With the 97th Academy Awards just around the corner, Gold House is excited to spotlight a few of this year's international film submissions. At the first Academy Awards in 1929, no category was dedicated to celebrating international feature films. Although special/honorary awards were presented to international films from 1947 to 1955, it wasn't until 1956 — nearly 30 years later — that the Academy added the merit-based award of "Best Foreign Language Film". Of the 77 films awarded in these categories, only 9 have been from Asian countries. And in 2020, Parasite became the first International Feature Film winner to also win Best Picture. We were honored to propel Parasite to commercial and critical success, and we are excited to continue that tradition with this year's incredible Asian submissions for Best International Feature Film. Swipe through to see some of the films in consideration this year!