Purpose-Driven Storytelling. Global Impact.
ETHOS Film Institute
ETHOS Film Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, unites storytellers, educators, and audiences from over 180 countries. Through film, festivals, and education, ETHOS develops programs that heal, educate, and mobilize communities for a better tomorrow.
Our Impact
180+ Countries → Global audience reach
500+ Films & Programs Annually → Purpose-driven content
4 Signature Festivals → ETHOS Film Awards, Kids, Wonderlab, WCFF
10,000+ Audience Members Engaged → Across schools & communities
Our Mission
ETHOS Film Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is dedicated to advancing purpose-driven storytelling as a tool for education, healing, and cultural change. We believe that stories can build empathy, dismantle division, and spark solutions to the most urgent challenges of our time.
From Santa Monica to schools and communities worldwide, ETHOS unites filmmakers, youth, educators, survivors, activists, and audiences from over 180 countries. We work across generations and abilities — empowering voices that are often overlooked: young people, women, the neurodiverse, people with disabilities, environmentalists, animal advocates, domestic violence survivors, foster youth, the unhoused, and those navigating mental health and recovery journeys.
Through our signature festivals — the ETHOS Film Awards, ETHOS Kids Festival, ETHOS Wonderlab school showcases, and the World Culture Film Festival — we provide inclusive platforms where stories are not only told, but activated: turned into awareness tools, classroom resources, and campaigns that mobilize communities.
For sponsors and partners, supporting ETHOS means investing in measurable impact:
Expanding access to education and creative opportunities for youth.
Building platforms for dialogue and healing in communities.
Amplifying underrepresented voices on a global stage.
Reaching a diverse, international audience with your brand aligned to purpose.
Together, we are creating a global movement of storytelling for a better tomorrow.
Meet Our Board
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Anabelle D. Munro
Anabelle D. Munro is an award-winning director, actor, and author with a theater background and a career dedicated to purpose-driven storytelling. She is the Founder and Executive Director of ETHOS Film Institute and directs multiple international film festivals, including the ETHOS Film Awards and World Culture Film Festival. A recovery activist and domestic violence counselor, Anabelle fuses art and advocacy to amplify voices, transform communities, and inspire global change
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Diane Miller
Diane Miller is the Executive Producer of the ETHOS Film Awards, as well as the treasurer of the ETHOS Film Institute. Her long career in politics, and the arts includes running her own theater, serving two terms as the Santa Monica Commissioner for Women’s and Girls, as well as founding the ground-breaking Project Courtwatch to hold perpetrators of Domestic Violence accountable.
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Zette Troché-Stapp
Zette is an awardwinning writer, director and producer as well as an artist. Her work includes advocacy for neurodivergceny and she is known for her groundbreaking achievements in the world of photography, animation through her visionary storytelling approach.
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Erman Baradi
Erman Baradi and his Brand Ermantourage have become a household name in Hollywood and Baradi’s unwavering commitment to crucial Social Causes have made him a perfect Board Member as well as the director of partner Festival “Artist Emerged”.
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Yifan Du
Yifan is not only a seasoned director, writer and producer, she is also a strong advocate for furthering women in leadership positions within the film industry. Besides her commitment to the ETHOS Film Institute, she also serves as a Judge at the World Culture Film Festival and ETHOS Film Awards.
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Lily and Stirling Munro
Lily and Stirling are the CEO’s of the ETHOS Kids Awards. Their input and voice, as well as their representation of matters concerning the next generation is invaluable on our Board.