About us
SunKissed Productions (SKP) is a multi-media, independent film collective based in the San Francisco Bay Area. SKP is led by queer and gender non-binary, Asian American artists. We direct, write, photograph, film, and produce art that uplifts marginalized communities in a raw, authentic, and unapologetic way.
Our values
Healing
We are brave in our healing work and we unpack our trauma through art. We believe in the power of storytelling to liberate ourselves and our communities.
EMPOWERMENT
We make accessible the tools that have traditionally been guarded by industry and disseminate the wealth of knowledge that is already within our communities. We foster an environment that holds space for mistakes and allows us to learn and grow together.
Community
We create a safe, generative, and nourishing space where folks from underrepresented backgrounds, experiences, and abilities, can join together and claim ownership in telling the stories that are [individually,] collectively and authentically ours.
Tracy Nguyen
Tracy Nguyen was born and raised in San Jose, California. Growing up with refugee parents from Vietnam largely defines who she is today: a driven community organizer with a creative, entrepreneurial spirit. Tracy received a B.A. in Media Studies and Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley, which seeded her activist journey
During the last 10 years in the East Bay, Tracy has worked within the nonprofit sector to uplift the voices and power of refugees, immigrants, workers, women, youth, LGBTQ community, and incarcerated individuals. With her creative passion for visual storytelling, she decided to take my own vision into own hands and became a freelancer in videography and graphic facilitation. Today she is back home in San Jose with her parents, trying to combine all her worlds.
Sage Tran
Sage Tran (formerly known as Sal Tran) is a queer and trans Vietnamese filmmaker and somatic healing facilitator, raised and rooted in the Bay Area. They are one of the co-founders of SunKissed Productions, an independent multimedia film collective led by queer and non-binary Asian-American artists. Sage is also the creator of a cooking web series called Lost in the Fish Sauce, which aims to reclaim the journey of healing through spices and food.
Sage’s work is rooted in the power of storytelling and its ability to cultivate spaces of growth, accountability, and joy. They focus on themes such as remembering roots and ancestral lineage, finding home, and reclaiming identity—especially in contexts of displacement. Their filmmaking approach is intimate, collaborative, and grounded in relationships, creating new possibilities for people to see themselves in transformative ways, whether as subjects, audiences, or part of the crew.
In addition to their creative work, Sage integrates their experience as a somatic healing facilitator, moving at the speed of intuition and fostering trust and connection in their projects. Their projects often emphasize social justice, healing, and community-building, including queer and trans liberation, solidarity movements, and arts-centered activism. Their work has been featured in the East Bay Stonewall Democratic Association, NBC Asian-America: Queer Series, San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, Hanoi International Film Festival, Autostraddle, Upworthy, and more.