The Thai Film Fund was formed in February of 2005 and is dedicated to putting cameras into the hands of Thai people. We believe that through involvement in the creative process of filmmaking individuals can express, explore, and understand emotions. Through community screenings of the artistic works created we similarly hope to see a forum through which a greater sense of community identity can develop. We believe film (and media in general) should not be passive entertainment but is meant to be engaged by the individual. Providing the tools and the knowledge to do so is our objective.

In the summer of 2004 Scott Christopherson and Chris Coy, funded by a grant from Brigham Young University, traveled to Thailand for a month to document, via film, the influences of American Pop Culture in Thailand. The project, titled "American Pop Culture in Thailand," explored such topics as the production and distribution of pop-soda, the influence of rock "n" roll on thai pop music, and the tourism industry, to name a few of the themes. The project consists of a series of short documentaries, a collection of photographs, and statistical data gathered through interviews and surveys. January of this year they decided they wanted to go back, and this time put the cameras in the hands of Thai people. To do this they teamed up with Andrew Coy and Jack Allred to form the Thai Film Fund. Since then, others have become involved in the project, including the well-respected filmmaker and co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival, Sterling Van Wagenen, among others.