Ashes to Films , a Los Angeles-based nonprofit arts organization established in the wake of January’s wildfires, has unveiled its first cohort of fire-affected filmmakers who will receive grants and other support to help craft a short film.

Ashes to Films was created by industry veterans who were deeply impacted by the Eaton and Pacific Palisades fires that left more than 30 people dead and more than 13,000 homes destroyed. The backers of Ashes to Films aim to harness the idea that creativity and the arts help people heal after intense trauma.

“Ashes to Films exists to prove that hope doesn’t burn; dreams don’t burn—and neither does creativity,” said founder Shiloh Strong, a photorgrapher and filmmaker who lost his own home to a wildfire years ago.

Ashes to Films has raised some $85,00

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