About Us
King Horse Films
King Horse Films gets its namesake from the barangay (Spanish: barrio / English: neighborhood) in the Philippines, the home of Cindy Martin’s parents — “King Kabayo (Horse)” — located two hours north of the capital Manila, in the province of Bulacan. The filmmaker wanted to honor her parents and her culture.
In 2023, she was a cohort of the Filipino Young
Leaders Program, an iniative by the U.S. Ambassador
to the Philippines, the Philippines’ Foreign Office
and Ayala Foundation to invite Filipino-
American leaders across various industries (health,
tech, politics, business and arts & culture) to be
immersed back to their ancentral homeland.
The cohort had the opportunity to tour
Malacanang, the presidential palace, meet with
business leaders and non-profit organizations,
and meet with arts and cultural institutions.
2023
2022
She was a Cohort of the 2021 Production Institute by the Community Film Workshop at the University of Chicago, led by the legendary Margaret Caples, who, along with her late husband Jim Taylor, has been training filmmakers of color from Chicago’s Southside communities for over 50 years.
Broadcast Journalism
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WINNER: BEST BREAKING NEWS
Island of Fire - Sky News documentary
Newswomen’s Club of New York 2018
In 2022, she was a fellow at Diverse Voices in Docs, an initiative by Kartemquin, the documentary powerhouse production company in Chicago that is home to “Hoop Dreams”, “Minding the Gap” and “Finding Yingying”, amongst dozens of other titles. She is currently directing/producing her first feature documentary, Love Is A Stranger, and collaborating with cohort Jason Rhee on his directorial debut, EJ Lee: All-American, as co-producer.
In 2022, she was a CNN/Film Independent Docuseries Fellow for EJ Lee: All-American, directed by Jason Rhee. The program chose ten projects to workshop, meet with fellow filmmakers from around the world and pitch their projects to sales agents, executive producers and distributors.
2021
Prior to documentaries, Cindy was also an award-winning broadcast journalist with almost 20 years experience in international news.
She has worked in London — where she holds dual American and British citizenship — and Los Angeles for global news outlets: Reuters, AP, Getty, Sky News and CGTN.