The HWF Blog

Here the Wāhine @HIFF40 program. You will find a list of films directed and produced by women and girls screening at the 40th Hawai'i...

HWF Program Productions @ Student Showcase A VLOG DURING COVID Directed by: Nalea Kaaikala // It is a normal day for a teenage girl as...

Join us for our annual mixer of local and visiting women and girl filmmakers during HIFF! This will be a causal and interactive session...

Reel Wāhine of Hawai‘i Season 2 is being featured at the all-virtual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival! 🎉...

by Serena Ngaio Simmons (HWF writer in residence) I will admit something: I am 26 years old, a graduate student, and I am still learning....

Foundation, foundation, foundation. When I think of what makes me strong as a Māori, I think of the places and the people I come from. My...

If we only look at the pool, that’s all we ever see. The pool most likely didn’t just appear there. It has a source. There is something...

Registration is now open! Deadline to apply: May 30, 2020

Registration now open! Deadline to apply July 10, 2020

We had been planning for close to a month at that point. Or, rather, the incredible team I had the privilege of working with were...

I sent an email at the beginning of the week that if the participants wanted to come in earlier than usual, they could. We are nearing...

We knew that week 5 of Making Media That Matters was going to be production-intensive. We are already half way through our program -...

Opening a new session of Making Media That Matters brings me great joy...always. Sometimes we rush getting everything ready, but once we...

Here we go - a new Making Media That Matters! We gathered for our first session this past Saturday, and it was magic. This is not the...