The HWF Blog

Recently, we collaborated with Waiwai Collective to present Amplifying Youth Voices, a special presentation of short films produced...

Saturday evening was the Making Media That Matters film screening at the Girls Who Make Movies Film Fest! It was held at the amazing...

Films produced at our filmmaking programs for girls were officially invited to the 38th Annual Hawaii International Film Festival...

It’s Thursday night and I cannot BELIEVE it is the last session of Making Media That Matters, 2018! The program always seems to move...

Reel Wāhine of Hawaiʻi was a special presentation at Hawai‘i International Film Festival. It screened on November 10 at 1:15 and was a...

It was another year of Connect, Collaborate, and Corroborate! at the 2018 Wāhine in Film Mixer! The Mixer was launched 3 years ago with...

As a turkey sub was being devoured, a mysterious figure named 'Bob' emerged. He spoke of his 5 year old daughter whose animation was...

Your are invited to the 2nd Annual Girls Make Movies Film Festival (GMMFF), dedicated to celebrating and promoting the diverse...

A majority of young female surfers and their parents, filled the theater for HIFF's Premiere screening of 'Unstoppable" and a chance to...

Last weekend, we participated in the Hawaiʻi Peopleʻs Fund’s 46th Anniversary Bash: Visionary Futures | Future Visionaries. As HPF put...

We’re nearing the end of another season of Making Media That Matters. We only have a few weeks left! We began the session promptly at 4pm...

Valerie and I had lots of fun participating in the CK Student Career Expo last week! The event was very well-organized and all the youth...

This session began earlier than usual, as mentors came in to dress the set for the crew that was going to film. The “Make Believe”...

This week already marks Session #7 of MMTM. Time flies when you’re having fun! For this session, our goal was to get everyone prepped to...

We had a great time at the Hawaiʻi Children & Youth Summit last week! That was my first time attending the event and it was inspiring to...

Ready, set, action! We definitely kicked things up a notch for this week’s Making Media That Matters! After last week’s more mellow...

When I think of the work we do at Making Media That Matters, I believe that at its core is the commitment to create conditions for young...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Vera Zambonelli, Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking, 800-460-6488; vera@hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org Secondary...

Time really flies at MMTM, in no time three hours passed by! Participants began trickling in around 3:30 and I personally love to see...

On September 19, Zoe and Kadee presented at Hawaiʻi FEAST their film PRETTY GOOD START, part of the Girls Lead Initiative. FEAST refers...

Join us for a conversation with Renea Veneri Stewart. Recently nominated for a second Daytime EMMY in Cinematography, Renea knows the ins...

We kicked off week two of MMTM on Thursday, September 13, with lots of opportunities for meaningful (and fun!) community-building. While...

National Screening Series Offers Sneak Previews and Discussions of Independent Lens Documentaries (Honolulu, HI) – [September, 2018] –...

Making Media That Matters Fall 2018 is officially a “go!” 😊 We launched the new session on Thursday, September 6th at our new space at...