How to strategize for Film Festivals
Wed, Feb 08
|Virtual Workshop
Learn how to strategize your film festival submission process to maximize your budget and offer a glimpse into what programmers are looking


Time & Location
Feb 08, 2023, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM HST
Virtual Workshop
About the event
Learn how to strategize your film festival submission process to maximize your budget and offer a glimpse into what programmers are looking for.
Topics included in the workshops are:
- How to strategize the length of your festival run
- How to maximize your budget
- How to select the right festivals
- Following up respectfully with programmers
Instructor: Zoë Eisenberg
About the instructor:
A community-focused writer, director and producer, Zoë creates stories and spaces in and about her home on the big island of Hawai’i. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Made in Hawaii Film Festival. Most recently, Zoë produced the 2022 Tribeca Studios short film Inheritance in partnership with Netflix and Gold House. Her work has played on PBS, Hawaiian Airlines, and theatrically across the state of Hawai’i.
Open to women and girls (cis/trans), femmes, non-binary, gender-fluid and gender-queer of all ages and all skill levels
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Date: February 8, 2023
Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking advocates for women and girls (cis/trans), femmes, non-binary, gender-fluid and gender-queer to tell their stories through film with an intersectional lens.
Questions? Email aloha@hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org