2023 filmmakers lab
call for ENTRIES

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM JULY 14 to OCTOBER 1, 2023.
WINNERS NOTIFIED BY OCTOBER 13, 2023.
‘OHINA FILMMAKERS LAB: NOVEMBER 3 to 12, 2023.

HOW IT WORKS

Fellows accepted into the lab will participate in a workshop intensive. At the end of the lab, we will reward one (1) ‘Ohina Greenlight Award. ‘Ohina Films will fund and produce the ‘Ohina Greenlight Award winning script, which must be shot here in Hawai‘i.

Past ‘Ohina mentors have included Joe Robert Cole (co-screenwriter of Black Panther), Eric Pearson (co-screenwriter of Thor: Ragnarok), and Dana Ledoux-Miller (co-screenwriter, Narcos, Newsroom). Our 2019 Greenlight Award winner, Last Hawaiian Sugar by Déjà Crescencia Bernhardt, won Best Director at the Made in Hawai‘i Film Festival. Our 2017 Greenlight Award winner, Kālewa by Mitchel Viernes, won Best Sci-Fi Short at the 2018 New Renaissance Film Festival in Amsterdam. Our 2017 Judge’s Award winner, Mauka to Makai by Alika Maikau, won Best Made in Hawai‘i Short Film at the 2018 Hawai‘i International Film Festival.

The Filmmakers Lab is looking for hard working screenwriters, directors, and filmmakers with open minds and a passion for learning in a supportive, constructive, critical, and cooperative environment. Applicants must either be a resident or former resident of Hawai‘i.

HOW IT'S JUDGED

Scripts will be reviewed by the ‘Ohina Executive team and notable film industry luminaries, who are judging on the strengths of story, characters, voice, craft, and producibility on a limited budget.

The top 15 scripts will be narrowed down to UP TO 10 TOTAL WINNING FELLOWS.

HOW TO APPLY

• ONE short film screenplay or web series pilot. 15 PAGES MAXIMUM.

• Resume or CV

• 1-page letter explaining why you’d like to be considered as an ‘Ohina Fellow.