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Filmbuilding

An ongoing educational program which curates discovery-based filmmaking experiences to promote cross-cultural exchange

Through its design and implementation of discovery-based filmmaking experiences, Filmbuilding’s vision is to build an ever-expanding worldwide network of change-makers who represent the most culturally sensitive and artistically inventive minds of our future. Stepping away from the structures and guidelines so often associated with filmmaking, the program seeks innovative ways to take advantage of the collaborative aspect of filmmaking for the purpose of development among people and the circles they are a part of. The program operates with the firm belief that a greater awareness, understanding and appreciation of diverse perspectives, as well as one's own, can lead to more mutually inclusive and prosperous societies that can learn and grow from one another.

04/11/2026

🌟 Join us for a Filmbuilding Screening Event at the Immigrant Learning Center! 🎥🎞️

For the past few weeks, Filmbuilding has been working with the students of the Immigrant Learning Center in Malden on a workshop focusing on civic engagement and what it means to be a citizen. We are so proud of the four films these students have created, and we hope you can join us in celebrating their achievements.

The two screening events will feature four student-made films, filmmaker discussions, free refreshments, and more... See you there! 🌎🫂🎬

🗓️ Tuesday, April 14
⏱️ Screening 1 — 10:00am - 11:30am, Screening 2 — 1:30pm - 3:00pm
📍The ILC Conference Room, 442 Main Street, Malden, MA

04/09/2026

Sonder started as an idea — and now it’s real. Grateful to be building this new workshop with these two and what it’s about to become.

Filmbuilding: Sonder is our newest workshop in collaboration with Lincoln-Sudbury High School. Building on the successes of Lincoln-Sudbury’s 2024 Filmbuilding: Belonging project, Sonder is a student-initiated and student-created film project designed to challenge stereotypes, build understanding, and genuine friendships by pairing one Boston resident and one Lincoln/Sudbury resident together for two 24-hour home exchanges. Stay tuned on the outcome of these short films!

Curious about our last collaboration? Check out the Belong-In documentary created by on our youtube channel youtube.com/

04/03/2026

Filmbuilding attended the SXSW EDU a few weeks ago in Austin, Texas, and the experience was nothing short of AMAZING!! We got to learn about some truly exciting initiatives happening in education, and also get to connect with tons of people around co-creative visual storytelling for change! What a huge step forward this was for Filmbuilding!!!

03/05/2026

Celebrating the Filmbuilding: Bridges of Hope Workshop 🌟

Bridges of Hope brought teenagers from Vaasa, Finland and its sister cities—Bellingham (USA), Kiel (Germany), Pärnu (Estonia), and Kherson (Ukraine)—into cross-cultural filmmaking teams to co-create original short films across borders.

Meeting online while filming in their own communities, students navigated language, distance, and difference to explore what “Bridges of Hope” means in a divided world. The result was more than four powerful films—it was youth-led cultural diplomacy in action, demonstrating how sister-city partnerships can evolve from symbolic relationships into meaningful, creative exchanges that build understanding when it matters most.

Check out the full films at youtube.com/ to see the wonderful outcomes of this experience!

02/15/2026

IMPORTANT UPDATE — We will be postponing our Bridges of Hope online screening premiere to NEXT SUNDAY, FEB. 22 at the same time with the same link.

Our students are thrilled to share their work with the wider world, we look forward to seeing you there!! 👋 🎦

Sunday, February 22nd
7:30-9:00p UTC+1 / 8:30-10:00p UTC+2
10:30a-12:00p PST / 1:30-2:30p EST

Zoom ID: 837 5591 1673
No Registration Required

02/06/2026

🌟Join us for a Global Filmbuilding Screening Event!🎬

Join us on February 15th for a virtual FilmBuilding Screening Event, featuring youth-created short films and filmmaker conversations from this international collaboration in our Bridges of Hope Workshop. Over the past few weeks, Filmbuilding participants from six countries - U.S.A., Finland, Estonia, Ukraine, Sweden, and Germany - have been co-creating films together surrounding the theme “Bridges of Hope.” Throughout this process, participants have been celebrating their differences across distances and creating films with that purpose in mind. This is something you don’t want to miss!

This is a worldwide VIRTUAL event, and ALL are invited to join! Tell your friends!

Sunday, February 15th
7:30-9:00p UTC+1 / 8:30-10:00p UTC+2
10:30a-12:00p PST / 1:30-2:30p EST

Zoom ID: 837 5591 1673
No Registration Required

02/04/2026

The final chapter of our Filmbuilding origins series is only the beginning...

Listen to how Tom’s journey out of his Arts Education masters program launched the first of many multi-national Filmbuilding programs. Starting from small beginnings, Filmbuilding is now a global educational initiative, promoting and encouraging participants from all walks of life to share their lives through the power of shared story telling. We can’t wait to share more about how we are connecting voices from all over the world in co-created films and cross cultural exchange, so make sure to follow us as not to miss it!

Curious about the rest of the story? Check out our page for the previous chapters of the Filmbuilding Origins series, and keep an eye out for more information on past and future workshops!

01/28/2026

The moment the idea made the framework to start building 🎞️⚙️🌱

Learn what prompted the building of Filmbuilding in Part III of Filmbuilding’s backstory!

“Rather than teaching about film or how to film, we were teaching students THROUGH film. Exploring the filmmaking process as a way to discover one’s place in the world.”

Keep an eye out next week for the next chapter of the Filmbuilding Origins series, or check out the previous reel from last week on how Tom’s international move to Tokyo inspired the beginnings of Filmbuilding.

01/21/2026

Cross-cultural exchanges can change lives. Especially for our founder Tom Flint! 📽️🗺️💡

Listen to this the next chapter of Tom’s Filmbuilding journey as his international move to Tokyo inspired a life-long and unexpected career in film education.

“Seeing how openly and enthusiastically my students responded to film was a total revelation for me.”

Keep an eye out next week for the next chapter of the Filmbuilding Origins series, or check out the previous reel from last week on how Tom’s love for film began.

What is something unexpected that happened to you that totally inspired what you’re doing today? We want to hear your stories! 🎬

01/14/2026

Curious about the origins of Filmbuilding? 🎥🌎🤝

Hear from our founder and director, Tom Flint, as he shares how a family camcorder sparked a lifelong path into film education.

“I first discovered filmmaking when I started playing around with my family’s camcorder when I was around 11 years old. And since then, I haven’t really looked back.”

Keep an eye out next week for the next chapter of the Filmbuilding story.

What was the first film you ever made? Let us know in the comments 🎬

01/06/2026

A look back at 2025... 🎥 📈 😄 (And stay tuned for LOTS of exciting news in 2026!!)

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