Filmmaking Workshop & Community Screening

Lighthouse Works alumna Véra Haddad is returning to Fishers Island to lead a week-long filmmaking workshop intensive, open to both the public and Fishers Island School students. Developed in collaboration with Lighthouse Works and the Fishers Island School, this workshop guides participants through the essential building blocks, techniques, and creative approaches for making their own films. Every participant will leave with both a new creative and technical toolkit — and a completed short film of their own. The week culminates in a screening of films by workshop participants and Fishers Island students at the Annex on Friday, April 24 at 5pm.

Participants are invited to get a head start with optional, self-paced virtual pre-work, available asynchronously before the in-person sessions begin:

Virtual 001 | What Makes a Movie? — Introduction & Pre-production
Virtual 002 | Cinema & Dreaming — Adapting a scene from a dream
Virtual 003 | Commit & Create — Mapping out your personal project

In-person sessions take place at Union Chapel on four consecutive April afternoons:

Monday, April 20 | 5 - 6pm — Collectively filming a short scene, start to finish
Tuesday – Thursday April 21–23 | 5 - 6pm — Véra supports individual filmmaking projects and editing
Friday, April 24 | 5:00pm — FI Film Screening at the Annex, featuring films made by workshop participants and Fishers Island School students

To sign up and receive access to the online pre-work materials, [email protected]