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What is the work required to get your film noticed by a film festival? How do you create a festival plan as part of the exhibition and distribution strategy for your film? In an open dialogue with Maori Holmes, CEO and Artistic Director of BlackStar Film Festival, learn first-hand, how you can shine in your festival submissions. This workshop will offer tools, tips, and tricks for filmmakers interested in placing their films on the festival circuit. We encourage specific inquiries for this course be sent to inquiry@scribe.org in advance.

Maori Holmes is a curator, filmmaker and writer. She founded BlackStar in 2012 and serves as its CEO and Artistic Director. She has organized programs in film at a myriad of organizations including Anthology Film Archives, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The Underground Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Maori received her MFA in Film & Media Arts from Temple University and her BA in History from American University. Maori was a 2019-2020 Soros Equality Fellow and recently announced as one of the Kennedy Center’s #Next50 List. She serves as Mediamaker-in-Residence at the Annenberg School for Communication at University of Pennsylvania and Curator-at-Large at Penn Live Arts.