Applications for 2023 Lab are open now and close March 10, 2023.

The Filmmaking Lab for Teen Girls will take place in Little Rock, Arkansas during July - August, 2023. Exact dates TBA.

This lab is for high school girls who dream of following in the footsteps of Regina King, Chloé Zhao, Ruth Carter, Kathryn Bigelow, BERT&BERTIE, Reed Morano, and other female directors, cinematographers, costume designers, editors, and screenwriters.

This lab will provide an opportunity for high-school girls between the ages of 16-18 to experience all aspects of the filmmaking process, from screenwriting to production to editing. No prior filmmaking experience is necessary and the lab is FREE.

Guided by seasoned filmmakers, the participants will develop a 3-5 minute short film with an emphasis on women’s empowerment and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) throughout the eight-week program. The finished short films will screen during ACS’s annual FILMLAND festival.

Applications for 2023 Lab are open now and close March 10, 2023.

Watch our past films!

2019 - "Justitia"

2019 - "Ensemble"

2020 - "Super Human"

2021 - "Drop It"

2022 - "A Period Piece"

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“These girls learned all the different roles, a coed crew might have made that more difficult, with boys leaning toward jobs like grip — maintaining and making rigs for camera support — and girls gravitating to hair and makeup artist jobs or producing. “I’m trying to encourage girls to consider all the possibilities in a non-gendered situation. Arkansas has developed a talent pool for film and TV, Tucker says, and these girls can now be included. “There is a thriving film community here. That’s part of our mission, to give a venue and a voice to new filmmakers. That’s why the girls’ short films will be screened at our festival, FILMLAND, so they will be in the same room with other Arkansas filmmakers. That’s where it all begins.”

—  Kathryn Tucker from the Film Lab Feature, Style Section, Arkansas Democrat Gazette