Partnerships
Urban Media Arts
Refugee Dream Center
Providence Children's Film Festival
RISD | Project Open Door
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
Gunma Kokusai Academy
deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum
Children Meet Cinema
Birches School
Programa Escuela al Cine
Bellingham Youth Media Project
Bellingham Sister Cities Association
City of Malden
Kaetsu Ariake High School
Canton High School
Essential Partners
Wevideo
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
PSTV philadelphia
Metco
ema foundation
Press
The Meaning of Belonging | Rhizoma EMA
Virtual Filmbuilding Report | Neighborhood View
Using Film to Build Bridges | Lincoln Squirrel Newspaper
Filmbuilding Malden | RISD Magazine
Personal
Tom Flint is the Founder and Creative Director of Filmbuilding. His interests meet at the crossroads of film, education and cultural exchange.
The filmmaker
Coming full circle with Filmbuilding, Tom's passion for film was similarly propelled by a video production course he took during high school. After earning a BA in Film and Media Arts from Temple University, he developed a strong interest in foreign cinema and moved to Tokyo where he worked as a freelance filmmaker for 15 years in a variety of capacities, including director, writer, cinematographer and editor.
the educator
Tom taught English for many years in Japan prior to becoming a documentary film instructor at Gunma Kokusai Academy. His interests in moving image education led him back across the Pacific to pursue an MA in Art + Design Education at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He has taught filmmaking at various schools and youth organizations with a specialty in co-creative project-based learning.
the culture guy
Much of Tom's life has been spent exploring different cultures, whether through his own eyes or the lens of a camera. His time spent living overseas and traveling all over the world has taught him what can be learned through an exposure to different perspectives, customs and values. He has taken part in numerous cross-cultural endeavors, including the Witness Tree Institute of Ghana.
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