The Filmmakers Collaborative is offering FC Academy, filmmaking classes for children ages 10-14 in Watertown over April vacation. See more details in the announcement from the Filmmakers Collaborative.
Presented by the creators of the Boston International Kids Film Festival, classes run from Tuesday-Friday, April 21-April 24, 9 a.m. to noon at Cunniff Elementary School, 246 Warren St., Watertown. The course costs $240.
In this class, students will bring creativity to life in a fun, collaborative and exciting environment. They will learn skills in scriptwriting, storyboard sketching, improvisation and camera skills.
Together they will write, shoot and edit a film in a genre of their choosing and edit their project together using the professional editing software Adobe Premiere. All equipment is provided, all you need to bring is your creativity!
All projects made in the class will be submitted to the Boston International Kids Film Festival for an opportunity to be selected and screened in November of 2026, which takes place at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown.
For any questions, please contact: Natalia Morgan, Program Coordinator natalia@filmmakerscollab.org
Visit bikff.org to learn more about the Boston International Kids Film Festival.
The BIKFF is presented by Filmmakers Collaborative, which encourages and supports the making of great films and media projects by people of all ages and experience levels. FC offers grants management, mentoring and workshops to a diverse ano national community that includes award-winning PBS documentarians, first-time producers and directors, and young people just discovering the power and potential of visual media. For more information please go to: www.filmmakerscollab.org.