Start exploring Filmmaking summer programs for 9th graders

Dates:

3 sessions between Jun 19–Aug 8, 2027 (1 week and 3 weeks options)

Length:

1 week–3 weeks

Cost:

$2,125–$7,550

Location:

Interlochen, MI

Grades:

9-12

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Priority Jan 15, 2027

Students live in cabins on Interlochen's campus and spend the session in one arts focus, with daily instruction and time for camp activities.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$7,600

Location:

London, England

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Group Housing

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Students collaborate on a short film scene from script to final cut, presenting a 5-minute scene plus director's statement. Includes the Harry Potter Studio Tour and weekend excursions to Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$7,200

Location:

Paris, France

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Group Housing

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Students storyboard, shoot, and edit a five-minute short film in small teams, then present it to local film professionals.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$7,200

Location:

Auckland, New Zealand

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Group Housing

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Students learn story, framing, sound, and editing, then storyboard and shoot their own short film with location scouting across Auckland. Behind-the-scenes visit to the Auckland Theatre Company and a Māori flax-weaving workshop; overnight trip to the surf town of Raglan and a day trip to the Hobbiton Movie Set.

Dates:

Jul 3–31, 2027 (classes start Jul 5)

Length:

4 weeks (29 days)

Cost:

$5,174–$10,475

Location:

Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA

Grades:

Current 8th-12th graders, including graduating seniors (California students; up to 20 out-of-state/international students)

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Feb 28, 2027

Credit:

Yes (3 units of CSU college extension credit)

Four-week residential program at Cal Poly Pomona for the California State Summer School for the Arts. Students spend the session in one department. Four-week residential film program at Cal Poly Pomona modeled on a collegiate BFA course, where students study auteur cinema and work hands-on in directing, screenwriting, cinematography, sound, and editing, collaborating on multiple films and a thesis film.

Dates:

Jul 12–Aug 6, 2027

Length:

4 weeks (6–10 hrs/week)

Cost:

$8,368

Location:

Online

Grades:

Completed 9th-12th grade

Format:

Online

Deadline:

Jun 1, 2027

Credit:

4 NYU credits (SPEC-UT 200, letter-graded)

Four-week online college-credit filmmaking course from NYU Tisch, in which students write, direct, shoot, and edit a documentary, music video, and short narrative film with an international online crew.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 20–Jul 16, 2027 (2 weeks options)

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$6,500

Location:

Los Angeles, CA (LMU Westchester campus)

Grades:

Rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors (ages 14–18) (completed grades 9–11)

Format:

Residential

Two-week residential pre-college arts program at Loyola Marymount University. Students spend the session in one course.

Dates:

3 sessions between Jun 20–Jul 30, 2027 (2 weeks options)

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$3,298–$6,298

Location:

Los Angeles, CA (UCLA)

Grades:

Completed 8th-12th grade

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Two-week academic program at UCLA. Students spend the session in one course, with excursions and college-readiness workshops.

Dates:

July 5 - July 17, 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$5,995–$6,495

Location:

Los Angeles, California

Grades:

High school

Format:

Residential

A 2-week career-exploration program in Los Angeles focused on filmmaking and acting, including studio tours and guest lectures from industry professionals.

Dates:

Jul 11–24, 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$3,263–$4,300

Location:

Los Angeles, CA (AMDA, Hollywood)

Grades:

Students completing grades 8–12, ages 13–19

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Two-week performing arts conservatory at AMDA in Los Angeles. Students spend the session in one focus, as residential or commuter students. Two weeks building screenwriting skills while developing feature film and television ideas.

Dates:

Jul 25 – Aug 7, 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$3,263–$4,300

Location:

New York, NY (AMDA, Upper West Side)

Grades:

Students completing grades 8–12, ages 13–19

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Two-week performing arts conservatory at AMDA in New York. Students spend the session in one focus, as residential or commuter students. Two weeks building screenwriting skills while developing feature film and television ideas.

Dates:

3 sessions between Jun 13–Jul 31, 2027 (2 weeks and 3 weeks options)

Length:

2 weeks–3 weeks

Cost:

$4,285–$7,530

Location:

Los Angeles, CA

Grades:

8–11 (varies by track)

Format:

Residential

Students choose one arts focus.

Dates:

4 sessions between Jun 27–Aug 7, 2027 (2 weeks and 3 weeks options)

Length:

2 weeks–3 weeks

Cost:

$2,295–$7,630

Location:

New York, NY

Grades:

8–12 (varies by track)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Pre-college arts program in New York City. Students spend the session in one arts focus, as day or residential students.

Dates:

4 sessions between Jun 20–Jul 31, 2027 (2 weeks and 3 weeks options)

Length:

2 weeks–3 weeks

Cost:

$3,795–$6,370

Location:

Burlington, VT

Ages:

14-17 (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

Residential pre-college arts program at Champlain College in Burlington. Students spend the session in one arts focus.

Dates:

Jun 27 – Jul 24, 2027

Length:

4 weeks

Cost:

$4,850–$9,785

Location:

Idyllwild, CA (Idyllwild Arts campus, San Jacinto Mountains)

Grades:

Entering grades 9–12 in fall 2027 (up to age 17) (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Commuter / Residential

Four-week arts intensive at Idyllwild Arts. Students choose one course, as a day or residential student. Students work in crews on every stage of making short films (screenwriting, camera, lighting, sound, directing actors and editing), screened at a final showcase at a local theatre.

Dates:

Jul 3–16, 2027

Length:

2 weeks–3 weeks

Cost:

$4,499–$7,499

Location:

Los Angeles, CA (UCLA campus)

Grades:

9-12

Format:

Residential or Commuter

Pre-college program at UCLA. Students spend the session in morning and afternoon courses or in one all-day academy, as residential or commuter students.