BFI Film Academy
BFI Film Academy offers 16–19 year olds the opportunity to learn about filmmaking, meet like-minded, creative young people, and work with film industry professionals to produce their own short films.
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About this Course
The BFI Film Academy helps to train and inspire the next generation of filmmakers, supporting young people to develop the skills, and commercial and cultural knowledge to help develop a career in film. Students who are passionate about film learn together, working in production teams to create short films in an industry led environment.
Masterclasses with industry professionals during the course offer insight into careers and the working life of the screen industries.
Past graduates have gone on to work for Disney, BBC, HBO, Sky and RTE.
BFI Film Academy courses are supported by the Department for Education in England, the National Lottery, Screen Scotland and Northern Ireland Screen.
How to Apply
Applications for BFI Film Academy open in late summer, with academies beginning in October. Applicants can choose locations in Derry~Londonderry or Belfast through Nerve Centre, or in Antrim through the AmmA Centre.
The course runs for 12 weeks full-time from October to December each year.
Applicants must be aged 16–19 years old, be a UK resident, not be enrolled at university when the course starts or not have previously enrolled on a BFI Film Academy course.
We welcome all applicants who have a passion or talent for filmmaking, an ambition to work in the film industry and who are able to commit to the duration of the course.
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Funders
BFI Film Academy is supported by the Department for Education in England, the National Lottery, Creative Scotland and Northern Ireland Screen.
