Residential Filmmaking and Screen Acting Summer Camp (Young Film Academy)

Summary

YFA’s Summer Camp is open to all experience levels – from complete beginners to aspiring filmmakers and actors ready to sharpen their skills. Whether you’re stepping onto a set for the first time or building on existing experience, our hands-on programme equips students with high-quality, industry-relevant training for the modern creative world. Students won’t just learn – they’ll create, collaborate and leave with real professional achievements and personal growth that lasts far beyond the summer.

Dates: 1-Week Camp: August 2nd – 9th 2026 or August 9th – 16th 2026, 2-Week Camp: August 2nd – 16th 2026

Cost: £1790 / 1 Week, £3490 / 2 Weeks

Program Features

Create or star in a finished film
Screen your work at a cinema-style premiere for friends and family
Gain industry-standard training in filmmaking and acting from our professional tutors
Build confidence, storytelling and modern communication skills
Develop strong digital literacy for today's content driven world
Learn how to express and execute your own ideas
Experience working collaboratively as part of a professional-style film crew

What's Included?

full-board accommodation
meals
tuition
equipment
activities
premiere at the end of camp

Program Details

Date August 2026
Duration 1 or 2 Weeks
Ages 13-14, 15-17
Fees From £1790 / 1 Week
Location Suffolk, UK

More Information

Students on YFA Summer Camp will divide into 2 crews: FILMMAKING CREW (for aspiring filmmakers) & ACTING CREW (for aspiring actors). Students choose which Crew they wish to join for the duration of their camp. Each Crew will develop specialised skills in their own disciplines though practical exercises, workshops and masterclasses with film industry professionals. And because we passionately believe that the best way to learn to is get out there and DO it, the Filmmaking and Acting Crews will then combine in teams to work together for the production of the movies.

Students in the Acting Crew will develop the performance skills needed to act with impact on screen, learning the difference between stage and screen acting, how to prepare for a shoot or an audition, how to physicalise your character, set etiquette, fight choreography and more, all whilst gaining confidence in front of camera.

Students in the Filmmaking Crew will develop the hands-on creative and technical skills they need to take a movie from initial concept to premiere screening; from storytelling and screenwriting, through camera operating and sound, to editing, special FX and post-production techniques.

Each week of YFA Summer Camp culminates in a Premiere Screening of all the completed movies for friends and family in the onsite cinema. There’ll be a packed house, behind-the-scenes special features telling the real story of how that movie got made, and we’re guessing some blooper-reels too…

Make Enquiry

Make an enquiry or start an application for this program.

Date August 2026
Duration 1 or 2 Weeks
Ages 13-14, 15-17
Fees From £1790 / 1 Week
Location Suffolk, UK