Youth Programs & Film Workshops
Northwest Film Forum has year-round workshops and summer camps focused on empowering young voices.
Inspire Emerging Voices at Northwest Film Forum
Northwest Film Forum offers a variety filmmaking workshops throughout the year, along with week-long camps during the summer months. All of our workshops are led by industry professionals and teaching artists. Our curriculums are designed to inspire curiosity and encourage experimentation as young artists explore the limitless potential of filmmaking and storytelling.
This year, we will be bringing more opportunities for young filmmakers to develop their skills and interests with hands-on demonstrations, open office hours, and in-depth skill building so that every young person can confidently tell their story in the most authentic way possible.
Upcoming Workshops & Events
Past Workshops
Below are some of Northwest Film Forum’s past and recurring workshops. See a workshop you’d like to see again? Please put in a request for future programming!
2023 Summer Camps
- Making the Impossible: Special Effects (Ages 11-14)
- DIY Filmmaking: Adventures in Animation (Ages 11-14)
- Imagination Animation (Ages 8-12)
- Reel Queer Youth (Ages 13-18)
Children's Film Festival 2023
Fall Quarter 2022
Summer Camps 2022
- Reel Queer Youth [Hybrid] Summer Camp (2022)
- Summer Camp – Making the Impossible: Special Effects (Ages 11-14)
- Summer Camp – Imagination Animation Session 1 (Ages 8-12)
- Summer Camp – Imagination Animation Session 2 (Ages 8-12)
- Summer Camp – Community Storytelling [In-Person] Project
- Summer Camp – Magical Character Creation (Ages 11-14)
Winter Quarter 2022
- CFFS 2022 – An Exploration of Shadow Puppetry [In-Person] Workshop
- CFFS 2022 – Ink & Tape: An All Ages Cameraless Film Workshop [Virtual + In-Person]
- CFFS 2022 – How to Make a Documentary: From Soup to Nuts w/ Sally Rubin [In-Person] Workshop
- CFFS 2022 – Creative Storytelling with Sockz Theater [ Online]
Summer Camps 2021
- In-Person Summer Camp – Making the Impossible: Special Effects
- Virtual Summer Camp – Imagination Animation (Ages 8-12) June
- Virtual Summer Camp – Imagination Animation (Ages 11-14) July
- Virtual Summer Camp – Making the Impossible: Special Effects (Ages 8-12)
- In-Person Summer Camp – Imagine Design and Build Camp at SeaTac Community Center
- Virtual Summer Camp – Reel Queer Youth
Summer Camps 2020
Winter Quarter 2020
- Free Youth Edit Lab Hours
- Editing Workflows in Premiere (Winter Production Intensives)
- After Effects Essentials (Winter Production Intensives)
- Camera Operation and Techniques (Winter Production Intensives)
- Lighting for Film and Media (Winter Production Intensives)
- Sounds Good: Production Sound (Winter Production Intensives)
- Producing for Film and Media (Winter Production Intensives)
- Scriptwriting and Storyboarding (Winter Production Intensives)
2019 Workshops and Camps
- Takeaways — Foley Sound
- Takeaways — Animated Portraits
- Present Your Best Selfie!
- Reel Boyz Film Camp
- Imagination Animation
- Gender Representation Film Camp
- Indie Filmmaking Summer Camp
- Demystifying Film Festivals for Emerging Filmmakers
- Ready to Roll: Youth Filmmakers at Northwest Film Forum
- Takeaways: Trailer Editing
- Takeaways: Animating with Adobe After Effects
- Coyote Camp — Youth Filmmaking
- Cadence 2019 — Making Video Poetry
- Takeaways: Documentary Storytelling
- 360 Filmmaking: Behind the Scenes of the Festival
- Friendly Rhythms of the Planet (1/27) — with visiting filmmaker Tatiana Skorlupkina
- Friendly Rhythms of the Planet (1/26) — with visiting filmmaker Tatiana Skorlupkina
- Puppet Making with Clyde Peterson