YFA Residential Filmmaking & Screen Acting Summer Camp
Bury St Edmunds, United KingdomYoung Film Academy
- Latest published dates
- Aug 9 – 16, 2026
- Duration
- 8 days
- Ages
- 13–17
$2,341
Course price for 1 week
We'll let you know when this camp adds new dates.
Young Film Academy’s all-inclusive residential summer camp for young filmmakers and screen actors aged 13–17, held at Culford School in Suffolk. Students eat, sleep and breathe movies for a week: making films, acting on camera and screening their work, with board, meals, tuition, equipment and activities all included. Open to every experience level, from complete beginners to aspiring professionals.
Language
English
Program type
Art Camps
Accommodation
Campus
About
About the Course
Students spend the week making and starring in films: developing stories, shooting with professional equipment and learning screen acting technique with experienced tutors, working towards screenings of their finished work. The programme splits into age groups of 13–14 and 15–17.
What’s Included
The camp is all-inclusive: the £1,790 weekly fee covers board, meals, tuition, equipment and activities. A two-week option (£3,490) is offered when dates allow.
Accommodation
Students board at Culford School in Suffolk, one of the UK’s leading boarding schools, set in extensive parkland near Bury St Edmunds.
Meal Plan
All meals are included at the school throughout the camp.
Activities & Excursions
Alongside filmmaking, students enjoy evening and social activities including screenings of work produced during the week and a Saturday night talent show.
Facilities
The camp uses Culford School’s boarding facilities and grounds, with professional filmmaking equipment provided for every production team.
Camp Experience
YFA’s residential camp is a chance for young filmmakers and actors to eat, sleep and breathe movies for a week — making real films with like-minded friends and screening them to family at the end of the course.
Language Camp prices
Filmmaking & Screen Acting Summer Camp
13–17 yrs · All levels2026 price
A hands-on residential week of filmmaking and screen acting at Culford School: writing, shooting and acting in films with professional tutors and industry-standard equipment, ending with screenings of the students’ work. Open to all experience levels, whether students want to create films or act in them.
Full-day practical filmmaking and screen acting programme; tuition hours are not published by the school.
Daily Schedule
Breakfast
07:00–08:00
Classes
08:30–12:30
Lunch
12:30–13:30
Dinner
18:30–19:30
Evening activities
20:00–22:00
Lights out
22:30
Included items
Photos
School
Young Film Academy
Young Film Academy (YFA) is a UK provider of filmmaking courses, school programmes and film events for young people aged 5–18. Its flagship Residential Filmmaking & Screen Acting Summer Camp is held at Culford School in Suffolk, one of the UK’s leading boarding schools, and is open to all experience levels, with all board, meals, tuition, equipment and activities included.
