Summer 2025 Teen ANIMATION Course | 5 x 5 x 5 Week/ Day/Hour Intensive

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Summer Teen Fiction Filmmaking Program

Join us for our Summer Intensive Teen Animation Program in Washington D.C.! Get ready to unleash your creativity and learn the art of stop-action motion and 2D drawn and digital animation, including how to make a short film.

Everyone works both individually and in teams on equipment provided by DCIFF. You will also learn how to use easily available online animation tools, set up space to film and produce a final film that everyone has contributed to. Everyone works both individually and in teams on equipment provided by DCIFF. Our teaching team has a wealth of experience in filmmaking and we know students love them and the program!

This in-person course offers a fantastic opportunity for teens to explore their passion for storytelling through art, drawing, collage and film. You will have a unique chance to meet interesting professionals and see how they work.

Includes:

• Learn essential tools and techniques – flip books and intro to character animation
• Stop Motion and Claymation
• Producing a final short stop motion film
• Equipment: Provided, but if you have a laptop or tablet / pencils and paper for drawing, do bring!
• Requirements: NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED! - WE WILL WORK WITH YOU AT YOUR LEVEL. Taking a one week vacation is fine but please do not sign up in you know you will miss a lot of the course. This is not a drop-in experience and you should commit to 4 of the 5 weeks to really benefit. For ages 14-17 (we will accept 13 year old if interested).
  Meeting schedule: June 30-Aug 1, Mon to Fri 12.30-5.30pm, in-person. No class July 4th. August 1st afternoon is the public presentation of all the final work. This is not a drop-in program, but we allow for a week away. We ask participants for 75% attendance and we give Certificates of Completion to those who do.

Venue is two blocks from Dupont Circle Metro Station in a safe and secure facility.
Cost: FREE for all the participants after a required, non-returnable $60 (DC residents) / $85 (non DC residents) registration fee to cover incidentals. Once you have signed up here, we will get in touch to have you fill in our form. Once admitted, you will be asked to pay the registration fee to secure your place in the program.

Healthy snacks fee for the whole 5 weeks is $125.
Maximum Participants: 16 slots
If you have any further questions, please contact Program Director Dasha Pavlova at [email protected] with HS Program in the subject line.

Photo by BP Miller on Unsplash

and Emmanuel Acua on Unsplash

and FRANCESCO TOMMASINI on Unsplash

Event Host

DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF)