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Ages13–17 yrs
FocusTheater
LevelAll levels
SeasonAug
Young Film Academy runs this residential theatre camp in Bury Saint Edmunds, United Kingdom. The camp welcomes children aged 13–17, with sports, languages, and water activities on the programme. Typically open August — new dates coming soon. Sessions last 1–2 weeks.
Residential theater camp in Bury Saint Edmunds, United Kingdom
For young people who love films, whether it’s creating them or acting in them, YFA’s all-inclusive Summer Camp is a dream come true: a chance to eat, sleep and breathe movies! The camp is held at Culford School, one of the UK’s leading boarding schools, and includes all board, meals, tuition, excursions, equipment and activities. 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 through practical exercises, workshops and masterclasses with film industry professionals. And because we passionately believe that the best way to learn to is to 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. 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…
What's Included
All board and accommodation at Culford School
Three daily meals
Filmmaking and screen acting tuition
Filming equipment
Evening and weekend activities (swimming, table tennis, dodgeball, dance, yoga, film screenings, quizzes, talent shows)
Premiere screening of completed films in the onsite cinema
Not provided
Travel to and from camp, including taxis (YFA cannot book taxis or arrange independent travel) · Airport transfer from London Stansted or Heathrow (available at an additional per-student charge) · Travel insurance, required for students coming from overseas · Doctor consultation fees at the local surgery for non-UK citizens
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Special focus
Theater · Arts & Creative
On arrival every student chooses one of two crews for the duration of their stay: the Filmmaking Crew, for those who want to take a movie from first idea to finished cut, or the Acting Crew, for those who want to perform on screen. Each crew spends its days on practical exercises, workshops and masterclasses led by working film industry professionals — storytelling, screenwriting, camera, sound, editing, special FX and post-production on one side; screen technique, auditioning, character and set craft on the other — before the two crews combine into mixed production teams to actually shoot the films. Students are grouped by age, 13-14 and 15-17, and the camp is deliberately open to all experience levels, from complete beginners to teenagers already building a showreel. Each week ends with a premiere in the school's onsite cinema, where the completed movies are screened for friends and family alongside behind-the-scenes features telling the story of the shoot. When crews are not on set, the social team fills the evenings with swimming, dance, yoga, table tennis, dodgeball, movie quizzes, talent shows and games, so the week swings between focused, professional-style production work and the easy sociability of a boarding-school summer.
Levels welcomeBeginnerIntermediateAdvanced
Other included activities
Reviews
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Megan Sedgwick, 17 (Filmmaking crew)
Thank you Young Film Academy for giving me an opportunity to work with so many people who are as passionate about creating films as I am. I can honestly say the last two years of YFA summer camps combined have been the best four weeks of my life. You have helped me lean so much about myself and realise that creating films is what I love doing
Dec 2019
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Mother of Sam Brenton, 13 (Acting crew)
Thank you all so much for an absolutely incredible week with Young Film Academy. Sam has come home totally inspired and extremely keen to return next year! He has talked about every aspect of the course in great detail and has said it was everything and more than he hoped it would be!
Dec 2019
Safety & Supervision
Enhanced DBS-checked staff
Safeguarding-trained staff
24-hour supervision of students
Staff sleep in rooms adjacent to student accommodation
Onsite nurse
Team of trained first-aiders
Local doctor's surgery a few minutes from campus
Boarding accommodation separated by age and gender
The camp runs with what YFA describes as a high staff-to-student ratio and 24-hour supervision, with staff sleeping in rooms next to the student accommodation. All filmmaking and social staff hold Enhanced DBS checks and are trained in current safeguarding requirements. A nurse is on site alongside a team of trained first-aiders, and students can be taken to a local doctor's surgery a few minutes from campus.
Meals
Three meals a day are served in the school dining hall, which is nut-free. Food allergies and intolerances are catered for on request.
Screen time policy
Students may keep their mobile phones with them for the duration of the camp so they can contact family directly, but phones are not to be used during classes or scheduled activities. The camp suggests 6:30pm to 7:15pm each day as the best window for calls, FaceTime or messaging. Wi-fi and internet access are available across the school site.
Accommodation & campus
Where your child sleeps
Bedrooms
Shared bedrooms
Bathrooms
Bathrooms shared between rooms
Campus facilities
Dining Room
Classrooms
Arts room
Tennis Court
Basketball Court
Cinema
Dance studio
Theater
Swimming Pool
Location & getting there
Culford School, Culford, Bury Saint Edmunds IP28 6TX, United Kingdom
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Getting your child there
Airport
London Airports
Pickup service · Culford School sits about two hours from central London, and every major London airport connects to camp, with Stansted the most straightforward and Heathrow the next easiest. For families who would rather not travel alone, a member of the YFA team can meet your child inside the terminal at Stansted or Heathrow and accompany them by road to school, provided the flight lands within the designated arrival window; the transfer is charged at £180 each way per student from Stansted and £230 each way per student from Heathrow, and is requested by ticking the airport transfer option on the application form or by contacting the office afterwards. Students who prefer public transport can take the train from any of the London airports to Bury St Edmunds, roughly 1 hour 45 minutes from King's Cross or Liverpool Street, then a ten-minute taxi out to Culford. YFA can point you towards a trusted local taxi firm and asks you to send the driver and journey details for reference, as the team is not able to book taxis or arrange independent travel on your behalf.
By car
Culford School, Suffolk
Camp is based at Culford School, Culford, Bury Saint Edmunds IP28 6TX, set in 480 acres of Suffolk countryside about 95 minutes from London and 45 minutes from Cambridge, which makes it an easy drive for families coming by car. Arriving by road also gives parents the chance to see the boarding houses and the onsite cinema where the end-of-week premiere is held. · Culford School, Culford, Bury Saint Edmunds IP28 6TX, United Kingdom
Airport
£180 · optionalLondon Stansted Airport
Pickup service · Stansted is the most straightforward airport for reaching camp, and YFA staff can meet your child at the terminal and travel with them by road to Culford School, provided the flight lands inside the designated arrival window. The transfer is charged at £180 each way per student and is booked by selecting the airport transfer option on the application form, or by contacting the office once the application is in. Families who prefer to travel independently can book a taxi from the airport (YFA can recommend a trusted local firm but cannot book cars on your behalf), sending the driver and journey details to the team for reference.
Airport
£230 · optionalLondon Heathrow Airport
Pickup service · Students flying into Heathrow can also be met in the terminal by a member of the YFA team and accompanied to Culford School, again provided the flight arrival time falls within the designated window. The charge for this longer journey is £230 each way per student, requested when completing the application or afterwards by contacting the office. Independent taxi travel from Heathrow is possible too, with driver and journey details shared with YFA in advance, as the team cannot arrange private transport itself.
Train station
Bury St Edmunds railway station
Bury St Edmunds is the nearest station, roughly ten minutes by car from Culford School, and is reachable from all the major London airports as well as directly from the capital — journeys from King's Cross or Liverpool Street take around 1 hour 45 minutes. From the station YFA recommends booking a taxi for the short run out to the school; the team can point you towards a trusted local taxi service, and you send them the driver and journey details for reference, as they cannot make the booking for you.
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