FilmNorth’s robust Education Programs are grounded in “project-based” learning. Below are some examples of exceptional films created by students in the course of participating in our signature programs. Enjoy!

 

Adult Ed Classes - "Cinema Production Basics Class Project" - Kristine Clarke Edit, 2019, 2:55 min - Student Kristine Clarke’s cut of the summer 2019 class's group sci-fi fantasy project ...
Stories 55 - "Time Was Once", 2019, 6:07 min - A meditation on time director Rebecca Pavlenko created in our inaugural Stories 55 program course Creating a Short Video Memoir taught by Pam Colby ...
Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute Education Outreach Program - "My Rare Fight with Breast Cancer", 2019, 3:46 min - A patient in the Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute’s Transitional Rehabilitation Program, Rayee Thoemke made this powerful short about her rare medical condition ...
Visual Storytelling Series for Underrepresented Communities - "The King Koil Building", 2017, 2:14 min - A short film documenting the history of St. Paul’s Vandalia Tower created by participants in FilmNorth’s Presence of the Past: History Documentaries taught by ...
JuiceMedia - “Minecraft”, 2020, 1:02 min. - A found footage video poem made by four JuiceMedia students during the first week of the Spring 2020 session ...
Summer Camps - “Painter’s Block”, 2019, 3:59 min. - Video created by participants in the 2019 Narrative Video Camp, a one-week camp at FilmNorth where participants explore the many facets of narrative filmmaking, while working collaboratively to develop a strong ...
FilmNorth Academy - “Telepathy”, 2019, 4:37 min. - Participants in FilmNorth Academy each develop and pitch a script for a short narrative film, then as a group select one or two films to produce together during the three week summer ...
In-School Residency - “Life of Maryam”, 2017, 3:05 min. - The Stories That Unite workshop at Skyline Tower, with support from the Knight Foundation, was a joint project bringing together youth from that St Paul residential tower's after school program ...