BFI Film Academy offers opportunities for ambitious 16 to 19 year olds aiming to know more about film and how to make a career in the screen industries. This hands-on filmmaking course builds knowledge and skills, and shows the pathways into the industry for talented and committed young people. Applications are now open for our latest course for those living in Edinburgh & South East Scotland. Read more
Aged 16-25 and got a thirst for telling your own story through film? Moving Image Arts AS level qualification gives you a unique opportunity to develop your voice as a filmmaker. You’ll examine the history, techniques and creative impact of film, and use this to inform the development and production of your own work. Applications are now open for our 2020-21 course. Read more
Your Take is running as a short online filmmaking course this summer. Open to all Primary and Secondary young people in Edinburgh and the Lothians, Your Take runs for two weeks. Whether it's a live action or animated short our summer courses provide all the learning and support needed to develop a story, plan and shoot a film, and edit - ready to be shown at a celebratory virtual screening. Read more
Your Take is a free online filmmaking course for young people living in the Edinburgh and Lothians, as well as any family members or guardians they share their home with. All of our course materials are curriculum linked, also making it a great resource for teachers and their pupils working remotely. Read more
From 2012-20, Screen Education Edinburgh ran CashBack, a high quality learning experience that offered a pathway of progression in film for young people aged 10-24, living in areas of deprivation who have little or no access to creative opportunities. Read more
SEE Youth is a creative committee of young people assembled from across all our programmes to advise, support and shape our work at Screen Education Edinburgh. Read more
Edinburgh & Lothians Schools Film Competition is open to all pupils in nursery, primary and secondary education within the City of Edinburgh, East, West and Midlothian. The competition sees selected films sharing the festival limelight with leading filmmakers from across the world. Read more
Our weekly groups for young people in S1 to S6 in localities around the City of Edinburgh. Taking place during term time, young learners explore a wide range of filmmaking roles, stages, skills and techniques. Read more