
SBIFF Film Camp gives teens their voice.
Film Camp, offered by SBIFF in partnership with the United Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara County, is a summertime sleepaway camp that brings 30 underserved teenagers to Camp Whittier, located in the front country hills of the Los Padres National Forest. During camp, they’ll spend a week learning about film analysis and filmmaking, hear from award-winning professionals about writing, directing, cinematography and special effects, and they’ll collaborate with other campers to make films of their own that will be screened for family and friends on the last day of camp. Teenagers have a lot to say, but aren’t often encouraged to say it; Film Camp helps them find their voice.
The Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise Charitable Foundation made a contribution of $3,500 for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Film Camp.