Crash Kids

Crash Kids is a non-competitive movie production challenge that takes participants from movie concept to movie screening over the course of a day.

Crash Kids

October 1, 2020

Crash Kids (ages 9 to 12) engages youth with a meaningful approach to cinema production. Participants receive hands-on experience in creating a film (writing, directing, acting, and editing) in small groups with a professional media educator in less than eight hours at the SIFF Film Center on the Seattle Center Campus.

*Fall workshops will be announced in June*
Contact education@siff.net to join the SIFF Youth Newsletter to be the first to know about new workshops.

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Please see our Registration Policies for more information on registering for Crash Kids. Capacity is limited, early registration is recommended.

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COST

$75 | $60 for SIFF Members
Full and partial scholarships are available for students from schools with 50% free and reduced lunch. For more information, email education@siff.net.

SCHEDULE

9:30 AM | Doors Open
9:45 AM | In the introductory meeting, teams of five are formed and assigned a mentor filmmaker who will facilitate their filmmaking process. Four Crash elements are selected (see below) and questions are answered.
10:00 AM | Kids are released with their team to write, act, film around the Film Center and Seattle Center campus, and edit their movies. Students should bring a sack lunch - teams take lunch individually.
5:00 PM | Films are completed and given to the projectionist at SIFF Cinema.
5:30 PM | World Premiere screening at the SIFF Film Center theater. Family and friends invited. Parents may download their child's Crash Kids film from SIFF starting the Monday morning after the event.

Email education@siff.net to receive the monthly Education newsletter to hear about upcoming Crash Kids programs.

RULES AND REQUIREMENTS

Films must be no longer than three minutes
Films must include the four Crash elements: genre, type of action, character type, and line of dialogue.
Bring any costumes or props (no guns or other weapons, please) that you might want to use.
Parents should pack a sack lunch for their student. SIFF will provide a nutritious afternoon snack.

SIFF has filmmaking equipment and a computer lab for students to us, so there is no need to provide your own equipment.

Questions? Email: education@siff.net.