After School Programs
Reel Works’ free after school programs pair teens with professional filmmaker-mentors to create original short documentaries, narrative and experimental films that have won countless awards and been seen by over 20 million viewers worldwide since 2001. Sign up for our programs below!
Upcoming Programs
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Career Lab
Love filmmaking, but not sure what you want to do as your career? Join MediaMKRS Career Lab to gain insight into the media industry through paid rotational job shadowing.
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Summer Experimental Filmmaking Lab
The Summer Experimental Filmmaking Lab is an experimental filmmaking program that supports neurodivergent NYC students ages 15-21 to explore storytelling through filmmaking.
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Summer Documentary Lab
The Summer Doc Lab is a 5-week workshop where students ages 16-19 create short personal films about their lives and communities.
Film School Fridays
Looking to work on or promote your film? Reel Works Film School Fridays connect young filmmakers with peer mentors and craftspeople in the entertainment industry. Come sharpen your skills with us and receive tutoring support in editing, cinematography, storytelling, screenwriting, sound, lighting, and film festival submission tips! This is a safe space to gather, support, create and learn.
Workshop Dates: Most Fridays, 4:30 - 6:30 PM EST
Announcing the Reel Works Food Pantry!
The Reel Works Student Pantry is a student-led initiative started to provide shelf-stable products to Reel Works filmmakers to combat food insecurity in our community.
Donations are collected at the Reel Works office on every first Friday of the month.
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The Narrative Fellows
The Narrative Fellows Program is the most advanced filmmaking program offered at Reel Works for students ages 16-24.This intensive, year-long fellowship provides talented young filmmakers with the opportunity to specialize in a craft of filmmaking: Screenwriting, Directing, Producing, Cinematography, or Editing. As a cohort, the students will create new and sophisticated work, gain individualized study with a professional mentor, receive hands-on work experience and media opportunities, and collectively focus on film studies and media literacy.
Applications will open Spring 2024.
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The Documentary Lab
The Doc Lab is our introductory documentary filmmaking workshop. High school students learn how to tell a story using filmmaking and are paired 1:1 with professional filmmaker mentors to plan, shoot, edit and present a short personal film about their lives and communities.
Workshop Dates: Begins October 30, 2023 and runs until May 7th, 2024 every Monday and Tuesday from 4:30 - 6:30 PM.
Applications will open Spring 2024.
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The Narrative Lab
The Narrative Lab is designed for experienced young filmmakers in high school to develop their ideas into short fiction films. The Narrative Lab focuses on screenwriting, advanced camera and lighting, casting and directing actors, producing, and post-production of short 7-10 minute films. Students are paired 1:1 with professional mentors who they will meet with weekly throughout the program.
Workshop Dates: Begins on October 16th, 2023 and runs until June 19th, 2024. The program meets every Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 - 6:30 PM.
Applications will open Spring 2024.