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BFI - Film Academy�VFX and Animation

20 years experience delivering educational projects to young people

Delivered £3.8 Million worth of projects

Successful completion of 5 network and 4 residential Film academy projects

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Overview

A short course to develop your skills and employability

    • 2 Saturdays followed by an intensive 5-day academy.
    • QCF recognized qualification
    • Build your professional online portfolio.
    • Make your own animated film or VFX sequence.
    • Current industry practitioners as tutors
    • Widen your understanding of the animated and VFX world
    • Receive industry training in specialist apps such as; Premiere, After Effects, Motion & Dragon frame.
    • Learn from high profile visiting speakers who will be sharing tips, trade secrets and how they got their jobs.
    • £25 deposit (refunded after completion)

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Partners

Blink and Blinkink

    • World leaders in animation and Visual FX
    • Work with international brand names
    • Helped develop the programme, and will provide visiting speaker and professional guidance to students

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Partners

London International Animation Festival

    • Largest independent festival in UK
    • International selection of the world’s best animation
    • Helped plan the scheme, provides speaker and professional guidance to students

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When

    • Deadline for applications - Sunday 28th Sept 2025, 17:00
    • Workshops – 2 Saturdays 11/10/25, 25/10/25
    • Academy - Monday to Friday during the Autumn half term (Monday 27th Oct to Friday 31st of Oct 2025).
    • Screening - in a central London Cinema early Dec
    • Times - 10:00 to 17:00
    • WhereCroydon Masonic halls - 73 Oakfield Rd, CR0 2UX

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Apply and more info

Go to

https://www.filmworkshop.com/film-academy/

For help

booking@filmworkshop.com or call 0207 607 8660

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BFI Academy�Animation & VFX