Film Residencies

Upcoming Residency Dates

2025 Winter Film Residency – Sunday, January 12 through Friday, January 17,

2025 Summer Film Residency – Friday, June 13 through Saturday, June 21

Residencies gather faculty and students together for community meals, presentations by film-making professionals, faculty lectures and individual conferences, all on our exceptional campus environs. They are intense learning experiences where theory and learning are applied to practice.

Winter residencies are devoted to developing scripts, including table readings with actors, scene blocking for dramatic action and camera coverage, and selecting films for production during the upcoming summer residency.

Summer residencies are dedicated to an intense production experience and setting up the post-production workflow and scheduling. This is where the work and study of the past year is translated to film.

You’ll take four residencies to complete your degree. Room and board are included in your tuition, but you are responsible for travel to and from the residency. For information about tuition, see the  Graduate tuition and fees page or email us at gradfilm@fdu.edu.