2025 Young Filmmaker’s Camp sign ups begin

By Courtney Warren

The Canton Convention and Visitors Bureau and Film Office are once again offering the Canton Young Filmmakers Workshop for 2025. The program boasts 21 years of success and creates an environment for storytelling, scriptwriting, directing and acting. Many former campers have become professional filmmakers and have gone to school and majored in academic film programs.

Canton Young Filmmakers is more than a camp. The program prides itself in providing an opportunity to see, feel and touch the beginning process of how movies are made with young filmmakers and provides increased opportunity for the older students to progress at a higher level of achievement.

This year, the camp will once again be partnering with the Madison County Library for their enhanced equipment toward the creation and implementation of the student projects. The Mississippi Film Office will partner with the group to provide curriculum and experienced instructors with filmmaking experience.

Camp for ages 8-12 will be July 7-July 11. Camp for ages 13-18 will be July 14-18. Lunch, snacks and materials are included; however, students may be asked to bring props for filming. The price for camp is $175. For more information, contact Canton Tourism at 601-859-1307 or 800-844-3369, or email [email protected].