RFS Filmmakers' Camp - 2025 Spring, Los Angeles, California, USA
The week-long intensive RFS Filmmakers’ Camps have developed gradually from the several masterclasses taught by award-winning film directors invited by the Film Forum and from undergraduate study trips to Sundance and the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival. Students may participate by applying for UCHV Research Film Studio Travel Grants.
itinerary
- 03/09/2025
- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Filmmakers’ Camp 2025 LA – Hammer Museum Day
Travel Day – Leave for Los Angeles.
Visiting Hammer Museum | Map.
5 PM: Hammer Museum.
7 PM: The Queen at Heart (1967) and Victor/Victoria (1982).
Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
- 03/10/2025
- Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Filmmakers’ Camp 2025 LA – Getty Museum Day
10 AM – 5:30 PM: Getty Center | Map.
Visiting the Getty Museum.
Filmmakers’ Camp Workshop on the Getty grounds.
Sunset - Santa Monica Beach (optional).
- 03/11/2025
- UCLA, Los Angeles
Filmmakers’ Camp 2025 LA – Workshop in the UCLA Film and Television Archive
10:30 AM – 12 PM: UCLA | MAP
Presentation/discussion led by Maya Montañez Smukler and Miki Bulos. Description: general information about researching archival collections—paper/photo and moving images. Focus on specific examples from the LA Rebellion collections; there will be time for students to look though paper and photo collection materials in the classroom.
1 PM – 3 PM: Filmmakers’ Workshop at UCLA. Distinctive Collections Classroom, Young Research Library, UCLA campus.
4 PM – 7 PM: Filmmakers’ Workshop on the Sand (Parry's Cafe | Map).
Sunset: Venice Beach (optional).
- 03/12/2025
- The Broad, Los Angeles
Filmmakers’ Camp 2025 LA – The Broad
3 PM – 6 PM: Filmmakers’ Workshop on the Sand (Perry's Cafe | Map).
7:30 PM: Hammer Museum, Flux, Spring 2025 UCLA screening outstanding short films and music videos from around the globe.
- 03/13/2025
- Academy Museum, Sightseeing, Griffith Observatory
Filmmakers’ Camp 2025 LA – Academy Museum, Sightseeing, Griffith Observatory
10 AM – 12 PM: Academy Museum | Map
Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema
From the scientific and technological advancements that made color possible, to its emotional and psychological impact on viewers, to the ways filmmakers use color as a storytelling tool.
Lunch at Fanny’s Restaurant on site.
1 PM – 7 PM: Sightseeing.
7 PM – 10 PM: Griffith Observatory | Map – Southern California’s gateway to the cosmos!
Preparation for Observatory: Rebel Without a Cause (1955) & La La Land (2016) (optional).
- 03/14/2025
- Ocean Front Walk, Los Angeles
Filmmakers’ Camp 2025 LA – Workshop on the sand
9 AM – 11 AM: Filmmakers’ Workshop on the Sand (Parry's Cafe | Map).
Travel day: Return to Princeton.
