YOUR WORLD.YOUR CHOICE. YOUR FILM

One Year Film Programs

SFS offers world-class post-secondary programs from Film Studies to Visual Effects. Our unique instructional method balances classroom and hands-on production so that, after just one amazing year, you are prepared to set your film career in motion.

Professional Mentorship

Faculty at SFS are experienced, first-class professionals who work in film, television and commercials, and our Advisory Board of industry leaders guide our educational programs to the cutting edge. Your film industry connections begin here.

Script to Screen

Students at our film school work on eight collaborative shorts and write and direct their own thesis film project - in ONE year! Our goal is to help you create your own eye-popping reel to launch your film career.

Sedona: The Location

Sedona offers a variety of locations including mountains, desert, forests, creeks/rivers, and our famous red rock formations as well as southwest architecture, small town America, and historic mining towns. For more than 80 years filmmakers have chosen Sedona. You'll be immersed in this world!

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Advanced Program

Advanced Certificate in Filmmaking

Focusing on the business of feature filmmaking the new curricula gives an even deeper experience in the crafts of filmmaking.

All who have successfully completed at least one certificate program at the Sedona Film School are invited to apply.

Reality Check

Reality Check Productions produced feature documentary, Reality Check. In cooperation with the school, students in the Advanced Class of 2008 gained experience on the project.

The feature length documentary explores the varied and unpredictable world of human nature. Anthropologists, authors, clergy, and the average Joe discuss their perceptions of reality. From coping to escapism the film explores the many different ways in which people view the world.

Walking Through the Process of Feature Filmmaking

AZ Film Link produced the independent feature film last year with the advanced class. In cooperation with the Sedona Film School at Yavapai College, students were immersed in the process.

“Working on a production of this scale is an incredible experience for the students,” said Stephan Schultze, former director of the film school and the feature film. Everyone chose a specific area of interest they wanted to develop. Professional mentors taught on the set while students took on roles and responsibilities in specific departments.

“This is the first feature film the film school has participated in and we invite more production companies to create partnerships with the advanced class,” said Schultze.

Three years ago, students worked on the Eastman Kodak Company sponsored “35mm Project.” Valued at 70 thousand dollars, the grant provided film, equipment use and services from several film industry vendors including Dolby Surround Sound, Arri, Mole Richardson Lighting and Foto Kem labs. After touring the labs in Los Angeles the filmmakers returned to Arizona with a five-ton truck filled with lighting gear and equipment.