The Mobile Cinema Lab serves students grades 6-12 across Colorado and we are currently booking our 2024/2025 sessions.
The program has been presented to regular accolades over the last 3 years and provides up to 20 students with 20 contact hours in which they explore finding their voice/innate storytelling abilities through collaboratively writing, filming, and editing their own short film or TV pilot. We provide the instructors, all of whom are professional filmmakers, and the industry standard gear.
Not located in Colorado? No problem! Check out our traveling National Mobile Cinema Lab.
What We Offer
Education
Our talented instructors bring storytelling to life! All instructors are fully background checked and trained to work in schools using culturally responsive and inclusive teaching strategies.
Equipment
We provide full cinema packages for each grade level. Students will get a hands-on opportunity to become a filmmaker and storyteller all while using the same gear professionals use.
Curriculum
The MCL curriculum is story-based and built on collaboration. Students will work in teams to write, produce, and edit their own short films and TV pilots all while learning how to utilize 21st-century technology throughout.
Partnerships
Impact
Student Response
100% of students in the program said they received valuable skills in collaboration, storytelling, and/or filmmaking.
Collaboration
98% of students surveyed said they learned how to work more successfully in a collaborative environment.
Teacher Response
100% of teachers surveyed felt that their students were more capable as classroom contributors after the program.
Job Skills
86% of students surveyed felt a career in film or television was more realistic than before.
Testimonials
“Any educator would be very lucky to be able to participate in anything like this. The students gained so much confidence and have grown so much in such a short amount of time in the classroom. They’re raising their hands a lot more, getting to be more outspoken in our morning meetings, and actually wanting to talk. I feel like this group of students will forever be changed.“
—Ms. Cordova, DPS Teacher
Recent MCL Screenings
Adams City High School students & educators pose for a photo after a five short-film screening on Feb. 4, 2025 in Commerce City.
Read the recent Article about this screening by Jackie Ramirez on the Commerce City Sentinel Express!
Bring the Program to your School
Bookings
SeriesFest Mobile Cinema Lab is currently booking schools and community partners for the 2024/2025 school-year. MCL is designed to provide 20 contact hours of professional filmmaking for up to 20 students and can be offered in flexible formats.
For more information and pricing, please email: nicolebarker@seriesfest.com
Access is an important part of connecting this program to students in all communities. Title I schools in Colorado can apply for scholarships by emailing Nicole Barker at the address above.
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