A round of applause goes to the film crew at the Long Beach Polytechnic High School Fresh Films for winning the Audience Choice Award with their short, “The Director” in the Fresh Films Coast to Coast Film Festival. Head over to bit.ly/4e14hzB to check it out!

Congrats to our filmmakers at YWCA Rock Island, the Fresh Films Weekly program site in Rock Island, Ill., won the Midwest Region’s Audience Choice Award in Fresh Films Coast to Coast Film Festival with their short, “Road Trippin’.” See it for yourself at bit.ly/4fxUiCZ!

Shout out to the Fresh Films Weekly film crew at the Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, GA. "This is a Disaster" took home the Audience Choice Award at the Fresh Films Coast to Coast Film Festival! Click over to bit.ly/3PXiGUh to watch this award-winning film!

Congratulations to the young creators at the @phase4learning! Their short film, “Fortune Favors the Hungry,” earned the an Audience Choice Award in last week’s Fresh Films Coast to Coast Film Festival! Head to bit.ly/3RRnaMO to watch this award-winning film!

✨Coming soon...your summer on a film set! 80 young people will be coming onto the summer film set! More details coming soon! Another 10 onset for corporate production with ITW! Gaining real on-set experience! #freshfilms #freshfilmsselected

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from Fresh Films! ✨❄️ A recap from all the things our students did this year in 2025, from being on set with the pros this past summer to Industry Tours in Hollywood to joining us every week for the Weekly Film Program!

📣✨Haven’t caught I am disABLEd yet? Catch it Sunday, December 14 and Thursday, December 18 on the WQPT-TV station for those in the Quad Cities! The documentary can be streamed all year round on PBS passport for free for all!

📣✨Fresh Films has an official announcement revealing the label students will be working with and the featured artists! Coming soon — stay tuned!

🎞️✨Unlock your creative potential! Apply for the Fresh Films Weekly Programming today! We want creative content creators like you! Program begins in January 2026!

Interested in kickstarting your film/TV career? Apply today for the Fresh Films Accelerated Training Program. Work and network with the pros. *Available only to those in Gwinnett County, GA, the Boston area, and Illinois! Hourly pay or stipend for those accepted to program!

📽️✨Your future in film is now! Apply today for the weekly film program beginning in January 2026!

And now...our Accelerated Film Training Programs in the Boston Area, Gwinnett County, GA and IL! Apply for the Fresh Films Accelerated Training Program to advance your skills and your connections in the growing film and TV industry. Link in bio!

Meet one of our alums, Derek Simon! This photo was taken in 2005 and now he is teaching on our Weekly Screenwriting Program! Hear what he says!

📽️✨Hollywood is in reach! Applications for the 2025–2026 Weekly Filmmaking Program are open! Program begins Jan 13th, 2026! Take your first step toward a creative career — it’s free to join: freshfilms.org/weeklyfilmmak…

📣✨Accelerated Film Training Program in Gwinnett County, GA Ready to kick-start a career in the entertainment industry? Then apply for the Fresh Films Accelerated Training Program to advance your skills and your connections! Apply today with the link in bio!

Hear from Fresh Films Participants Who Took the Leap! They took that first step, stepped outside their comfort zones, and now they’re shining behind the camera and beyond! Apply today: freshfilms.org/weeklyfilmmak…

Applications for the 2025–2026 Weekly Filmmaking Program are now open! Program begins Jan 13th, 2026! Take your first step toward a creative career — it’s free to join: freshfilms.org/weeklyfilmmak…

Shout out to our long time partners at Hot Topic Foundation for supporting this summer's production with props and set design from their Sanrio collection! 📽️✨ Thank you Hot Topic for helping us take the film experience up another level with your involvement!

With the weekly film programming in full swing, we are thinking about our time back on set this summer! Interested in learning film skills on a real film set? Learn more at freshfilms.org

📽️✨FALL SCREENWRITING BEGINS TODAY! Thank you to all our past Fresh Films participants who applied over the last two months! We are are very excited to begin tonight and have you all bring the COMEDY! Stay tuned for other weekly programming!