Film Camp for Kids & Youth is a job creation program. Each summer we provide local post-secondary film students with jobs in their field. Teaching, coaching and mentoring are great ways to hone skills. Our program also includes presentations from industry professionals who lead workshops in their area of expertise.
Our Participant/Instructor ratio is 5-7 students per Instructor; each summer we hire 15-18 staff. Trainers are contracted as programs are developed.
Founder/Producer, Amanda Gellman
The program concept began as a research project to see what film camps offer, and the realization that a future film industry in Windsor begins with children and youth. Amanda engaged Nicole Gellman and Aaron Fauteax to help, and the camp was launched after a pilot project with 22 children aged 9-12. The program as we know it today is thanks to efforts in the community in general, and especially thanks to Libro Credit Union, MANAN Strategy Consultants / MANAN Media and Petretta Construction. Amanda Gellman is the CEO of MANAN and partner in The Funding Envelope.
She is the President of the Windsor Centre for Film, Digital Media & Creative Art, as well as the Chair of the Media Arts Community Centre & Museum. With a history in the non-profit, business and art sectors. Amanda works to create “Manan” or new beginnings and opportunities for different groups. She is very well versed in all facets of marketing and fund development – and an experienced trainer and expert meeting facilitator.
Amanda is the former Vice-President of the University of Windsor and the first female VP at this institution. She also received numerous awards, including 40 under 40 in St. Louis, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, the McDonnell Douglas Feed America Award, Windsor Women of the Year 2001, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Crystal Lifetime Achievement Award of Canada South Chapter of the Association of Professionals.