Film & Video Program Highlights
The "Festival of First Cuts"
All three concentrations collaborate to craft Capstone Films in the final phase of the Institute - Acting students perform in films written by Screenwriting students, and produced by Production students - working from conception to realization. On the final day of the program, working cuts of these capstone films are screened for friends and family in our "Festival of First Cuts".
Testimonials
“Oliver ’25 and I are lucky that we both got to be Cherubs (just 38 years in-between). Oliver made great friends and great films. For me, Cherubs was the place where I learned to write every day, professionally. It’s not an exaggeration to say that Cherubs changed my life. At this point I’ve had three television series with Kerri Kenney-Silver, the friend I made at Allison Hall on the first day of camp in 1987.” – Tom Lennon, ’87 Cherub
“What stayed with me most was being on set – watching how each director approached the same challenges with entirely different instincts. It made me realize how many ways there are to lead creatively. As a writer on my own project, I learned what it meant to hand a script over and see it grow in someone else’s hands. That process deepened my respect for collaboration – not as compromise, but as a way to sharpen vision through trust.” - 2025 Cherub
“Not only did I learn a lot, but I actually got to put what I had learned into action…This program solidified my love and need for making films and being in films. I want to do this for the rest of my life.” - 2024 Cherub
“When you are 16 and you want to make movies, you feel like you don’t belong and at NHSI, they belong. That is one of the best parts of this program – that the students find their community.” - NHSI Film Faculty
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