Important Update: MACFI is taking a break during the fall 2025 term while our instructor attends to a family matter. We’ll be back as soon as we can, and we can’t wait to see you then. Thank you for your patience and continued enthusiasm. Please contact Jeff@MediaArtsCouncil.org with any questions.
“MACFI introduced me to the world of filmmaking & I love it!”
"This class really prepared me for college."
“MACFI got me out of my comfort zone & gave me confidence."
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to direct a movie, write a script, act in front of a camera & then put it all together? If so, MAC’s highly popular film production class is for you! Since 2012, over 200 hundred students & 50 films films later, MACFI continues to teaches high schoolers how to tell meaningful stories through the art of filmmaking.
Grades 9-12.
Class Location:
Media Youth Center
1 Youth Way, Media, PA
Registrations are closed for the Fall 2025 term while the instructor attends to an important family matter. Please sign up for our email list to be notified when registration opens for the next term.
This program includes classroom time, independent work & separate days for filming & production as well as additional days & sites for filming. Some classes are held virtually.
Students, their families & their friends are invited to walk the red carpet & enjoy a screening of their completed films on the big screen at MAC’s annual Media Film Festival.
About The Instructors:
Hezekiah Lewis is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Villanova University. He has received numerous awards for his outstanding efforts commemorating his dedication & passion for filmmaking. He started MACFI with Darryl Ridgeway in 2012.
Darryl Ridgeway began his career in 1989 producing a show called “Artist Discovery” which aired rap artists videos on the Billboard charts. In 1998 Ridgeway embarked on a career managing & producing local R&B & rap groups, from here he graduated to film projects. Ridgeway started MACFI with Hez in 2012.
Registrations are closed for the Fall 2025 term while the instructor attends to an important family matter. Please sign up for our email list to be notified when registration opens for the next term. For Multi-Week Classes
Class registration cancelled two weeks or more before the start date of the class will be fully refunded, minus a 20% administration fee. Class registrations cancelled between 7-14 days before the class will receive a MAC gift card worth the amount of the class, minus a 20% administration fee.
There will be no refunds or credits of any kind for withdrawals less than 7 days prior to a class.
For One-Time Workshops
Withdrawals from a workshop more than 7 days prior to the start of a workshop will receive a full refund, minus a 20% administration fee. Withdrawals 7 to 4 days prior to the start date of a workshop will receive a MAC gift card worth the amount of the course, minus a 20% administration fee. There will be no refunds or credits of any kind for withdrawals 3 days prior and up to the day of a workshop. MAC gift cards are valid for one year from the issue date.
MAC Class Cancellations
MAC reserves the right to cancel or postpone any program or activity due to insufficient enrollment, faculty availability, or any other unforeseen circumstance. If MAC cancels a class or workshop, tuition payment will be refunded in full to the student.
MACFI Class Cancellation Policy
This program is made possible by support from the Connelly Foundation, Sun Center Studios, and the Sheila Fortune Foundation
