2025 🎬 ACTING & FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS – ASHEVILLE, NC

🎥 FULL-DAY WORKSHOP

Lights. Camera. Action. In One Day.
📅 6-8 hours of immersive learning and creation. You’ll:

• Warm up with acting and film exercises

• Write a script
  Break down scenes

• Take on real set roles (actor, director, DP, etc.)

• Shoot the scene

• Learn basic editing techniques

• Present the film
  💰 Cost: $129 per student or $100 if you get the paperback book!

July 26th - 10:30 am
802 Fairview Rd. Suite 1200
Asheville, NC

Coming
up!

This isn’t just a workshop—it’s a full creative experience. In one day, you’ll dive into both sides of the art: acting and filmmaking. You’ll learn what it means to perform truthfully on camera and how to build the world around that performance—through direction, camera, sound, and storytelling. Whether you’re in front of the lens or behind it, you’ll rehearse, shoot, and edit a complete short film with your team. No experience needed—just a passion to create. Because the best storytellers understand both sides of the story.

🎞️ 3. 5-WEEK PROGRAM

From Idea to Film – In Just 5 Sessions
A complete creative journey — act, direct, shoot, and edit your own short film.
✔️ Weeks 1–3: Theory, acting games, camera training
🎬 Week 4: Shoot Day!
✂️ Week 5: Edit + Screen + Feedback + Receive Certificate

🎓 Includes Certificate of Completion
💰 Cost: $400–500 per student
⏱️ 4-hour sessions (6 on shoot day)

Saturday & Sundays from July 19th/20th to
August 16th/17th
802 Fairview Rd. Suite 1200
Asheville, NC

Raúl Acosta

Creative Writer | Filmmaker | Self-Published Author

The Instructor

Raúl Iván Acosta is a writer and filmmaker whose work spans continents and mediums. From national TV in Lima to short films in Paris, he’s told stories through film, music, and art. His award-winning shorts earned acclaim at the 48 Hour Film Project and Filmapalooza.

Raúl has directed commercials, curated art auctions, and been active in arts education. He produced a rap series and music videos during the pandemic as a creative outlet. Later, he led emergency shooting days on Peru’s historical TV series Los Otros Libertadores.

In New York, he rediscovered his voice as a filmmaker with The Dish and Double Booked. He authored Always Be Selling, a hands-on guidebook for actors. Now based in Asheville, NC, he leads local film programs and the 48HFP competition. Raúl co-founded NewYorkStories.org and is driven by stories that move, amuse, and resonate.