FILM SCHOOLS -- WORLD
AUSTRALIA
Australian Film, Television and Radio School,
PO Box 126, North Ryde,NSW2113.
AUSTRIA
Hochschule for Musik und darstellende Kunst,
Abteilung fur Film und Fernsehen,
Metternichgasse 12, A-1030 Vienna.
Director: Mrs. Hannelore Gotzinger.
BELGIUM
Archimedia,
European Training Network for the Promotion of Cinema Heritage,
Cinematheque Royale,
23 rue Ravenstein, 1000 Brussels.
Tel: (322) 507 84 03. Fax: (322)5131272.
Hogeschool voor Audiovisuele Communicatie (R.I.T.S.),
Naamsestraat 54,1000 Brussels.
Tel: (32> 25119382. Fax: (32) 2 502 55 06.
Institut des Arts de Diffusion, (I.A.D.),
Rue des Wallons No. 77, B 1348 Louvain-la Neuve.
Institut National des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de diffusion (I.N.S.A.S.).
Rue Theresienne,8,1000 Bruxelles.
Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten-Gent,
Academiestraat2, B-9000 Gent.
BRAZIL
Universidade de Sao Paulo,
Escola de Comunicacoes e Artes,
Departamento de Cinema, Radio e Televisao,
Av. Prof. Lucio Martins Rodrigues
443, Sao Paulo 05508, Brazil.
Tel: (5511)813 3222. Fax: (5511 ) 8153083.
CANADA
Queen's University,
160 Stuart St, Kingston, Ont K7L3N6.
In its fouryear B.A. (Honours) degree programme and
three-year B.A. degree programme the Department of Film
Studies provides an integrated approach to film criticism,
history and production.
Sheridan College,
Faculty of Visual Arts,
1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario, L6H 2L1, Canada.
Dean: Donald Graves.
Intensive and award-winning diploma programmes in: Classical Animation,
International Summer School of Animation,
Computer Animation,
Computer Graphics and Media Arts.
Summer workshops available from May to August
For further information, please call (905) 845 9430 ext. 2700.
Simon Fraser University,
School for the Contemporary Arts,
Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5A 1S6.
Tel: (604) 291 3363. Fax: (604) 291 5907.
Vancouver Film School,
400-1168 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, British Columbia. V6B 2S2.
Tel: (604) 685 5808. Fax: (604) 685 5830.
President: James Griffin.
VFS is a unique training centre that offers 5 immersion
programmes in communication production:
Film Production,
Multimedia Production,
Classical Animation,
Computer Animation, and
Acting for Film and Television.
All programmes have been designed with industry consultation and are taught by industry professionals.
Specialising in shorter (1 year) and intensive formats,
students create their own graduate productions.
For detailed information, please contact the egistrar.
Univ. of Manitoba,
450 University College, Winnipeg, Man R3T 2M8. Basic film-making, screenwriting.
University of Windsor,
Ont. NOB 3P4.
Film Radio TV.
York University,
Faculty of Fine Arts, Film & Video Department,
4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario M3J 1P3.
Offers studies in Film, Video, Screenwriting, and Theory over a 4-year Honours BA or BFA programme, 2-year MFA.
CZECH
REPUBLIC FAMU Film and Television Faculty,
Academy of Performing Arts,
Smetanovo nabr. 2, CS 116 65 Prague 1.
Tel: (42) 2 24229176. Fax: (42) 2 24230285.
Dean: Jan Bernard.
DENMARK
European Film College,
DK-8400 Ebeltoft.
Tel: (45) 86 34 00 55. Fax: (45) 86 34 05 35.
Principal: Kjeld Veirup.
Head of the International Department: Caroline Petit. Summer season: international, intensive training courses for professionals of the industry.
From September to April, 8-month undergraduate courses for students from all over the world. No special qualifications required, except English language.
The National Film School of Denmark,
Vognmagergade 10, DK1120 Copenhagen K.
Tel: (45) 33743430. Fax: (45) 33743435.
EGYPT
Higher Film Institute, Academy of Arts,
Gamal EL Din El Afaghani Str., Pyramids Ave-- Giza. Tel: 537703. Fax: 561034.
FINLAND
Taideteollinen korkeakoulu, elokuvataiteenlaitos.
University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH, Department of Cinema and TV,
Pursimiehenkatu, 29-31, SF-00150 Helsinki.
FRANCE
Institirt de Formation et d'Enseignement pour les Metiers de L'lmage et du Son,
6 rue Francoeur, 75018 Paris.
Chairman: Rene Bonnell.
Director: Patrice Beghain.
Conservatoire Libre du Cinema Fran~ais (C.I.C.F.),
9 qua! de l'Oise, 75019 Paris.
Tel: (1) 40 36 1919. Fax: (1)40360102.
ESEC,
21 rue de Citeaux, 75012 Paris.
Tel: (33) 1 43 42 43 22. Fax: (33) 143419521.
L'ESEC gives a national diploma.
GERMANY
Deutsche Film-und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH, DFFB, Pommernallee 1, 1000 Berlin 19.
Director: Prof. Reinhard Hauff.
Four-year course dealing with theories of filmmaking, film-history, and all aspects of practical film and television production; scriptwriting, direction, camerawork, editing
and special effects. Students make films and videos and are encouraged to gain experience in as wide a variety
of techniques as possible.
Hochschule fiir Fernsehen und Film,
Frankenthaler Strasse 23, D-81539 Miinchen.
President: Prof. Dr. Albert Scharf.
Approx. 300 students, 60 staff. Four-year course providing instruction in the theory and practice of film and television.
Facilities provide for work in 16 and 35mm as well as video equipment. Studies are free.
Two-step admission process;
ask for details in January each year.
Studies begin each Autumn.
Hochschule fOr Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf", Kar Marx Strasse 33/34, 14482 Potsdam.
Rector: Prof. Dr. Dieter Wiedemann.
HONG KONG
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts,
School of Film and Television,
1 Gloucester Road, GPO Box 12288, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Dean: Mr. Richard Woolley.
Tel: 2584 8626/8679. Fax: 2802 4372.
HUNGARY
Szinbaz-es Filmmiiveszeti Foiskola,
Vas u. 2/c, 1088 Budapest.
Rector: Peter Huszti.
General Secretary: Laszlo Vadasz.
INDIA
Film and Television Institute of India,
Law College Road, Pune 411 004, India.
Director: John Shankaramangalam.
Chairman: Mahesh Bhatt.
India's premier film school imparts training in five diploma courses:
Motion Picture Photography,
Audiography,
Film Editing,
Production Management (Film & TV),
Art Direction (Film & TV),
and a Post Diploma course in Film Direction.
All the courses are of two years duration with an intake of ten students for each course.
Training is also given for a short-term six month course in Acting (Film & "TV) with an intake of 20 students.
The Television wing gives in-service training to employees of Doordarshan.the Indian National Television Network.
IRELAND
European School of Animation, Senior College,
Ballyfermot, Dublin 10.
Tel: (353) 1626 9421.
Fax: (353) 1 626 6754.
ISRAEL
Department of Film and Television,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv.
Sam Spiegel Film & Television School -
Jerusalem, 4 Yad Harutzirn St, Jerusalem.
Director: Renen Schorr.
ITALY
Centre Sperimentale di Cinematografia (C.S.C.),
Via Tuscolana 1524,00173 Rome.
Tel: (6) 722 941. Fax: (6) 721 1619.
Director: Angelo Libertini.
President: Orio Caldiron.
Institute di Storia del Cinema e dello Spettacolo,
Universita di Torino Facolta di Magistero,
Via San'Ottavio 20,10124 Torino.
JAPAN
Nihon University College of Art,
Asahiganoka 2-42, Nerimaku, Tokyo, 176.
Head of Film Department: Professor Toru Otake.
NETHERLANDS
Nederlandse Film en Televisie Academie,
Ite Boeremastraat 1, 1054 PP Amsterdam.
Managing Director: Richard Woolley.
260 students, 60 staff. Four years.
POLAND
Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Filmowa, Telewizyina c Teatralna, im Leona Schillera,
ul. Targowa 61/63, 90 323 Lodz.
Tel: (42) 743943. Fax: (42) 748 139.
ROMANIA
Academia de Teatru si Film
str. MateiVolevod nr. 75-77, 73226, Bucharest.
Tel: (401) 642 27 20, Dean: Elisabeta Bostan.
RUSSIA
Vserossiiyski Gosudarstvenni Institirt Kinematograf! (VGIK)
(All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography),
ulitsa Vilgelma Pika 3, Moscow 129226.
Fax: (95) 187 7174.
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO
Fakultet dramskih urnetnosti (pozorista, filma, radija i televizije),
Bulevar urnetnosti 20, 11070 Belgrade.
Tel: (381 11) 135 684. Fax: (38 11) 130862.
SPAIN
University of Valladolid,
Catedra de Historia y Estetica de la Cinematografica,
47002, Valladolid.
Tel: (983) 423611. Fax: (983) 423007.
Director: Sr. Dr. Francisco Javierde la Plaza.
ECCAM (Escuela de Cinematografia de la Comunidad de Madrid),
Ciudad de la imagen,
Crtra. Madrid-Boadilla del Monte M511-Km.22 Ppzuelo de
Alarcon 28223 Madrid.
Tel. (34) 1 411 04 97.
A popular one-year course especially strong on film direction.
SWEDEN
Department of Cinema Studies,
University of Stockholm, Filmhuset,
BorgvSgen 1-5, Box 27062, S-102 51 Stockholm.
Dramatiska Institutet
(College of Theatre, Film, Radio and Television),
BorgvSgen, Box 27090, S102 51 Stockholm.
Head of School: Kjell Grede.
Formed in 1970, the Institute is intended to provide instruction in production techniques for theatre, film, radio and television. The Institute is equipped with film and TV studios, 10 editing rooms for 8, 16 and 35mm, and 4 video editing rooms with S-VHS.2 video editing rooms with Light Work, 1 on-line editing room with M II, sound mixing studios and portable video equipment.
U.K.
Bristol University, Department of Drama,
Film and Television Studies,
Cantocks Close, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UP.
Tel: (0117) 928 7838. Fax: (0117) 928 8251.
University of Derby,
Kedleston Road, Derby DE22 1GB.
Director of Studies: John Fullerton.
MA/ FT/PT in Film with Television Studies. BA(Hons) - subject to validation.
University of Westminster,
Harrow School of Design and Media, Northwick Park, Harrow, HA13TP.
London International Film School,
24 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9HP.
Principal: Martin M. Amstell.
The School offers a practical, two-year Diploma course to professional levels, accredited by the British film technicians' union - B.E.C.T.U. Approximately half each term is devoted to film production and half to practical and theoretical tuition. All
students work on one or more films each term and are encouraged to interchange unit roles termly to experience different skill areas. Facilities include two cinemas, two shooting stages, two rehearsal stages and fifteen cutting rooms. Equipment includes 16mm and 35mm Panavision, Arriflex and rostrum cameras, Nagra recorders, Steenbeck editing machines and D-matic video.
Tuition is by permanent and visiting professionals. Entrance requirements: a degree or an art or technical diploma.
Lesser qualifications accepted in cases of special ability or experience.
All applicants must submit examples of their work and be proficient in English.
New courses commence each January, April and September.
Middlesex Polytechnic,
Faculty of Art and Design,
Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts EN4 8HT.
Tel: (0181) 3681299.
National Film and Television School,
Station Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 1LG.
Tel: (01494) 671234. Fax: (01494) 674042.
Director: Henning Carnre.
Training in all areas of film and television programme making.
Newport School of Art and Design,
University of Wales College, Newport,
College Crescent, Caerieon, Gwent NP6 1YG.
BA (Hons) Film.
University of Westminster,
School of Communication,
18/22 Riding House Street, London W1P 7PD.
M.A. in Film and Television Studies;
advanced level part-time course (evenings and weekends) concerned with theoretical aspects of film and TV.
Modular credit accumulation scheme.
Postgraduate Certificate normally awarded after one year (40 credits).
Postgraduate Diploma after two years (70 credits), M.A. after three years(120 credits, including research thesis).
Modules offered:
Authorship and Mise-en-Scene,
Structuralism and Genre,
Realism and Anti-Realism.
The Film and TV Audience;
Film, Culture and Society;
Hollywood 1900-1940,
British Cinema 19271947,
British TV Drama,
The Documentary Tradition,
Public Service Broadcasting,
TV Genres and Gender,
Psychoanalysis and Cinema,
Third World Cinema,
Soviet Cinema of the 1920's and 1930's.
Production Studies,
Issues in British Film Culture,
Modernism and Postmodernism,
Women and Film Narrative,
European Cinema since 1945,
Techniques of Film Art.
No practical component.
Course leader: Dr Robert E. Peck.
Royal College of Art,
Department of Film and Television,
Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU.
35 students.
The Surrey Institute of Art and Design,
Farnham Campus, Falkner Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7DS. Tel: (01252) 722 441.
University of East Anglia,
School of English and American Studies,
Norwich NR4 7TJ.
University of Stirling,
Film and Media Studies,
Stirling FK9 4LA.
Head of Department: Dr. Mike Cormack.
URUGUAY
Escuela de Cinematografia,
Chucarro 1036. CP 11300 Montevideo.
Tel: 776389. Fax: 494572.
U.S.A.
Information on the many thousands of U.S. film courses is contained in the American Film Institute's Guide to College Courses in Film and Television which can be ordered at Publications,
The American Film Institute, 2021 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90027.