There is no doubt that the U.S. has the best film schools. The American Film Institute, Univ. of Southern California, NYU, just to name three. However, the rest of the world is catching up.
Here are the top 15 international film schools based upon the number of graduates who have won the Cannes' Palm d' Or award or an Oscar nomination.
- Australian Film, Television, and Radio School. Located in Sidney it is noted for producing excellent film talent.
- Beijing Film Academy, China's most prestigious film school.
- Centro Specimentale di Cinematografia, with multiple campuses across Italy this is the oldest film school in Europe (est. 1935).
- Deutsche Film und Ferntehakademie, located in Berlin this is a tuition free school - if you can get in.
- ECAM, Spain's leading film school, this Madrid based institution specializes in behind-the-camera instruction.
- La Femis, located in Paris and with an acceptance rate of less than 5%, this school is very exclusive and very good.
- Filmakademie Wien, located in Vienna this Austrian school puts an emphasis on practical experience.
- Gobelins L'ecole de l' Image, is located in Paris and is arguably the best school for animation in the world.
- Lodz Film School, located in Lodz, Poland it offers full and part-time instruction and courses.
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- National Film and Television, located in London and its most prestigious film school.
- National Film School of Denmark, located in Copenhagen it is very selective and one of the most expensive in Europe.
- Prague Film School, this Czech institute offers degrees in many disciples and produces over 30 full length features per year.
- Sam Spiegel Film and TV School, located in Jerusalem this Israeli school focuses on the 'small' screen productions
- Toronto Film School, one of two great Canadian film schools it is private and focuses on feature film production.
- Toronto Metropolitan University, the other noted Canadian film school TMU provides instruction in all film production categories.
There you have it.
By: Jim Lavorato, Entertainment Equipment Corporation
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