MFA PROGRAMME IN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING - DIRECTING AND PRODUCING

- a two-year full-time programme, (120 higher education credits)

No admission to this programme in 2012.

The aim of the Master’s Programme in Independent Filmmaking is for each student to produce a work of cinematic art through which he or she gains in-depth experience of film directing and cinematic narration.

Students spend two years at the school, during which the emphasis is not only on the creative process of making independent films of all kinds, such as feature films, documentaries, experimental films or any composite form, but also on the distribution and screening sides of the film industry. This program is characterised by it being firmly based in the artistic process and in cinematic narration, in combination with the process of critical reflection about one's own work.

This programme is a preparatory program for further research studies in the arts, with a specialisation in cinematic narration.

Six to eight students are admitted to this programme every other year.

GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS TO THE PROGRAMMES

The language of instruction in all programmes is Swedish. Excellent skills in written and spoken Swedish are essential. A complete leaving certificate from upper secondary school is required together with documented experience of creative work in filmmaking.

The admission procedure consists of a written application, interviews and entrance tests. It is conducted over a long period of time. During part of the process, applicants are required to come to the school in person, at their own expense. There are many applicants to our programmes; only a limited number of students are, however, finally admitted.

The School of Film Directing only accepts applications for entire programmes. We are not able to accept students on an exchange programme basis.

For more information about studying in Sweden, go to: www.studyinsweden.se