BEST OF FAMU AND FTF VSMU AT CAMERIMAGE 2013!
During the upcoming 21st edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE we will screen films from two prestigious European film schools - FAMU in Czech Republic (Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění) and FTF VSMU in Slovakia (Filmová a televízna fakulta - Vysoká škola múzických umení).
Hailed by The Hollywood Reporter as the best film school in Europe and 11th in the world, the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) is one of the oldest and most distinguished film schools in existence. With notable alumni like Agnieszka Holland, Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, and filmmaking programs taught by recognized professionals in both Czech and English, throughout the nearly seventy years of its existence FAMU has greatly, and successfully, contributed to building strong foundations for the future of cinema. Camerimage would like to honour this outstanding contribution, as well as the continual educational efforts of the FAMU teaching staff by presenting a retrospective of 18 selected shorts by their students. The review is organized with Ceské Centrum and FAMU.
The Faculty of Film and Television of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (FTF VSMU) is the premier film school in Slovakia. Established in 1990, it covers education in B.A., M.A. and ArtD. programmes in feature film directing, documentary film directing, cinematography and photography, animation, screenwriting and dramaturgy, film editing, sound design, production and distribution, audiovisual studies, and visual effects. Always focusing on both form and content of the image, the faculty has educated numerous excellent and renown cinematographers working with analogue as well as digital technologies. Camerimage would like to honour this continual educational efforts of the FTF VSMU teaching staff by presenting a retrospective of 14 selected shorts by their students. The review is organized with FTF VSMU.