European Film College 2.79

The European Film College is a film school in Denmark, offering an 8 1/2-month foundation programme in practical filmmaking covering the fields of script-writing, cinematography, sound, acting, lighting, directing, editing, documentary and producing. The school is based in Ebeltoft and 115 students from around the world graduate from the course every year.BackgroundA board was established in 1989 in Denmark to promote and further film making for young people in Europe. The European Film College subsequently opened on its present premises in May 1993, designed by Heikkinen – Komonen Architects.Since the opening The European Film College has trained more than 2000 young people in the art and craft of film making. The institution is based on the Danish tradition of the Folk High School (folkehøjskole), adult education institutions that do not grant academic degrees but aim to give students a common foundation in a particular field of study. This also means that both students, teachers and principal are living at the school throughout the programme.AdministrationThe current Principal is Nadia Kløvedal Reich . Previous Principals include Bjørn Erichsen, Kjeld Veirup, Jens Rykær, Pia Maria Marquard, Søren Høy and Mette Damgaard-Sørensen .The school has an active network of former students ambassadors across the world.Film courseEnglish is the working language both in courses and everyday life. The curriculum combines classroom instruction in the different areas of film making as well as 3 major projects, the chance to make extracurricular projects and several smaller exercises where students are assigned to crews to make film productions. Throughout the programme students rotate the key roles in a film crew in order to gain an overview of all areas of film production. Exercises and projects are screened and evaluated in the presence of all students and teachers.