The Film Production (1 year) at Beijing Film Academy (BFA) is a 1 year long program for international students, taught in Mandarin Chinese.
BFA (Beijing Film Academy) is the only film academy in China and the largest film academy in Asia. Through 65 years’ development, it has built up a multidisciplinary and multilevel cultivation system that embraces the entire spectrum of film-making, including production, teaching, creation and research for training advanced film talents. The famous Chinese directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Jia Zhangke and Gu Changwei all graduated from BFA – the cradle of Chinese film producers.
Our teaching philosophy is “prioritizing technological basis and fostering artistic spirit”. For decades, BFA has educated thousands of movie practitioners for China. Of the directors, photographers, artists and sound engineers who are currently active in China’s filmmaking business, over half had graduated from BFA. Several BFA graduates have won international film festival awards such as Cannes, Berlin and Venice for many times.
Film Production (1 year) at Beijing Film Academy (BFA)
Film Production (1 year) are offered by small class teaching in International School, which fall into four categories, Elementary,pre-intermediate Intermediate and Advanced courses. Students can choose the category suitable for their own Chinese level. Mean well, BFA gives overseas students an opportunity to study film languages in Chinese, which lays a good basis for them to continue their film major courses. In order to enrich overseas students’ part-time life and let them know more about Chinese culture, we also organize various trips and sightseeing each year.
About Beijing Film Academy (BFA)
China has become the world’s fastest-growing film market. In 2012, China witnessed a box office of $ 2.7 billion, becoming the world’s second largest film market after the United States. With an annual output of over 600 feature films, China now has a growing need for filmmaking talents.
We welcome young people from all over the world who love movie industry and are willing to work in filmmaking area to join BFA and learn the art and skill of filmmaking together with Chinese students. We hope film talents from different cultural backgrounds can mingle and grow together here in BFA.
Campus
Beijing Film Academy just has one campus, located in No.4 Xi tu cheng street HAIDIAN District Beijing.
The school is equipped with four professional studios that contain the latest in state-of-the-art equipment from the industries top suppliers such as ARRI, Red, Sony, Kino Flo, Panther and Steadicam. Modern Post-production and color grading facilities are also available such as Quantel and Da Vinci. Our library covers an area of 2057 square meters with the collection of 325,600 books and 1897.0GB e-books.
Located in Beijing, in the north of China, Beijing Film Academy just has one campus. Non-degree students and Degree students are both welcomed by the BFA. All the international students can live on campus, and accommodation is just about RMB 75~110 per person a day.
Notes:
You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.
You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.
How easy to get
The accommodation on campus is not guaranteed and on a first-come-first-serve basis. If you are applying late, we advise you to choose accommodation off campus, or to choose another university with more available on campus accommodation.
How to book on campus accommodation:
Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
Living Off Campus:
A large number of students in China will choose to stay in private accommodation off campus. We have an article about how to find accommodation off campus here
After reviewing your application form and your materials , and check if you meet the requirements to apply for the preferred university we can confirm we can confirm and go ahead to pay the basic application fee or ultimate service fee. if you have not meet requirements we can give you suitable university base on your academic qualifications and confirm with the first regarding option.
Payment options:
paypal, wechat, alipay, credit/debit card.
The Film Production (1 year) at Beijing Film Academy (BFA) is a 6 - 12 months long program for international students, taught in Mandarin Chinese.
BFA (Beijing Film Academy) is the only film academy in China and the largest film academy in Asia. Through 65 years’ development, it has built up a multidisciplinary and multilevel cultivation system that embraces the entire spectrum of film-making, including production, teaching, creation and research for training advanced film talents. The famous Chinese directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Jia Zhangke and Gu Changwei all graduated from BFA – the cradle of Chinese film producers.
Our teaching philosophy is “prioritizing technological basis and fostering artistic spirit”. For decades, BFA has educated thousands of movie practitioners for China. Of the directors, photographers, artists and sound engineers who are currently active in China’s filmmaking business, over half had graduated from BFA. Several BFA graduates have won international film festival awards such as Cannes, Berlin and Venice for many times.
Non-degree in Chinese Language at Beijing Film Academy (BFA)
Chinese language courses are offered by small class teaching in International School, which fall into four categories, Elementary,pre-intermediate Intermediate and Advanced courses. Students can choose the category suitable for their own Chinese level. Mean well, BFA gives overseas students an opportunity to study film languages in Chinese, which lays a good basis for them to continue their film major courses. In order to enrich overseas students’ part-time life and let them know more about Chinese culture, we also organize various trips and sightseeing each year.
About Beijing Film Academy (BFA)
China has become the world’s fastest-growing film market. In 2012, China witnessed a box office of $ 2.7 billion, becoming the world’s second largest film market after the United States. With an annual output of over 600 feature films, China now has a growing need for filmmaking talents.
We welcome young people from all over the world who love movie industry and are willing to work in filmmaking area to join BFA and learn the art and skill of filmmaking together with Chinese students. We hope film talents from different cultural backgrounds can mingle and grow together here in BFA.
Campus
Beijing Film Academy just has one campus, located in No.4 Xi tu cheng street HAIDIAN District Beijing.
The school is equipped with four professional studios that contain the latest in state-of-the-art equipment from the industries top suppliers such as ARRI, Red, Sony, Kino Flo, Panther and Steadicam. Modern Post-production and color grading facilities are also available such as Quantel and Da Vinci. Our library covers an area of 2057 square meters with the collection of 325,600 books and 1897.0GB e-books.
Located in Beijing, in the north of China, Beijing Film Academy just has one campus. Non-degree students and Degree students are both welcomed by the BFA. All the international students can live on campus, and accommodation is just about RMB 75~110 per person a day.
Notes:
You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.
You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.
How easy to get
The accommodation on campus is not guaranteed and on a first-come-first-serve basis. If you are applying late, we advise you to choose accommodation off campus, or to choose another university with more available on campus accommodation.
How to book on campus accommodation:
Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
Living Off Campus:
A large number of students in China will choose to stay in private accommodation off campus. We have an article about how to find accommodation off campus here
After reviewing your application form and your materials , and check if you meet the requirements to apply for the preferred university we can confirm we can confirm and go ahead to pay the basic application fee or ultimate service fee. if you have not meet requirements we can give you suitable university base on your academic qualifications and confirm with the first regarding option.
Payment options:
paypal, wechat, alipay, credit/debit card.
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