About FAMO

The Film Academy of Miroslav Ondříček educates and trains students to a professional level with specialisations in Screenwriting and Directing; Cinematography; Sound or Editing; Animated Film. The programme aims to equip graduates with a high level of technical competence and craft skills as well as to develop theirs creative skills to the highest artistic level possible. The Academy aims to provide an environment where students can gain an understanding of underlying aesthetic principles of filmmaking and teaches to apply, to explore, to experiment and even to challenge those principles in the real world.

Hands-on experience and team-work are both given a strong emphasis throughout the study programme. Therefore, the course includes ongoing practical exercises with focus on specific skills such as studio lighting, camera work or editing techniques.

Film Academy of Miroslav Ondříček also runs the International Film Studies Programme. Besides One year intensive Filmmaking Course it offers the possibility to study international three-year Bachelor/ two-year Master of Arts Degree programme. Both programmes are accredited by Czech Ministry of Education.