Studying at FAMO means unique opportunity to learn and work with 35mm film and digital media.
  • fully equipped 35mm studio, 35mm cameras, 16mm cameras, JVC HD cameras, SONY

  • DVcam cameras, full lighting equipment

  • fully equipped animation studios 2D, 3D with 35mm cameras electronically operated with possibility of “Multiplan” shooting

  • sound studios with detached and digitally equipped production room

  • film editing rooms (35mm and 16mm Steenbacks)

  • fully air-conditioned digital editing rooms (Avid …)

  • sound postproduction rooms equipped with Protools

  • the film and digital formats viewing theatre

Intensive Moviemaking


Our school offers to practise practical skills of various film proffesions in studios, fully equipped with technical equipment of highest standarts. Besides theoretical background, strong accent is put on the practical education. Making your own short movie is the fundamental part of courses. The raw material, actors and tuition is already included in the tuition fee.

Education in English


Among FAMO tutors are many English speaking proffesionals. It enables Diploma Film Studies Programme students to graduate their studium completely in English. Also our Degree students in the first grade are completely tought in English. With the individual approach lessons could be partly guided in English in the second and third grade.

Experienced Teaching Staff


Most of 50 tutors of FAMO are active film proffesionals. We can guarantee you, your tutors will be most important moviemakers of our traditionally „filmfan“ country. We also guarantee you indiviual attitude, based on their own experience from their active professional life. The part of our study programme are also master classes and lectures given by the host professors from important film schools over the Europe.

Learning from Masters


"The best way, how to learn to make a good movie is visiting the cinema as often as it is possible.“ Those are words of the famous director Woody Allen. We absolutely agree with him. That is why we take as a matter of fact to get our students familiar with classic titles of the world cinematography and contemporary production of respected filmmakers. Our school library offers around 1500 titles on DVD and the part of our campus is the school art cinema, where you can watch movies on the wide screen."

Independent Philosophy of Filmmaking


Although FAMO educates the perfect technical professionals, our main philosophy is to develop artistic creativity, originality of ideas and independent point of view. This is what we try to support and evolve in our students from the very first beginning. We believe, that basic equipment of each good filmmaker is engaged attitude, involving to everyday reality and reflecting problems of the world where we live. Our aim is not only educate keen professionals, but also expressive, empathic and self-confident personalities. That is also the reason, why we are more than 10 years holding The International Student Film Festival, to support students with the similar attitude from film schools all over the world.
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