Budapest Film Academy’s fusion with ELTE, a high-level, “ivy-league” University www.budapestfilmacademy.com Filmmaking is increasingly turning global.
Budapest Film Academy (BFA) and Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) have joined forces and launched an English and Hungarian language film academy in Budapest. Our program: practical film studies to students who would like to become industry professionals. The founder of BFA, Jenő Hodi, received his Masters degree in film at Columbia University, New York, under the guidance of Milos Forman and Brian D
e Palma. After graduation, he worked as writer, director and producer in the US and Western Europe for many years. Budapest Film Academy offers film training with a global perspective, in line with ELTE’s academic system, accreditation and other requirements. Students from Hungary and all over the world will study to earn ELTE’s new, empirical filmmaker degree. BFA/ELTE will work closely with higher education institutions abroad, film- and post-production studios, production equipment rental companies, production offices, as well as with international and local distributors. The academy’s faculty is ideally made up of highly qualified academic scholars and leading figures and award winners of the film industry, who lend not only their knowledge, but their networking to students. The most gifted students will soar under the mentorship of foreign and local professionals with extensive professional background. The Academy will also facilitate semester-long exchange programs with institutions abroad. BFA offers additional practical classes towards ELTE’s Bachelor Degree, and together with ELTE has a Master’s Degree program which includes the following modules: directing, screenwriting, producing, cinematography, editing, and sound engineering. In addition to the joint program of BFA and ELTE, every semester we invite one of the world-famed masters of cinema to teach a special, creative filmmaking workshop. The above mentioned film programs and degrees:
BA in Liberal Arts with optional specialization in Film Theory and Film History
MA practical, filmmaker degree from ELTE Department of Film Studies
Creative film workshops with world-famed masters of cinema
ELTE’s curriculum of film analysis, film history, genre theory, and aesthetics is wonderfully complimented by Budapest Film Academy’s practical courses. The Academy also aims to give insight into film financing and co-productions. Our brand is to treat filmmaking as not only a form of art, but as a business. The best film schools have accepted this fact, and have learned to adapt. Graduates of Budapest Film Academy will commence their professional career with a competitive edge, in their field of specialty and in other areas of filmmaking too. BFA----/ELTE is a one-of-a-kind institution of higher education, where graduates will receive help to land jobs in film. In other words, students will not only learn how to express themselves through film, but how to make their celluloid dreams come true. More information: www.budapestfilmacademy.com
14/09/2021
Now you can read the previously posted article about Budapest Film Awards in English language as well! 🤩 By clicking on the pictures you can watch the trailers of the short films.
Next week we are shooting this summer's second student film, but in the meantime here is a photo of our previous shooting... ☺️
21/06/2021
Our short film ’Legacy’ directed by Jeno Hodi, and on this project worked on many Budapest Film Academy students, has won dozens of international awards and achieved excellent results over the past six months. Most recently, for example, it was officially selected by the L.A. Shorts International Film Festival, which is an Oscar-qualifying festival. Below you can see the results so far and a picture of another award 🏆🎬
10/06/2021
Good news for our short film festival, Budapest Film Awards! We’ve got two special offers: the winners of the main categories get two times 10.000 EUR if they make their feature film with us, with our partners. Further details: www.budapestfilmawards.com
Great news! 🤩 Two of our student films have achieved great success at the Cegléd Film Festival – ’Anything for Mom’ won first place, while 'The Last of the Ushers' came third. Congratulations to the actors and the crew!
02/06/2021
Don't forget, you can already apply for our courses starting in September! You can find more information on our website:
Budapest Film Academy
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20/05/2021
Budapest Film Awards is held twice a year:
☀️ SUMMER FESTIVAL: July 25th ☀️
- Early Bird Deadline: From now till May 30th
- Regular Deadline: June 20th
- Late Deadline: July 10th
❄️ WINTER FESTIVAL: December 15th ❄️
- Early Bird Deadline: September 10th
- Regular Deadline: October 15th
- Late Deadline: November 25th
WHAT BUDAPEST FILM AWARDS OFFERS:
◾️Invitation to our joint filmmaking program
◾️Meeting fellow artists
◾️Free of charge opportunity for learning from established filmmakers from the industry
We look forward to having you join us at Budapest Film Awards and get an exceptional occasion to show your work and participate in an international competition.
If you want to submit, visit our website: www.budapestfilmawards.com
You can follow us on instagram as well: https://www.instagram.com/budapestfilmawards/
30/04/2021
Budapest Film Academy established an international film festival, Budapest Film Awards. You may find more info about this at www.budapestfilmawards.com. There will be great prizes for the main winners. Please feel free to share this with your filmmaking friends!
03/02/2021
Our student films are very successful at film festivals. This is the last chance to sign up for our practical filmmaking classes starting on February 8th! We still accept students for our directing, cinematography, sreenwriting, creative producing and editing-sound engineering courses. You can find more details on our website: www.budapestfilmacademy.comhttps://vimeo.com/468490501
Mother's day - Trailer (with English subtitles)
This is "Mother's day - Trailer (with English subtitles)" by Budapest Film Academy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love…
27/01/2021
A legfrissebb díjaink – három a sok közül, mert már több mint egy tucat van... de ez még csak a kezdet✨
Our latest awards – which are tree of the many, because we already have a dozen or so... and that is just the beginning ✨
20/01/2021
Since our previous post about last years’ festival achievements, Legacy has won two other awards in Los Angeles, and has been officially selected to two other festivals in Los Angeles and Atlanta. Congratulations!