Website: http://film.sapientia.ro/en/
General area: Arts
Specific area: Film and media
Program Length: 6 semesters (3 years)
Tuition fee: 500 EUR/year
Enrolement places: 12 tuition-free, 13 contributing to tuition
Application fee: 150 RON
About Our Program:
Our Goal:
The Film, Photography, and Media Studies program welcomes all students interested in directing or photography, as well as those with experience in filmmaking, or the feeling that they would like to gain experience in filmmaking. If that sounds like you, and you choose Sapientia, you will learn the foundations of filmmaking. You will learn to handle a film camera, to turn your ideas into a finished script, to direct a film, and the essentials of cinematography.
After the first year of general, foundational study, you can choose from three paths of study:
In each specialisation, you make your course of study your own through the many engaging, creative projects that constitute the curriculums. You will have opportunities to produce individual and group work, as well as the possibility to show and gauge the merit of your creations at various competitions and student film festivals. Right from the beginning, instruction combines theory and practice. In theory-based classes, you learn the history and language of film, and the field’s artistic possibilities. You can study commercials, the legal regulations surrounding film production, the methods of managing a film, and the enrichment of popular film literacy. Meanwhile, practice-based classes will dive into the techniques of film production, covering everything from classical, pre-digital methods to digital retouching. You will get a look at the world of pre-filming photography, experiment with the cutting and editing of films, and create your own short films and live, all-night TV shows.
Whether interested in animation, documentaries, adaptations of literary works, film criticism, or scriptwriting for films and commercials, Sapientia’s Film, Photography, and Media Studies is ready to provide you with the detailed learning experience you need. In seminars, significant and interesting creations in the field of filmmaking are put up for debate, while, for hands-on training and testing at the end of the school year, students enter a period of intense group work, where everyone can find and perform the work most suited to their strengths. At the beginning of the 20th century, Cluj was the setting of a flowering film scene, which served as the jumping-off point for famous names such as Sir Alexander Korda and Michael Curtiz. At the beginning of the 21st century, opportunities are again blooming in Cluj for those interested in pursuing a career in film or media, and it’s all happening at Sapientia’s Film, Photography, and Media Studies Program.
Film History • Film Theory and Analysis • Visual Language • Photography • Film Directing • TV Directing • Cinematographic Studies • Editing • Screenwriting and Dramaturgy • Film Marketing and Management • Image Theory • Art History.
Our graduates have the qualifications to flourish in careers as film or TV directors, film or TV cinematographers, TV show editors, or screenwriters. They know how to work in TV studios, at production companies and advertising agencies, or in print and electronic media.
The Young Filmmakers Workshop is a student organisation whose goal is to bring together current students working on films with graduates of the program in order to debate, discuss, and exchange ideas about films. Our students also take part in mini film festivals and film club activities such as: the European University Film Awards (organised by the European Film Academy and the Hamburg Film Festival), the Hungarian University Film Awards (organised by the Hungarian Film Studies Group), and our Hungarian Film History Screenings (which we organise alongside the Hungarian Consulate in Cluj).
A summer project is organised every year as a camp somewhere in Cluj’s beautiful surroundings. Besides this, our talented students often find opportunities for filming the travels of others. For example, in 2008, two Film, Photography, and Media Studies students accompanied the International Relations students on a five-day school trip to Brussels, and filmed a documentary about it. Since 2016, our students have participated in each rendition of the European University Film Awards’ Hamburg-based competition, as well as in renowned Romanian and Hungarian film festivals. Besides all of this, Erasmus+ also presents a great option for students looking to learn and practice filmmaking while exploring another country in Europe.
SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA
The Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania is the independent university of the Hungarian community in Romania, which aims at providing education to the members of our community and performing scientific research on a high professional level.
Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Cluj-Napoca
Address: 400193 Cluj-Napoca, Calea Turzii no. 4, Cluj County, Romania
Tel.: +40-364-401-458
Fax.: +40-364-410-069
E-mail: office@kv.sapientia.ro