The summer programs at the prague film school offer students the opportunity to write, direct, shoot, and edit, all in four weeks. The spires of prague will remain forever part of the mission. Film studies prague czech republic college study abroad ciee. Professional productions come from all over the globe to shoot in the city of 100 spires. Films are eligible for the flicks international student short film festival if. This time, however, prague stood in for moscow and prague castle for moscows kremlin. It is based on the eponymous novel by hanns heinz ewers which had previously been adapted into celebrated silent films on two occasions. Professional productions come from all over the globe to shoot in one of the worlds most beautiful capitals.
Students at prague film school have the city available to them all the time, as a classroom, as a home, and as a film set. For our students we offer 10% discount from the booking fee. The film is no longer than 20 minutes and not shorter than 1 minute. Upon completion, there will be a total of five stages in the wellknown prague studios, these newest two complementing three existing studio spaces. A student sells his soul to get wealth to court a rich girl. Academy of performing arts in prague film and tv school. Czech republic prague internship summer study abroad. The film was remade as a sound film in 1935, directed by arthur robinson. At a studentled outing to a country inn, balduin encounters the figure scapinelli who offers him money for very low interest. The film featured impressive special effects for its time, especially the finale in which the lead character is forced to confront his other half, with seamlessly executed split screen technology. Balduin, a student of prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. The film has a completion date after december 2018. Ewers was popular in the day, although fell into discredit during later years after becoming an early supporter of the nazis.
It comes from hanns heinz ewers, an author that wrote a number of fantastic works around this era, most notably the multiplyfilmed novel alraune 1911. In production, students learn the ins and outs of breaking down a feasible film script and creating a schedule that ensures their film will be completed in time for. By the time we get to the films inevitable conclusion, we realize it could have been told in. We also spoke about the french film the return of martin guerre 1982, france, daniel. The student of prague was made in early summer 19 on original locations in.
Balduin believes him to be a loan shark and ignores him to go engage in a fencing match with another student. Not sure if the second scene should have been posted here as it is the finale of the movie, but its certainly evocatively filmed. The student of prague letterboxd your life in film. Whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur, artist, designer, it or media professional, prague has opportunities for everyone. Prague international film academy czech film commission. Students at prague film school have the city available to them all the time, as a classroom, as a playground and as a film set. Core courses taken by the student, mentor workshops and practical works completed will vary.
The 1935 talkie has anton walbrook and he does the role justice. Impossible film poster, released in cinemas in 1996. Whether youre a film student like me or just your everyday cinephile, few things are more universal than going to see the latest hit at the theater. Regulations flicks international student short film festival 26th, 27th and 28th of march 2020, groningen, the netherlands. Indeed prague plays a leading role in the students experience at prague film school.
Prague college, as one of the most international universities in czech republic, is the perfect place to begin your studies and start off on a new career. Prague international indie film festival view listing. The film was remade in 1926, under the same title the student of prague. The hopelessness of class advancement is the main theme in a film that punishes balduin for seeking an easy and unearthly solution for his selfish brooding. Hardly the ostensibly highminded material of indie film let alone foreign film from the past halfcentury or so, but the student of prague treats it with respect, arriving at the kind of uncompromising ending that might surprise even modern audiences. That early prototype of german expressionism was incidentally, another horror film. Travel overnight to visit a film school or attend an international student film festival. A trailer for the english language restoration of the film that will play at niles film museum on oct 28, 2017. Film festival 4 years running dumd student animation festival. The student of prague the student of prague german. The student of prague was made in early summer 19 on original locations in that city, as well as in the potsdambabelsberg studios, which had been constructed in 1912.
Explore films created by our students and teachers. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a hideous, shriveledup old man taps him upon the shoulder and whispers vaguely of a big inheritance for pragues finest swordsman and wildest student if he will. This is sometimes considered to be the first horror film ever made. Photos by jesse newman elon university, student correspondent for film production at famu, fall 2019. The film is set in the year 1820 and centers around a student at a university in prague, balduin. Prague film school is one of europes leading schools providing practical training in the core disciplines of filmmaking. Luckily, the international film market is booming, and that means that most of the hottest new releases can be found in theaters around the world. While the students are celebrating lydias birthday, the opera singer julia stella arrives at the inn. Filmmaking year program, prague, czech republic 2020.
Based in prague, it is the city of prague itself that plays a leading role in the students experience at pfs. The student of prague was the last film directed by arthur robison 18831935 who also directed 1923s expressionistic classic warning shadows that used no subtitles and let the story unfold through stunning imagery. More than 400 films are shot per year at prague film school and students in the year program participate on as many as 30 productions. Find your accommodation with booking platform specialized in flatshare for international students, interns and young professionals. He is from silver spring, md and wanted the chance to work with 16mm in a part of the world he had never been to before. Their final meeting is the films highlight and one of wohlbrucks best performances, and on a par with veidts baroque one. All projects below were created with the contribution of students or pfi tutors in the film studios of our general partner, three brothers production company.
Summer filmmaking initiation campus 2020, at famu film and tv school of the academy of performing arts in prague in. Balduin is a popular, handsome student, the best fencer in town, in amicable rivalry with his friend dahl for the affections of lydia, the innkeepers niece. We seek to provide our students intensive, practical and. It is based on the eponymous novel by hanns heinz ewers which had previously been. Sarajevo film festival 2019 demet derelioglu arans short, the night before, coproduced by alumni steve reverand and martin raimans the lab, is selected for the 2019 edition of the sarajevo film festival. No worse then the other german legends that portrayed the part of the student who sells his soul to the devil. We knew that prague would be a film students heaven. The student of prague is a 1926 german expressionist silent film by actor and filmmaker henrik galeen. Work with 16mm or 35mm filmelectives in all aspects of film productionproduce a 710 minute film englishtaught coursesczech language classshare an apartment in downtown praguestudy at famuthe film and television school of the academy of performing arts in prague students interested in narrative film production. It is loosely based on william wilson, a short story by edgar allan poe, the poem the december. The student of prague is a story of class separation and faustian retribution.
Veidt does a fine job of portraying the tragic student. The student of prague is a story that has been filmed a number of times. Balduin, a student of prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he. The ciee film studies program is designed for students who have prior experience in film production, screenwriting, or film studies and offers qualified students the opportunity to engage firsthand in film production and screenwriting work alongside faculty, staff, and.
Summer filmmaking initiation campus 2020, prague, czech. Script by henrik galeen and hanns heinz ewers, based on the short story william wilson by. Impossible came back to prague fifteen years later to film the fourth instalment. In the first semester documentary production course, students complete numerous. The reflection he sells betrays him and he is expelled from the university and comes to a tragic end. Its rather advanced special effects aside, this first film version of hanns heinz ewers short story student of prague is filmed in the static, longshot style common to this early period. Tribeca film festival 2019 three prague film school students have their features in the official selection at tribeca. Seeing it in action firsthand, its certainly an intensive program for students. Academics housing prague fees how to apply why at famu.
The very first independent film 19 when people talk about independent cinema today, they seem, as often as not, to talk about a sensibility we all know, on some level, what someone means when they tell us they like indie films. Students participating in this program will be engaged in supported and guided access to a european center of commerce, communications, industry, finance, and. In addition to winning international prestige for german films, expressionism produced two directors who would become major figures in. The student of prague of works well for the sound age as well. The student of prague is a 19 german silent horror film. There was made two silent versions, in 19 with paul wegener and again in 1926 with conrad veidt. Original fully orchestrated score completed in 2014 by chris congdon for grapevine video. The schools accelerated programs, its international faculty and worldclass facilities draw students from all over the globe bent on converting a longheld passion for film into a lifetime profession. Piano virtuoso josef weiss, a student of liszt, wrote the first speciallycomposed film music for the premiere.
Flicks international student short film festival filmfreeway. With the groundbreaking ceremony on october 26th, prague studios begins construction of two new film stages on their backlot. A poor student rescues a beautiful countess and soon becomes obsessed with her. The film was remade in 1926 under the title the student of prague. The first remake of the classic 19 film is largely based on the original screenplay by hanns heinz ewers. The student of prague was shown in berlin on october 25, 1926. The operating principle of prague film school is training, and we believe as with instruments or with languages, the only way to develop fluency is to practice. The prague internship program is an academically directed and creditbearing program during which participating students engage in both an internship and an academic learning experience.