AUSTRALIAN FILM TELEVISION AND RADIO SCHOOL
This Sydney school, situated beside the city’s major studio complex at Moore Park, runs industry-driven programs across every screen and audio craft, and its alumni range from Oscar-winning auteur Jane Campion (The Piano) and Camera d’Or winner Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah) to Oscar-winning cinematographer Dion Beebe (Memoirs of a Geisha).
The Beijing Film Academy grants degrees through the Ph.D. level across directing, acting, cinematography and animation, and in recent years it opened a sprawling new campus in Beijing’s northern Huairou District — six times the size of its longtime Haidian home, with eight cinemas and five soundstages.
CENTRO SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA
Europe’s oldest film school operates a network of specialized campuses throughout Italy, offering intensive training not only in directing, screenwriting, producing and acting but also in such crafts as visual effects, restoration and sound. A recent addition on Venice’s island of San Servolo, the CSC Immersive Arts hub focuses on virtual and augmented reality storytelling.
