The department of Film is the only university-level film school in Finland. With a rich 60-year tradition, it offers a comprehensive education in filmmaking and performance design. Rooted in artistic and pedagogical traditions, you will learn through hands-on experiments and student film productions. You are immersed in artistic processes and collaborative teamwork, studying historical and critical thinking, and interpretations of reality.
Our academic offering includes a diverse array of majors, such as costume design, screenwriting, cinematography, film directing, and more, equipping aspiring filmmakers and designers with the tools to bring compelling stories and visuals to life. Learn more about the study options in filmmaking and find your favourite! The application period for our master's programmes is 28 Nov – 27 Dec 2024.
The Costume Design major of the Master’s Programme in Design for Theatre, Film and Television aims at creating the future professionals for the field of costume design, supporting the development of a dynamic artistic vision and a research-oriented approach for the performing arts and the film and media creative industries.
The major in production design involves training artistic designers who are responsible for the visual, operational and production entity of a film production.
In Master’s Programme in Film and Television, major in Cinematography, the student deepens his/her vocational competence to achieve a greater mastery of the overall artistic, production and technical entity of his/her professional area in various film, TV and advertising productions.
Master’s programme in Film and Television, major in Film Directing in Elo Film school Finland strengthens the student’s capacity to generate and develop cinematic ideas, storybuilding and narration skills in addition to developing the director’s personal cinematic style and directorial identity.
In film and television production, sound design plays a vital role in creating an end product that gives the viewer a holistic, artistic experience.
The aim of the MA degree is to develop the student into an expert of viewing and seeing, a storyteller and an artist.
The goal of the Master’s Programme in Film and Television, major in Film and Television Producing, is to deepen the student’s skills in their chosen direction – towards independent audiovisual entrepreneurship, a research or development project in the film producing field, a deeper understanding of artistic leadership or some corresponding advanced competence planned together with the student.
The aim of the Master's Degree Programme in Screenwriting for Film and Television is to strengthen the student's individual expression, skills in writing for film and the abilities required in artistic and production-related process work and group work. Master’s students become familiar with the central theoretical questions in the field and its research.
The goal of the major in Documentary Film is to form innovative, critical, and analytical documentary filmmakers for both the national and international arenas. The students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the history and conventions documentary filmmaking. Moreover, the program will encourage students to engage future perspectives of documentary filmmaking as a storytelling, art and research form.
Students will be able to develop their artistic and research skills through creative enquiry, practice and collaboration. They will be able to combine practical mastery and conceptual thinking, increasing their professional competence and situating them at the forefront of the documentary filmmaking field.
Our art-house short film festival presents seven tailor-made films on @aaltoarts Instagram.
Finland’s film industry is thriving and attracting new audiences at home and overseas. Where does the success come from?
Mundane sounds support the characters' personality and Iivo Korhonen is the one recording them. He encourages everyone to dream big, because sometimes that may become your reality.
Kuosmanen is the second Finnish director to pick up the award, after Aki Kaurismäki won the Grand Prix in 2002 for The Man Without a Past
Nobody Meets Your Eyes was the only Finnish film to make it to the Rotterdam Film Festival.
The Sundance Film Festival will see the world premiere of two feature fiction films and one feature documentary from Finland. Two of the films are directed by ELO alumni.
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