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As of August 2010 Mette Damgaard-Sørensen will take over as principal at European Film College. Mette has worked within the film business for the last 15 years as film-consultant and producer among other things.
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A 15-days internship at the Cannes Film Festival offering workshops aimed at young filmmakers, exclusive round-table discussions with prominent filmmakers and official Cannes 2010 accreditation... This is only part of the benefits if you follow the program of The American Pavillion in Cannes. European Film College will sponsor part of the entrance fee for 2 EFC students!
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SOMMERKURSER: Der er rift om pladserne på Filmhøjskolens sommerkurser - mindre end en uge efter, at vi har åbnet for tilmeldinger er der allerede fyldt godt op på flere kurser. Navne som Jørgen Leth, Paprika Steen, Ghita Nørby og Poul Nyrup-Rasmussen er med til at sætte den høje standard for året gæster.
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Our very own Rebekkamaria is releasing her new album, Sister Sortie, this week - and the single Corollacious has been elected "Ugens Uundgåelige" (unavoidable of the week) by Danish radio channel P3. The Corollacious video is superbly produced by current EFC students.
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99 potential new students attended our Open House Event on Sunday, March 2nd. If you missed the Open House and are considering applying please do not hesitate to contact us to arrange a visit. We’re happy to answer any question and introduce you to the film college.
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With the goodwill and skills of AMOS-FX - a small company specialized in special effect make-up - an EFC film-crew managed to make a group of otherwise handsome students look quite repulsive and unappetizing.
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Are you one of our new students? And would you like to meet and talk to a former EFC student? There are plenty of opportunities if you have questions of any kind. Our EFC ambassadors attend several film festivals and are happy to give a first hand presentation of EFC.
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The Internet Doc is a project dedicated to create the world's first documentary movie in cooperation with the whole internet community. Post clips, voiceovers, pictures etc. and the creators will place your contribution exactly where it fits best and credit you for it!
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The beautiful little animation piece Left-brained Larry & Right-brained Rachel which was one of the Final Projects in spring 2009 has reached 20.000 hits as a show reel on Vimeo's new HD channel.
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RebekkaMaria has picked a music video produced by EFC Students to go with her newly released single Oh Solitude. A naive, hand-made style with card-board figures correlates nicely with the sunny voice and lyrics of the single.
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Animation expert Victoria Livingstone will visit the EFC in January 2010. V. Livingstone was one of the lead animators on Happy Feet and her track record includes Star Wars episodes I and II, Mars Attacks, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Golden Compass.
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Electro/Pop artist RebekkaMaria will work together with students from the European Film College in the production of music videos to her coming album. Last year's music video project was made in cooperation with Danish hit band Diefenbach consisting of four male musicians. This year we go solo - and Female!
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This year's most anticipated event if you're interested in 3D technology: A one-day seminar with the support of Dolby and Barco hosted by EFC. The seminar took place on November 12th 2009. The seminar focused on both 3D content and technology. READ MORE
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In spring 2010 our students will meet one of the most promising directors in Europe: Jasmila Zbanic won the Golden Bear in Berlin in 2006 for her debut feature Grbavica – a film about the after math of the Balkan war.
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The fabulous Danish klezmer band Mames Babegenush gave a concert at European Film College. Thank you so much for coming Mames - we'd love to see you back here anytime!
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1 week into the program our new students have already accomplished an impressive amount of activities. What they still need to figure out is how to remember the faces and names of more than 100 new people.
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In order to develop and explore gastronomic potential, European Film College invites committed citizens of the world with an interest in food, nutrition and cooking to contribute their creativity in our food exchange program.
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With more to come the list of prominent guests coming to the EFC during the 2009/2010 course is already amazing. World famous directors, recognized artists and inspiring decision-makers from the film-industry will be part of the experience for our new students.
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Students from intake 2008/2009 contributed to this year's edition of Final Cut - the year book of European Film College. We trust you'll enjoy the articles and the artistic expression of the book.
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Scholarships to EFC students! If you are attending European Film College from September 2009 to May 2010 you have the opportunity to apply for economical support to cover the whole or part of your college fee. We still have a few places left if you consider applying.
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Meet Wim Wenders at The European Film College! We're happy to announce the visit of one of Europe's most significant directors. Wenders will come to the EFC in Spring 2010 to lecture about his films and his ideas on European cinema today.
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Director of "Persepolis", Marjane Satrapi, is coming to The European Film College in early 2010. For the first time ever, Satrapi will visit Denmark to give a talk on her award winning and highly publicised animation film.
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After 8 ½ months of filmmaking 110 EFC-students left the college on May 10th. Some of them to pursue a career in film production companies some to start as students on film or media schools. We wish them all good luck after a very productive year!
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The EFC is present again in this year’s Cannes Festival. With Lars von Trier, Jane Campion, Ken Loach, Pedro Almodóvar and Quentin Tarantino in the main competition this year’s programme is both star-studded and overwhelming. Our hope is that we manage to persuade a couple of prominent filmmakers to visit the EFC during the 09/10 course.
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Thomas Vinterberg stopped by the EFC for some days during the making of this year's Final Projects. Not only did he share his own experiences he also did one-on-ones with the students about how to approach their Final Projects.
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Another Diefenbach music video has premiered with the third single - "You're my people" - from the album Dark Spinner which has just been released. And on Friday the 6th of March some of our students shot a concert-film with Diefenbach.
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Diefenbach - upcoming Danish band - is among the 4 top nominees at one of the most prestigious Danish music awards, P3 Guld, with their latest album "Dark Spinner". This is particularly interesting for the EFC students since "Dark Spinner" was the basis for their music video project in Fall 08.
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Happy days for EFC editors: Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Nordisk Film Fonden we now have the best possible editing and back up facilities.
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EFC's screen-writing teacher Jim Fernald recently spent two weeks in NYC at a well-attended seminar with Robert McKee, a guru in screen-writing. This might result in a McKee workshop at the EFC!
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Former students from the EFC where present when rock legend Patti Smith visited Copenhagen in what turned out to be one of the best musical events this year.
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Kenneth Anger, a pioneer in art cinema and the Occult, recently visited Copenhagen. According to director Martin Scorsese Anger is "a unique filmmaker, an artist of exceptional imagination". EFC students documented the event.
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The producers of "Die Fälscher" (The Counterfeiters), Babette Schröder and Nina Bohlmann, will visit the European Film College in January 2009. "Die Fälscher" won this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and Babette and Nina will give the EFC-students an up-to-date outline of European cinema.
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Camera-freaks among our new students will be thrilled to know that we've just purchased 10 new Panasonic AG-HPX500E high definition cameras. This will definitely enhance the pleasure of camera-classes and shootings and also please connoisseurs of new technology.
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Two current EFC students, Rick Burnham and Søren Højen, got through the eye of the needle and will pursue an acting career at well known Stella Adler Acting Academy in New York when they leave the European Film College.
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