Sydney Film School is one of the top film schools in the world.
The School was founded 13 years ago out of a desire to create a practical filmmaking experience focusing on the skills that are required for a successful career in the global film industry.
Now located alongside International Screen Academy in Waterloo we are situated in a purpose built facility with world-class equipment available to our students. In addition, a ready supply of emerging screen actors at our filmmakers’ disposal will certainly strengthen casting outcomes. Our model is one that encourages your creative expression and gives you real filmmaking experience.
The school is set up as a working film production house that makes more than 100 films every year. Our students are the filmmakers. It is an intense learning experience but one that results in our graduates leaving us with somewhere up to 20 film credits at the end of their time with us.
When you graduate, you will have worked “on set” and “in post” in an environment that replicates the real world. You will have made your mistakes, you will have produced work that is truly creative and you will be ready to take on the world.
We only teach filmmaking. We offer two one-year courses: a Diploma and Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media. The Diploma provides you with a working knowledge of all the fundamental disciplines of filmmaking, including storytelling, content creation and teamwork. The Advanced Diploma takes that knowledge and allows you to apply to it to your chosen area of specialisation to produce films of greater depth and technique.
Combined they give you a unique foundation for your career.
We have close contact with the film industry. All our teacherscurrently work in the industry as well as teach. They have their finger on the pulse. We invite prominent film personalities to share their career experiences with you and we are well connected with our Alumni (now numbering over 1,000), the majority of whom are following successful screen careers around the world.
By choosing Sydney Film School you will join a community that has diverse roots but is united in a passion for filmmaking.
We invite you to join that community…
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At Sydney Film School we pride ourselves on providing filmmaking courses of the highest calibre. We produce graduates who are industry ready, have real film credits and are able to access our network of teaching staff, alumni and industry partners to secure work in the film and screen industries.
At Sydney Film School we promise
Landing a job in the film industry is not just about your qualification; it is about the practical level of experience that you have. Employers look for production experience and at SFS, you will get more production experience in one year than any other comparable course in Australia. The Industry knows this and respects the ability of our graduates. You can check out for yourself by what they have to say below.
Think carefully about the film course you choose. If you’d like to find out more about a career in film at Sydney Film School, book a tour or contact us today.
SYDNEY FILM SCHOOL
HISTORY
Sydney Film School was founded in 2004 to teach the essential filmmaking ‘tools’ necessary for a successful career in the global film industry. It is an intense training experience where our students learn how to be filmmakers. Through producing and crewing a significant number of films, students gain both the skills to be employed by the industry and create their own productions. Since Sydney Film School’s inception, alumni have gone onto successful careers across the planet and create a network for new students to build relationships with.
COURSES
Sydney Film School offers 1-Year Diploma, 1-Year Advanced Diploma and Certificate III in Screen and Media. Our courses are intensive, hands-on programs where students learn through production. You learn the theory of filmmaking and then apply it by making films. Lots of them. You create your own vision for your films, while also crewing your fellow filmmakers’ projects.
MENTORS
Our Mentors are experts at delivering instruction, and working professionals. They understand what it’s like to start out and how to guide you towards a career in the film and television industry. At the heart of our teaching philosophy is our desire for students to find their unique vision. It’s reflected in our program right through to our logo. We want you to show an audience how you see the world. At the same time we prepare you with the craft skills essential to engage in opportunities in film and television production.
STUDIO
Sydney Film School is based at Waterloo Studios, a working production facility. Waterloo Studios is a purpose built film and television studio that houses state of the art equipment for students. In fact, our equipment rivals many production houses and our sound stage is one of the best in the country. From editing bays to screening rooms, rehearsal spaces to sound suites, we have everything available to walk in with and idea and walk out with a completed professional project.
ACTORS
Filmmaking is the symbiotic relationship between the visionary and the team to create the vision. In many institutions, access to actors is limited or not available at all. Sydney Film School shares the Waterloo Studios facility with Sydney Actors School, one of the leading acting programs in the country. Sydney Film School students build working relationships with the acting students with the intent to create great film and television programs. This collaborative environment enables all students to understand the important relationship between filmmakers and actors and makes for a great environment to build lasting friendships and future professional collaborations.
FUTURE
We are always looking for better ways to deliver programs, looking for how the industry is changing, how we can equip our students to meet those changes and most of all, encourage you to create a future in the film and television industry that is exciting and thriving. We look for a special kind of student that dreams big and wants to learn how to achieve that filmmaking dream. Because we are a boutique institution with limited enrolments, we can be flexible to meet the rapidly changing industry the world over. Our goal is to produce high calibre filmmakers who have a vision of their future. We believe in dreaming big and know that dedication, encouragement and industry relevant training is the key. We want to work with students who want to courageously find their vision and project it to the world.
FIND YOUR VISION
“Panavision Australia has employed a number of graduates of Sydney Film School's, Screen and Media Diploma and Advanced Diploma programs and also other graduate level employees. These graduates proved themselves to be an asset to our business at an early stage in a way that reflected on them favourably compared to other junior applicants. In my professional opinion, Sydney Film School graduates can be relied upon to be deployed in film and TV productions with professional level competence in screen production, directing, cinematography, sound and editing.”
Paul Jackson (Managing Director) Panavision Asia Pacific