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bachelor + master audiovisual arts kunsten, graduating option film
3 + 1 year

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

Learning to make films with us happens in the context of an art academy. In our filmmaker training, you immerse yourself in every aspect of creating films. You are intensively and personally guided as you develop into a filmmaker with a strong and grounded vision. Our programme creates space to experiment and to push the boundaries in both thinking and doing. To achieve this, many films are made. Each assignment results in a personal piece of work that takes shape thanks to hard work and constant feedback from teachers and fellow students.

There are three main studio courses: Documentary, Fiction and Audiovisual Research. In the Fiction atelier, we focus on the realization of scenes and films, with attention to storytelling, acting direction and cinematography. The Documentary atelier is centred on the position of the filmmaker in the (audiovisual) world, and on the relationships between maker, subject and form. In Audiovisual Research, the quest into the power of images and sounds is both a means and an end. What is unique to our film programme is our attention to the auditory and compositional strategies (in addition to narrative and documentary strategies) that help develop your audiovisual thinking in image and sound. In addition, film specific studies play a crucial role: they help to position yourself within existing practices and concepts of cinema, through which you learn how to communicate about your work.

The final part of our bachelor programme is a personal film project in which you take artistic responsibility for all facets of the production, from script to direction, camera work, sound design and editing. At the same time, you will participate in the projects of fellow students, learning to work on a film set or production as part of a team.

In the master programme, you continue your development to become an audiovisual author with a solid theoretical basis and a reflexive approach. The master’s project consists of the realization of a film and a written thesis, nurtured by seminars and an ‘art in practice’ internship. The master project directly launches our graduate students into the vivacious circuit of film festivals and other screening platforms. Year after year, in Belgium and abroad, KASK films are prize-winners at prestigious festivals.

You can view them on kaskfilms.be.

Big name among our graduates is of course Lukas Dhont (KASK alumnus 2014), who is stringing together international awards with Girl (2018) and Close (2022). But let’s also celebrate the impressive record of alumni such as Felix van Groeningen (a.o. Le Otto Montagne, 2022), Janet van den Brand (a.o. Ceres, 2018), Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes (a.o. Kind Hearts, 2022), Christina Vandekerckhove (a.o. Rabot, 2017) or the films made by Collectif Faire-Part, an ensemble of Belgian and Congolese filmmakers. All are surrounded by competent and enthusiastic people in their crews – people who often also graduated with us.

The dynamic offerings of KASKcinema, a public cinema in which we also teach and host international guests, familiarizes our students (and teachers) with a wide range of inspiring incentives. The city of Ghent has developed a highly idiosyncratic and active film circuit of its own. Festivals, including Film Fest Ghent, the Courtisane screening platform, ArtCinema OFFoff, Sabzian’s online guide and our own KASKcinema together create a unique cinephile and artistic microclimate in which we feel at home.

TEACHERS

Vincent Bal
Bie Boeykens
Anke Brouwers
Jens Burez
Charo Calvo
Edwin Carels
Jasmijn Cedée
Lisa Colpaert
Jen Debauche
Stoffel Debuysere
Paul Demets
Hilde D’haeyere
Bavo Defurne

 

Eric De Vos
Nina de Vroome
Mieke De Wulf
Raf Enckels
Jelena Juresa
Bert Lesaffer
Renzo Martens
Rosine Mbakam
Bob Mees
Peter Monsaert
Pascal Poissonnier
Jasper Rigole
Nathalie Teirlinck

Angelo Tijssens
Sarah Vanagt
Gust Van den Berghe
An van Dienderen
Brecht Van Elslande
Griet Van Reeth
Hannes Verhoustraete
Peter Vermeersch
Ellen Vermeulen
Thomas Vertongen
Els Viaene
Effi Weiss

FACILITIES

During your training, you have to bring a lot of projects to a successful conclusion. The film school has a number of facilities to support you in this.

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If you want to enrol for an academic Bachelor of Audiovisual Arts, you first have to pass an artistic admission test. To enter the master’s programme, you take part in an orientation test. These are organised several times per academic year.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

  1. Check the admission requirements.
  2. Bachelor: check the contents of the admission test (in Dutch).
    Master: check the application guidelines.
  3. Register for an admission test or orientation test via webreg.hogent.be.
  4. Take part in the test.
  5. After passing the test, you can complete your enrolment online.

Do you have a question? Contact the student’s office.

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Jolke Van Aerde, Come, Sweet Death
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Jules Mathôt, Night by Night, foto's: Lars Duchateau
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Documentaire 1, Observatie. Gaia de Pater, ‘Everton vs. Tottenham’. De studenten maken een documentaire film d.m.v. observatie van een evenement/gebeurtenis waarin ‘de mens’ centraal staat. De film is niet korter dan 3 minuten en niet langer dan 5 minuten. De film heeft een klankband die bestaat uit de directe klank, eventueel aangevuld door zelf opgenomen geluiden. Interviews, voice-overs, dialogen of muziek zijn niet toegestaan.

Documentaire 1, Filmisch Portret. Isa De Grood. De studenten maken een ‘filmisch portret’. Ze portretteren een persoon in relatie tot zijn of haar omgeving. De documentaire film heeft een sociale en/of humane invalshoek. Inhoudelijk en vormelijk kunnen we de stempel van de filmmaker duidelijk voelen en zien en de film onderscheidt zich door zijn creatieve en inhoudelijke relevantie. Het gebruik van bestaande muziek is niet toegestaan.
Julie Daems, L'INDIGOTIER, ou la descente des jumelles (still)

Fictie 1. Servaes Dewispelaere, Drieminutenshot, ‘Examen’. ‘Drieminutenshot’ is een film die bestaat uit één shot. De focus ligt op tijdsbeleving en decoupage.

Fictie 1. Fernando Vandekeybus, Kus, ‘Houyet’ . ‘Kusfilm’ is een film waarin mensen uit de klas acteren. Het is een oefening op shot/tegenshot en montage.
Bas Verbruggen, Environs (still)
Filmstudio

Audiovisueel Onderzoek 1. Blom Rodenburg, Dagboek

Audiovisueel Onderzoek 1. Roxy Wachtmeester , Droomlogica, ‘Bloemen Dans Dromen Krans’ 
Mattias Bavré, Z bratem [With My Brother]
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Wannes Vanspauwen, De dag die wit was
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Documentaire 2, Saco Dhondt, ‘Y’Aura-t-il des rencontres à Rastoul’ 

Audiovisueel onderzoek 2, Bas Schaevers, ‘Viewmaster’ 

Fictie 3, Pol De Plecker, X

Documentaire 3, Martijn Van De Wiele, ‘Onder Woorden’ 

Geluid in film, Jolke Van Aerde, opdracht Geluid in Film