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.
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.
- Film studio
Our film studio on the Bijloke site was built especially with film shoots in mind. It is the stage for class assignments where students learn to work in the context of a filmset. In addition, students can reserve this space to realise individual film projects.
- Editing cells
The department has 10 editing cells – small rooms equipped with a high-performance computer, screens, sound system and other equipment. With their student card, students have access to these editing cells and can use them to edit their film recordings.
- Film lending service
Here students can borrow equipment needed for a film recording. Cameras, sound equipment, lamps, tripods, and much more are kept here.
- KASKcinema
The campus has its own cinema where students can watch their projects on the big screen. Group discussions, juries, CineSessions and film-related classes take place here. In addition, KASKcinema offers a programme of films that are rarely seen in the regular circuit. kaskcinema.be
VISIT US
OPEN DAY
APR 23, 2023 / 10:00 – 17:00
INFO MOMENT
JUN 24, 2023 / 09:30 – 12:30
SEP 02, 2023 / 09:30 – 12:30
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REGISTER
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.
- May session, May 23 – 25, 2023
Application deadline: May 16, 2023
- July session, Jul 05 – 07, 2023
Application deadline: Jun 27, 2023
- August session, Aug 29 – 31, 2023
Application deadline: Aug 22, 2023
- Master, April session, Apr 24, 2023
Application deadline: Mar 17, 2023, 16:00
- Master, August session, Aug 28 2023
Application deadline: Jun 23, 2023, 16:00
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
- Check the admission requirements.
- Bachelor: check the contents of the admission test (in Dutch).
Master: check the application guidelines.
- Register for an admission test or orientation test via webreg.hogent.be.
- Take part in the test.
- After passing the test, you can complete your enrolment online.
Do you have a question? Contact the student’s office.