The Education of the Filmmaker in Europe, Australia, and Asia [Hardcover]

Practice-based film education is a crucial element in the institutional landscape of film. This book fills the gap in understanding practice-based film scholarship, focusing on Europe, Asia, and Australia.Introduction: More than Film School: Why the Full Spectrum of Practice-based Film Education Warrants Attention; Mette Hjort PART I: EUROPE 1. Practice-based Film Education in Lithuania: Main Actors and Sites of Struggle; Renata `ukaityte 2. Mapping Film Education and Training on the Island of Malta; Charlie Cauchi 3. The Struggle for a Scottish National Film School; Duncan Petrie 4. 'We Train Auteurs': Education, De-centralization, Regional Funding, and Niche Marketing in the New Swedish Cinema; Anna Stenport 5. Divided Dirigisme: Nationalism, Regionalism, and Reform in the German Film Academies; Barton Byg and Evan Torner 6. Sites of Initiation: Film Training Programs at Film Festivals; Marijke de Valck PART II: AUSTRALIA AND ASIA 7. Beyond the Modular Film School: Australian Film and Television Schools and their Digital Transitions; Ben Goldsmith and Tom O'Regan 8. Dynamics of the Cultures of Discontent: How is Globalization Transforming the Training of Filmmakers in Japan?; Yoshiharu Tezuka 9. Learning with Images in the Digital Age; Moinak Biswas 10. Film Schools in the PRC: Professionalization and Its Discontents; Yomi Braester 11. Film Education in Hong Kong: New Challenges and Opportunities; Stephen Chan

Mette Hjort opens up an entirely new area of study in film and media studies by considering not only how film practice is taught in different parts of the world but why film practice is taught - giving light to social/cultural aesthetics and the political value of practice-based media education. The collection sets up a rich comparative structure that allows us to discover a whole new picture of youth activism and media training in different parts of the world. - Janine Marchessault, Canada Research Chair in Art and Digital Media, York University, lĂ)