New mentor: Rada Šešiċ
"I'll support students in their curiosity to seek answers beyond given frames"
As the successor of Patrick Minks, who has decided to give priority to film making over teaching, we welcome Rada Šešic (1957) as a new mentor. She is a film maker, critic, curator and a film lecturer.
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Group 2011-2013: research snapshots
Three kinds of investigations
How do the students 2011-2013 adress their research questions? Check these three:
- Yassine El Idrissi
- Ruben van Leer
- Jelena Rosicread more
Group 2012-2014: inspired in Rotterdam
The IFFR assignment for new students
Eleven new students just entered the Master’s Degree Programme 2012-2014. We asked them to go to the International Film Festival Rotterdam and share some of the reflections about the films that inspire them. Check these five:
- Balint Mark Turi
- Margot Schaap
- Maria Ångerman
- Fedor Sendak
- Pablo Núñez Palmaread more
Alumni 2009-2011
In September 2011, our first seven students graduated. How are they doing? Check these three:
- Bogomir Doringer
- Reinier Noordzij
- Taatske Pietersonread more
Call for applications: who’s got the nerve?
Are you a talented filmmaker, sound designer, scriptwriter, producer, camera man, art director, …? Or a visual artist, digital media specialist, performance artist or in any other way involved in moving images and sounds? Would you like the time, space and support to undertake your own artistic research project? read more
2012-14: a new selection
In June 2011, we selected eleven remarkable young artists who will commence the Master’s Degree Programme in January 2012. Out of 62 applicants, a 30% increase, we invited 21 students for an interview. The competition was fierce.read more
Debate around script and talent development at Nederlands Film Festival
Friday 23 September, 20:30 - 22:00 hrs, Blauwe Zaal / Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
The Master’s Degree Programme of the NFTA and the Netherlands Film Festival are organising a debate around script- and talent development, as part of the Beeldenstorm and Revisie Programmes. read more
Video report: graduation show 2011
Coming soon: Graduation Show 2011
From Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 September 2011, the Graduation Show for the first seven students will take place at cinema Het Ketelhuis and the adjacent MC Theatre at Culture Park Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam. read more
Reinilde Jonkhout, 2011-2013: experiences and artificiality
After a confrontation with perspectives from very different backgrounds, the class 2013 followed the block Experiences: a series of hands on workhops focussing on transformation. Reinilde Jonkhout looks back.read more
Sam Yazdanpanna, 2010-12: stories of fragments
Sam Yazdanpanna Ardekani (Iran 1980) investigates the transformation of identity, the tension between fiction and documentary and the fragmentation of the narrative. What will be his second year project?read more
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Dates and deadlines (course 2013-2015)
information evening
Wednesday 7 March 2012, 19:30apply
deadline for application
Friday 13 April 2012
interviews with applicants
Wednesday 6 - Friday 8 June 2012
start of the course
January 2013
If you want more information or a personal meeting with the director to find out all about the programme please send an email to 
master-film@ahk.nl
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