The School of Film/Video is dedicated to enhancing the artistic and professional growth of students and recent graduates through a diverse range of programs.
Opportunities for internships with top industry companies, screenings on and off campus, opportunities to meet and learn from visiting artists, and our extensive film resources enrich the program’s curriculum.
Study abroad programs
The School of Film/Video and CalArts maintain student exchange programs with a number of schools around the world. CalArts students interested in going on exchange should visit the Hub to read the requirements and fill out the Exchange Inquiry Form. Students must speak with the Office of International & Community Partnerships and International Student Exchanges during the fall semester to learn about the various programs available the following school year.
School of Film/Video opportunities may include:
- Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague, Czechia
- Gobelins, L’École de L’Image in Paris
- Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bengaluru, India
- Universität der Künste in Berlin
Read more about international exchange opportunities
Opportunities
Internships
The school has several ongoing internship programs involving key film production and post-production companies in Los Angeles. Foremost among these is the Academy Internship Program established by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This ongoing program places CalArts students in paid internship positions with commercial and independent productions.
Reef Residency
The School of Film/Video is pleased to support recent graduates through the CalArts Reef Residency. Each year, three students from the School of Art receive access to studio space in a large shared open studio, additional access to exhibition spaces, and a grant to support their work.
See previous Reef residents from the School of Film/Video
Bijou Festival and showcase screenings
Each spring, the School of Film/Video holds the Bijou Festival and several showcase screenings to publicly present selected student works from all programs. Films and videos are shown at CalArts’ Bijou Theater, the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT) and private screening facilities in Los Angeles. Producers and other professionals in the film, television and animation industries regularly attend these events.
The school also helps to arrange the presentation of selected student works at national and international venues, which, in recent years, have included the Sundance, New York, Berlin, Vienna, Venice, and other major festivals, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Pompidou Center in Paris.
Read more about the Bijou Festival
Institutional collaborations
The School of Film/Video has collaborated with partners such as The Museum of Modern Art, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, the Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles, the Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media and the Global Film Initiative on various projects in recent years. These collaborations include festivals, museum exhibitions, symposia and other presentations, and often feature screenings of work by CalArts students and alumni.
Resources
CalArts Library Film and Image Services
A large collection of 16mm films, videos, DVDs and laserdiscs is available in Film Services, which is part of CalArts’ Library. Film Services also provides viewing facilities. The collection contains materials that illustrate artistic output in a wide variety of media, as well as some 35 years of faculty and student work.
Film series at REDCAT
Housed inside the iconic Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall complex in downtown Los Angeles, REDCAT is a one-of-a-kind platform for the presentation of experimental and interdisciplinary work in the visual, performing and media arts.
The School of Film/Video provides the programming for REDCAT’s film series, which includes in-person presentations by acclaimed film, video and animation artists from around the globe, as well as short festivals to cover specific topics in independent film, explore new currents in world cinema, and survey work by individual filmmakers. Among other things, these screenings have made it possible for the Los Angeles independent and alternative community to forge new connections with their international counterparts. In addition, many of the filmmakers who show work at REDCAT also visit CalArts to give lectures, conduct workshops and meet with students.