The International environment
There are more than 350 students and faculty from more than 15 countries presently at the Baltic Media and Film School.
Do you want to build your future career in filmmaking, television or media in an international English-speaking environment? Do you want to practice your trade at home and abroad? The Baltic Film and Media School offers you one of the very few professional university options in Europe as the only English-taught film and TV school in Northern Europe.
BFM faculty and students hail from more 15 countries in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Australia. BFM has over 25 ERASMUS partner universities in Europe, which allows top students at the School to experience a higher education in another higher learning environment. We offer a truly exciting mix of nations, societies and cultures that create an invaluable professional network for your later career.
Practical and professional
Three out of 10 directing students shoot their first features films before graduation *
At BFM, you will start shooting audiovisual material from your very first week. More than 500 audiovisual works are produced at BFM annually, and your part in this offers you hands-on experience in a wide range of film and television genres and formats. Most of our instructors and professors are television and film professionals familiar with the latest trends in the audiovisual industry. Professional skills learned at BFM help you attain a position in the media industry.
Affordable
More than two thirds of international students receive financial aid
At €2,875 a year, BFM tuition fees have a significant price advantage over most Europe's international film schools due to government subsidies that allow us to expand the size and scope of our course offerings. Fees help alleviate the cost of productions, teaching, equipment and materials, and partially finance your graduation film. Students at BFM have the opportunity to apply for financial aid at varying levels, up to the full tuition cost. Regularly, an average of 30 percent of the student body at BFM receives some form of tuition aid.
Build your professional networks
Most alumni continue to work with their course mates after graduation
Successful filmmaking is a based on successful teamwork. Taking intense classes at BFM with fellow students from a wide variety of international backgrounds helps you adapt to the modern media professional lifestyle, and helps kick-start your professional career after graduation. BFM alumni are currently working in media companies throughout the Baltic States, Europe, and Russia.
Reliable and accredited
BFM offers internationally accredited university degrees
Most European film schools offering English-language courses do not provide the option of finishing with internationally-accredited university degrees. The Baltic Film and Media School awards, as part of Tallinn University, internationally acknowledged BA and MA diplomas that are valid worldwide. This allows you to continue studies in academia, or gives you an advantage in finding work in the media business after graduation.
A busy capital in the European Union
Tallinn is a vibrant capital on the crossroads of Europe and the East
Tallinn mixes medieval charm with cutting-edge technology, and is an exciting city to pursue your studies in media and film. Estonia has long considered Internet access a human right, and is a leading country in technology adoption, with some of the highest Internet and mobile phone penetration statistics in the world.
Estonia is also on the forefront of new media developments. The Internet telephone service Skype was conceived in Tallinn, and residents get access to a constellation of e-banking, government, voting, and payment systems that can be accessed with a computer or a personal mobile device.
Tallinn is located within hours other major European cities, such as Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Riga, Latvia - making it a great home base for the exploration of Northern Europe.
* Class of international film students, 2008
