Please note: This program is offered only in Polish.
About school
The School of Theater and Film Directing prepares students for independent work as a director and for admission to directing programs at the Academy of Theatre Arts and film schools in Poland and abroad.
Classes are held in the form of masterclasses with outstanding directors, screenwriters, set designers, and choreographers. The original curriculum was designed by a specialist – director Michał Rzepka.
The program includes classes on character development, directing commercials, theater production, and above all, preparing a director’s script and creating a screenplay.
School of Directing Diploma
The School of Theater and Film Directing offers an intensive 9-month weekend program concluding with a Public Diploma.
- 2 weekends a month, with 20 lesson hours (45 minutes each) per session
- The condition for receiving the diploma is attendance at all classes
- In exceptional cases, such as a student’s illness confirmed by a medical certificate, it is required to pass a colloquium on the topic of the missed classes, which involves additional costs
- Limited number of places (approximately 12).
The School of Directing provides functional tools essential for the profession of a director and helps build a foundation of theoretical and practical knowledge related to theater and film.
What you gain?
- A Diploma from the School of Directing
- Workshops with esteemed directors, a set designer, a choreographer, a playwright and a composer
- Access to a professional theater hall, a recording studio, a ballet studio, a photography studio and a dedicated casting room
- Free access to the “Scena Dekerta 10” theater hall to stage performances during the summer holiday period
Program of the School of Theater and Film Directing
This is where you will polish your creative craft!
Working with an actor and character creation
- Learning effective communication and how to direct an actor
- Character building: techniques for creating roles
- Translating the director’s vision into specific acting tasks
- Creative dialogue, methods for conducting inspiring conversations with the acting team
Building the stage world
- Collaboration with a choreographer
- Collaboration with a set designer
- Translating ideas into the language of set design, music, and light
- Creating the presented world
Directing craft and narrative
- Composing scenes
- The director’s script (prompt book)
- The film screenplay
Production
- Theatrical production and acquiring skills to raise funds for your own projects
- CV and portfolio presentation
- Directing commercials
Contexts and inspirations
- An essential element of the School’s program is learning about the work of the most important theater directors and their working methods
The School facilitates collaboration with students of acting and fashion design, which allows for gaining practical skills in working with an actor or a set designer.
The School is aimed at individuals who:
- Lead youth and student theaters or are involved in professional theater
- Manage artistic and educational projects related to theater, art and culture
- Wish to begin directing studies at theater and film schools