India's first film university at AAFT offers plethora of courses

A degree or diploma in cinema, mass communication or media studies from Asian Academy of Film and Television (AAFT), the first film university in India, is a natural evolution in terms of where the world is going. The courses at our film university are designed to prepare students for presentation in television, film and new media productions as well as serve those in occupations where extensive knowledge is required of message design for these media. Our film university programmes focus on skills required for careers film directors, directors, editors, actors, presenters, cameramen, graphic artists as well as emerging careers in new media production.

AAFT, a private film university established by a Chhatisgarh Legislative Assembly Act, offers short-time courses in production, direction & TV journalism, video editing & sound recording, camera & light techniques, acting & presentation, TV graphics & animation and art of still photography as well as undergraduate and graduate degrees in cinema, mass communication and media studies. The film university, set in an area of over 100 acres at Noida, India, offers a range of perspectives on media forms from cinema to broadcast television to alternative media to emerging technologies. Our film university is dedicated to integrating theory and practice, to creating intersections with other disciplines, and to fostering cutting-edge media production.

Education and training for various courses at the film university are provided by expert media practitioners supplemented by visiting guest lecturers who are leading exponents of their specialised skills in the practical craft of film and television production. Working within a full gamut of styles and genres in a wide range of media, students at the film university have produced narrative fiction, documentaries, computer animation, experimental work, interactive CD-ROMs and commercials.

The AAFT film university is internationally known and attracts students from various Asian, African and European countries as well as the USA government departments. In May 2001, the film university trained four Government of Bhutan officials and also had the privilege of training few members of the staff of Lok Sabha in the recent past.

AAFT film university is India's first film university

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