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Oct 15, 2023 · The AFI Conservatory offers scholarships to help incoming and current AFI Fellows pay for their MFA film school education. Scholarships are based on merit and financial need. Several scholarships are available for Fellows from underrepresented communities, specific nationalities and Conservatory disciplines.
2025–2026 Admission Requirements. All applicants for admission to the MFA program or Certificate of Completion at the AFI Conservatory must submit the following: ONLINE APPLICATION. Applications for Fall 2025 for all disciplines (Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, Production Design and Screenwriting) will open September 2024.
ABOUT THE AFI CONSERVATORY. Located in the filmmaking capital of the world, the AFI Conservatory is nestled in the hills overlooking Hollywood. The picturesque eight-acre campus is in the center of the professional filmmaking community with easy access to studios, networks and post-production facilities. The AFI Conservatory offers a Master of ...
AFI Conservatory. The AFI Conservatory is a private non-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. Students (called "Fellows") learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on storytelling. The Conservatory is a program of the American Film Institute founded in 1969.
Aug 9, 2023 · FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 9, 2023, Los Angeles, CA – Today, the AFI Conservatory was named the #1 film school in The Hollywood Reporter’s annual list of the top film schools in the nation. The honor marks the second year in a row that the Conservatory has earned the top spot. The AFI Conservatory was noted for being “the most storied in the country, graduating a trove of Oscar winners” and having enough faculty actively working in Hollywood to fill the Dolby Theatre. The ...
Jun 15, 2016 · At the opening of the AFI Conservatory in September 1969, founding director George Stevens, Jr., inspired the very first class of artists with remarks that ended, “Let us work to assure that we grow and change as film itself does.” Those words were echoed at Commencement on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 as 116 new storytellers graduated from the AFI Conservatory at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, with film icons Quentin Tarantino and Rita Moreno on hand to accept AFI Honorary ...
Oct 16, 2023 · AFI emphasizes hands-on learning throughout the two-year program: expect to work 11-12 hours on set every Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Filmmaking courses are conducted at the Warner Bros. Building and the Manor House, and students can take advantage of several other state-of-the-art post-production and research facilities on campus.
