Practice-based film education is a crucial element in the institutional landscape of film. This book fills the gap in understanding practice-based film scholarship, focusing on Europe, Asia, and Australia.

A FIRST: First serious scholarly and critical examination of practice based film education

Introduction: More than Film School: Why the Full Spectrum of Practice-based Film Education Warrants Attention; Mette Hjort PART I: EUROPE 1. Practice-based Film Education in Lithuania: Main Actors and Sites of Struggle; Renata Šukaityte 2. Mapping Film Education and Training on the Island of Malta; Charlie Cauchi 3. The Struggle for a Scottish National Film School; Duncan Petrie 4. 'We Train Auteurs': Education, De-centralization, Regional Funding, and Niche Marketing in the New Swedish Cinema; Anna Stenport 5. Divided Dirigisme: Nationalism, Regionalism, and Reform in the German Film Academies; Barton Byg and Evan Torner 6. Sites of Initiation: Film Training Programs at Film Festivals; Marijke de Valck PART II: AUSTRALIA AND ASIA 7. Beyond the Modular Film School: Australian Film and Television Schools and their Digital Transitions; Ben Goldsmith and Tom O'Regan 8. Dynamics of the Cultures of Discontent: How is Globalization Transforming the Training of Filmmakers in Japan?; Yoshiharu Tezuka 9. Learning with Images in the Digital Age; Moinak Biswas 10. Film Schools in the PRC: Professionalization and Its Discontents; Yomi Braester 11. Film Education in Hong Kong: New Challenges and Opportunities; Stephen Chan