Baltic Film, Media and Arts School of Tallinn University (BFM) is a film and media school created in 2005 (as Baltic Film and Media School) as a college of
Tallinn University, one of the biggest educational institutions in
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an ...
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BFM offers a wide-based education in an international environment. The study programmes offer tools and skills for working on various positions in film production, TV, new media, communication, choreography, art and music.
BFM provides students with free shooting and post-production equipment, studio space and production support for their creative works, supervised by established professionals from the audiovisual industry.
The school is situated in
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...
, the capital of Estonia and the
European Capital of Culture in 2011.
Programs
BFM offers programs at the Bachelor's, Master's and PhD level, in Estonian and English.
BFM Training
BFM Training is the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School's training unit that offers tailor-made trainings and productions that correspond to the profiled needs of clients. Working languages: English, Estonian, Russian, Finnish.
Equipment and Room Rental
BFM offers the opportunity for people and organizations outside the school to rent the school’s shooting equipment and editing rooms for commercial productions. The school has several production and editing rooms for rent: a 161 m² film soundstage, a 112 m² television studio with the service areas, a cinema hall, two sound mixing rooms, 3 sound editing rooms, 8 editing rooms and an 18-seat Apple iMac based computer lab with central SAN media storage
Information about booking.
Notable alumni
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Sass Henno
Sass Henno (born September 13, 1982 in Tartu, Estonia) is an Estonian writer.
He attended Miina Härma Secondary Grammar School in Tartu between 1989-2001. 2001-2003 he studied computer graphics and advertising in Tartu Art College, then film a ...
, Estonian screenwriter
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Kullar Viimne, Estonian director, screenwriter and cinematographer
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Erik Norkroos, Estonian filmmaker
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Tanel Toom
Tanel Toom (born 1 November 1982) is an Estonian director and screenwriter.
Toom studied filmmaking at Tallinn University, graduating with a BA in 2005. After that, he worked as a director for commercials and as a first assistant director. In ...
, Estonian Oscar nominated director and screenwriter
Notable academic staff
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Tiina Lokk, Estonian filmmaker
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Riho Västrik
Riho Västrik (born August 4, 1965) is an Estonian filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, journalist, and historian.
Biography
Between 1988 and 2000, Västrik studied at the University of Tartu, where he received his bachelor's degree in history and ...
, Estonian documentarian, journalist and historian
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Taavi Varm, Estonian artist
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Arvo Iho
Arvo Iho (born 21 June 1949) is an Estonian film director, cinematographer, actor and photographer, who has worked in the areas of documentary and drama.Rollberg, Peter (2016) ''Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema'', Rowman & Litt ...
, Estonian cinematographer
References''BFM'' website
External links
''Tallinn University'' website
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Film schools in Estonia
Educational institutions established in 2005
2005 establishments in Estonia
Education in Tallinn