Application deadlines:
– 30 April for fall semester or for a full year
– 30 October for spring semester
Application documents:
– application sheet
– CV
– one art work (production, exam work, etc.)
– a master or teacher recommendation
Courses for 2020 fall semester:
- How to Use Film Music (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Documentary Now: Creating Your Own Truth (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- The Complete… Stanley Kubrick (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Internationality in Hollywood (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Inspirational Writing (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Soundpainting – creating collective, real-time compositions with hand-signs (5 ECTS); Samu Gryllus
- Violated Bodies – Taboos, Traditions and (Artistic) Interventions (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
- Reflexio – The Intersection of Social Consciousness and Experimental Film (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
- The Homeric epics: a short history of the birth of European literature (6 ECTS); György Karsai
- Bodies Naked, Politics Revealed – The Poetics of Theatre in the Crossroads (6 ECTS); Attila Antal
- Devised Theatre – A practical course (6 ECTS); Attila Antal
- Viewpoints in Action – Using the Viewpoints method in creating a dramatic piece (6 ECTS); Attila Antal
- Riding the Black Wave – Films of the Yugoslav black wave cinema (6 ECTS); Attila Antal
- Hungarian cinema during the Soviet regime (5 ECTS); Barnabás Szöllősi
- Singing on a stage (4 ECTS); Klára Vincze
- History of Hungary Through the Movies (5 ECTS); Dr. Zalán Márk
- Trainings and methods (5 ECTS); Áron Zoltán
- Improvisation for Actors (5 ECTS); Áron Zoltán
Courses for 2020 spring semester:
• Breaking Down the Screen: Acting Workshop (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
• FADE IN: Screenwriting Practice (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
• Making a Game Show: Trial by Fire (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
• The Complete… Stanley Kubrick (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
• Violated Bodies – Traditions and (Artistic) Interventions (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
• The Lyrical Documentary and the Found Footage Film (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
• Bodies Naked, Politics Revealed – The Poetics of Theatre in the Crossroads (6 ECTS); Attila Antal
• Devised Theatre – A practical course (6 ECTS); Attila Antal
• Viewpoints in Action – Using the Viewpoints method in creating a dramatic piece (6 ECTS); Attila Antal
• Creative Writing (5 ECTS); Barnabás Szöllősi
• History of Hungary Through the Movies (5 ECTS); Dr. Zalán Márk
• Words, Gestures, Beckett and Music (5 ECTS); Samu Gryllus
• Trainings and methods (5 ECTS); Áron Zoltán
• Improvisation (5 ECTS); Áron Zoltán
• D.I.Y., artivism, and policies on cultural participation (5 ECTS); Kinga Zsófia Szemessy
• Where am I, and what am I doing? / Practicing agency through space design and scores (5 ECTS); Kinga Zsófia Szemessy
• Who am I? Where do I end? / Togetherness, indigenous knowledge, and eco-choreography (5 ECTS); Kinga Zsófia Szemessy
• Cluster and gravity / Contemporary dance and improvisation (5 ECTS); Kinga Zsófia Szemessy
Courses for 2019 fall semester:
- Rejected Film Scores – A History of Irrelevance (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Film Music Analysis Seminar (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Internationality in Hollywood (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Monsters Behind the Camera: Film and Dictatorship (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Tubeular Hells: A History of Television Networks (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- “Show me the way!” – Creating collective multidisciplinary compositions with soundpainting (5 ECTS); Samu Gryllus
- Silenced – Taboos in the (Artistic) Representation of the Female Nude (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
- Break the Machine – Experimental Film, Video Art and Expanded Cinema (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
- The Homeric epics: a short history of the birth of European literature (6 ECTS); György Karsai
- Bodies Naked, Politics Revealed – The Poetics of Theatre in the Crossroads (6 ECTS); Attila Antal
- Devised Theatre – A practical course (6 ECTS); Attila Antal
- Viewpoints in Action – Using the Viewpoints method in creating a dramatic piece (6 ECTS); Attila Antal
- Hungarian cinema during the Soviet regime (1945-1989) (5 ECTS); Barnabás Szöllősi
- A Comprehensive Insight into the Singer’s World (4 ECTS); Klára Vincze
- Hungarian Genre Movie (5 ECTS); Dr. Zalán Márk
- Trainings and methods (5 ECTS); Áron Zoltán
Courses for 2019 spring semester:
- The History of Film Music (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Hungarians in Hollywood (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Soundpainting – creating collective, real-time compositions with hand-signs (5 ECTS); Samu Gryllus
- Silenced – Taboos in the (Artistic) Representation of the Female Nude (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
- Break the Machine – Experimental Filmmaking Techniques and Trends (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
- Space Play – Installation Art Techniques (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
- An Introduction to European Theater – Ancient Greek, Roman (6 ECTS); György Karsai
- Unfolding vs. Depicting the self – stories that the body stores (5 ECTS); Kinga Zsófia Szemessy
- Bodies Naked, Politics Revealed – The Poetics of Theatre in the Crossroads (5 ECTS); Attila Antal
- Devised Theatre – A practical course (5 ECTS); Attila Antal
- Hungarian cinema during the Soviet regime (1945-1989) (5 ECTS); Barnabás Szöllősi
- Creative Writing (5 ECTS); Barnabás Szöllősi
- Contemporary Hungarian Cinema II. (5 ECTS); Márk Zalán
Courses for 2018 fall semester:
- The History of Film Music – The Lives of Artists (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- The Music of James Bond films (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Rejected Film Scores – A History of Irrelevance (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- The Complete Stanley Kubrick (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Hungarians in Hollywood (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Soundpainting – creating collective, real-time compositions with hand-signs (5 ECTS); Samu Gryllus
- Taboos in the Artistic Representation of the Female Nude (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
- Rebellion and Resistance – The (Political) Power of Artists’ Moving Image Works (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
- Far Away from Hollywood – The Birth and Evolution of the Avant-garde Film (6 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
- The Homeric epics: a short history of the birth of European literature (6 ECTS); György Karsai
- Performance and Theatre (6 ECTS); Ármin Szabó-Székely
- Dancing 100 years – embodying Western dance history (5 ECTS); Kinga Zsófia Szemessy
- Bodies Naked, Politics Revealed – The Poetics of Theatre in the Crossroads (6 ECTS); Attila Antal
- Hungarian cinema during the Soviet regime (1945-1989) (5 ECTS); Barnabás Szöllősi
- Contemporary Hungarian Cinema (5 ECTS); Márk Zalán
Courses for 2018 spring semester:
- The History of Film Music – An Introduction (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
- Soundpainting workshop (5 ECTS); Samu Gryllus
- Contemporary dance and improvisation (5 ECTS); Kinga Zsófia Szemessy
- Silenced – Taboos in the Artistic Representation of the Female Nude (5 ECTS); Dorottya Szalay
- An Introduction to European Theater – Ancient Greek, Roman, Indian (6 ECTS); György Karsai
- On Performativity (10 ECTS); Ármin Szabó-Székely
- Dancing 100 years – embodying Western dance history (5 ECTS); Kinga Zsófia Szemessy
Guest lecturers in the 2018 spring semester:
- Fitzmaurice Voicework (2 ECTS); Alida Bevk (Ljubljana)
- Archaeology of the New Media (2 ECTS); Janusz Musial (Katowice)
Courses for 2017 fall semester:
– Theatre in Hungary between 1949 and 1989 (4 ECTS); Kristóf Kelemen
– HOLLYWOOD IN THE BOX – FROM THE ‘SOPRANOS’ TO ‘WESTWARD’ – A theoretical, narratological and practical approach to current television series (4 ECTS); Csaba Fazekas
– Contemporary dance and improvisation (5 ECTS); Kinga Zsófia Szemessy
– The History of Film Music – An Introduction (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
– The Music of Hitchcock – The Director as the Composer (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
– The Music of James Bond – Pop Culture in the Making (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
– Rejected and Unused Film Scores – An Alternative History of Film Music (4 ECTS); Gergely Hubai
– TV genres: reality shows – project development (4 ECTS); Kinga G.Tóth
– The History of Hungarian Film (4 ECTS); Kinga G.Tóth
– Techniques of Adaptation (4 ECTS); Kinga G.Tóth
– Soundpainting workshop (5 ECTS); Samu Gryllus
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
We reserve the right to change, modify or cancel any course(s).
ECTS grading:
Description of the institutional grading system:
ECTS Grade Hungarian Grade ECTS Appreciation
A 5 Excellent
B 4 Very Good
C 3 Good
D 2 Sufficient
E 1 Failed
ECTS grading scale:
A EXCELLENT – outstanding performance with only minor errors
B VERY GOOD – above the average standard but with some errors
C GOOD – generally sound work with a number of notable errors
D SATISFACTORY – fair but with significant shortcomings
E SUFFICIENT – performance meets the minimum criteria
FX FAIL – some more work required before the credit can be awarded
F FAIL – considerable further work is required
For any questions you can always contact the incoming coordinator:
Ms. Ildikó Kánya
kanya.ildiko@szfe.hu