Type | Grande école |
---|---|
Established | 1943 (IDHEC), 1986 (La Fémis) |
President | Raoul Peck |
Director | Nathalie Coste-Cerdan |
Administrative staff
|
650 |
Postgraduates | 200 |
Other students
|
30 |
Address |
6 rue Francoeur, 75018 Paris, France, Paris, Île-de-France, France 48°53′25″N 2°20′33″E / 48.8904°N 2.3426°ECoordinates: 48°53′25″N 2°20′33″E / 48.8904°N 2.3426°E |
Campus |
Urban Pathé Studios |
Nickname | La Fémis |
Affiliations |
PSL Research University CILECT Minister of Culture of France |
La Fémis (French: École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son, formerly known as the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques, IDHEC), is the French state film and television school. It is part of PSL Research University, a Paris area-based world-class federal research university formed from highly selective art-, science- and humanities-focused higher education institutions among the most prominent in France. FEMIS is an acronym for Fondation Européenne pour les Métiers de l’Image et du Son. Based in Paris, it offers courses balanced between artistic research, professional development and technical training.
In 2012, The Hollywood Reporter rated La fémis no.6 in its best international film school rankings (it included U.S.-based film schools) and no.3 in its 2014 best international film school rankings (it excluded U.S.-based film schools). Its alumni have won three of the world's most prestigious film prizes - Cannes Film Festival's Golden Palm, Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion and Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear - ten times, making it the most rewarded film school in the world, preceding the Beijing Film Academy and the Tisch School of the Arts of New York City, in winning those three prizes.
From 1944 to 1985, the IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques) was the main French film school — training 1,439 French and foreign film professionals.