When to apply to Prague Film School
Application deadline for programs starting September 2026:
August 23, 2026
Application deadlines for summer workshops:
Applications are reviewed on a weekly basis.
Olive Nwosu's directorial debut Lady premiered in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2026, winning the Special Jury Award for Acting Ensemble, with a European premiere at Berlinale.
In the documentary section, alumni were also represented at Sundance with The Lake (Special Jury Award: Impact for Change) and Time and Water (both produced by Caitlin Mae Burke), plus Jane Elliot Against The World (produced by Elena Gaby and Max Powers).
Without Kelly (shot by Christine Leuhusen) and Pankaja (color graded by Aaryaman Kutty) also screened at Sundance 2026.
Sailesh Rathnakumar's debut feature Selvi, starring and produced by Anjali Patil, will have its world premiere in the Vision Asia section of the 31st Busan International Film Festival this October.
For the second consecutive year, The Hollywood Reporter listed Prague Film School among the 15 best international film schools in its printed issue dated August 9, 2023.
Anuja, featuring several PFS alumni in key crew roles, earned a 2025 Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. The team includes Ksheetij Saini as Producer, Assistant Director and VFX Artist, Akash Raje as Cinematographer, Siddharth Gadhia as 1st Assistant Camera, Laura Salagnac as Director’s Assistant, and Aaryaman Kutty as Colourist.
Engin Erden's Chasing the Wind and Haolu Wang's Black Mirror: Hotel Reverie episode are both streaming on Netflix.
Anna Fabricius shot Sand i Tissen, selected for Tribeca 2026.
Our film school's programs
Filmmaking Program Overview
Prague Film School filmmaking programs provide foundation training and specialization studies in the areas of screenwriting, directing, cinematography and post-production. Combining lectures and practical work in the classroom with an intensive production load outside of class, Prague Film School inculcates the practical skills and theoretical knowledge to make quality films.
Acting for Film Program Overview
The Prague Film School Acting for Film Program offers an intensive, conservatory style curriculum instructing both the art and the craft of acting for the camera. While the vast majority of acting courses world-wide train students for theater, it’s actually screen acting that offers the bulk of career opportunities. It’s also screen acting that allows actors to engage with the largest audiences, across time and geography.
Documentary Film Program Overview
The Documentary Film Program at Prague Film School aims at creating the independent documentary filmmaker. Through intensive practical and theoretical work, each student learns how to adapt the narrative tools of drama to tell truthful stories about the real world that simultaneously entertain, educate and inspire audiences. The course is designed to develop professional-level production and post production skills.
About Prague Film School
Why Choose Prague Film School?
Prague Film School trains aspiring filmmakers and actors to become film professionals. This is accomplished through a praxis-heavy curriculum involving each student in up to 30 productions annually, many of which end up in the Industry's top film festivals.
The prevailing ethos of Prague Film School is a mix of European art-house and American independent cinemas. Up to 100 filmmakers annually enroll, drawn from the best schools around the globe and from a wide range of professions and backgrounds.
The language of instruction is English.
A Unique Filmmaking Experience in the Heart of Europe
Different from many national film academies or major private film schools, Prague Film School is characterized by its intimate size, promoting close work relations with teachers and young filmmakers and affording easy access to filmmaking facilities.
Based in Prague, it's the city of Prague itself that plays a leading role in the students' experience at PFS. Professional productions come from all over the world to shoot in one of Europe's most beautiful capitals. Students at Prague Film School have the city available to them all the time, as a classroom, as a home and as a film set.
Prague Film School is located smack in the center of the historic city.
Congrats to our alumni!
Celebrating their success
Prague Film School takes great pride in the fact that the work of its alumni has been screened and awarded at top film festivals around the world. Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, Sundance, Toronto, Locarno, the Oscars, the Emmy’s and many, many more international competitions have recognized the fresh talent of our graduates. See below:
Black Mirror: Hotel Reverie
Haolu Wang (director)
Bokshi
Harsh Vaibhav (screenwriter)
The Surrender
Cailin Yatsko (cinematographer)
Dangerous Liaisons
Leonora Lonsdale (director)
Salı
Ziya Demirel (writer, director)
Melis Balaban (actress)
Thithi
Raam Reddy (writer, director)
Doron Tampert (cinematographer)
John Zimmerman (editor)
The Sex Life of College Girls
Scott Lipman (actor)
Jojo Rabbit
Isabel Stewart (actress)
Amanda Erixon Ekelund (post-production assistant)
The Short History of the Long Road
Ani Simon-Kennedy (writer, director)
Cailin Yatsko (cinematographer)
Gully Boy
Jay Oza (cinematographer)
Lady
Olive Nwosu (writer / director)
Anuja
Ksheetij Saini (Producer, Assistant Director and VFX Artist)
Akash Raje (Cinematographer)
Siddharth Gadhia (1st Assistant Camera)
Laura Salagnac (Director’s Assistant)
Aaryaman Kutty (Colourist)
The French Dispatch
May Ziadé (producer’s assistant)
Till Love Do Us Part
Ran Li (writer, director)
Endless Summer Syndrome
Kaveh Daneshmand (writer, director, producer)
Cedric Larvoire (cinematographer)
The Fable
Raam Reddy (writer / director / producer)
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