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Mentoring Programme

Mentoring Programme

"When you just observe, when you just feel what you see, when you feel the colour, feel the smell of everything, when you are just present, everything will just accumulate. Cinema is all about observation. You have to observe with your eyes, with your ears. The capacity of improvising, which comes from disposition to observe and listen, will always be there and will be the most acute, the most powerful, when you have a good plan. Why are we making cinema as an imitation, when we can make it as an authentic representation."

Carlos Reygadas' Masterclass, October 30, 2020

The Mentoring Programme supports students in confronting their artistic work with an international professional environment. It enables them to gain professional experience, develop international networks, and stay connected with current developments in cinema and audiovisual culture. As part of the programme, the faculty regularly hosts prominent figures of world cinema from various film professions, offering students a unique opportunity for direct exchange with leading professionals and hands-on industry experience. The long-term aim of the programme is to become a natural part of the study curricula. 

The Mentoring Programme connects students with filmmakers and artists from both international and Czech environments and offers various opportunities for sharing experience in both theoretical and practical contexts. The most common forms of mentoring include lectures, masterclasses, screenings, individual consultations on artistic projects, and workshops. The programme may also include internships, participation in film productions, or shadowing professionals from the film industry.

PAST MENTORINGS

FAMU MENTORING BOARD 

The Mentoring Board serves as an advisory body to the Dean and is composed of academic staff and students. The Board helps define goals within the faculty’s strategic framework in the areas of internationalisation and mentoring, collects individual proposals, evaluates applications, and contributes to the development and overall concept of the Mentoring Programme. The aim is for decisions regarding the programme to be made collectively, enabling better communication, greater systematisation, and more effective financial planning, while also encouraging discussion about the creation of shared workshops connecting international filmmakers with the faculty’s core teaching staff. 

 

Mentoring Board Members 

doc. MgA. Hynek Alt, Ph.D., M.F.A. (Department of Photography) 

doc. Mgr. Tereza Brdečková (Department of Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy) 

doc. Mgr. Tereza Czesany Dvořáková, Ph.D. (Producing Deparment) 

Mgr. BcA. Jitka Hejtmanová (FAMU International) 

Mgr. MgA. Jennifer Helia DeFelice, Ph.D. (Center for audiovisual studies) 

BcA. Oleksii Chubun (Student Board Member, Department of Directing) 

MgA. Rozálie Levá Kohoutová (Student Board Member, Doctoral Studies, Department of Documentary Film) 

Ing. Martin Ožvold, Ph.D. (Department of Sound) 

MgA. Michal Reich (Department of Editing) 

 

MENTOR  PROPOSAL

Procedure for submitting proposals: 

  • For departments represented on the Board: 
    Proposals are submitted by the department representative serving on the FAMU Mentoring Board, who is also responsible for coordinating the implementation of the proposal. 

  • For departments without Board representation: 
    If a department does not have a representative on the Board, proposals may be submitted directly on behalf of the department through its leadership. 

  • For students: 
    Students may submit proposals through a student ambassador, a department representative, or the department leadership. 

Limitations on individual applications: To maintain clarity, coordination, and transparency of the process, proposals submitted individually outside the procedures outlined above will not be accepted. 

 

Financing 

The Mentoring Program is funded through resources provided by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and through additional grant schemes. The specific terms of support vary depending on the individual programs and projects. 

Proposal Submission Process

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Proposals are submitted via a form accessible only through a school email account and may be completed exclusively by: 

  • department representatives serving on the FAMU Mentoring Board, who have a priority role in the process, 
  • heads of departments that are not represented on the FAMU Mentoring Board, 
  • student ambassadors who are in direct communication with the Dean. 

Individual applications submitted outside the channels listed above will not be accepted in order to ensure coordination and transparency of the process.
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Proposal Submission Deadlines 

For questions or further communication, please use the email address mentorship@famu.cz. 
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The preparation of a mentoring programme varies depending on its format and scope. Some forms of mentoring require longer organisational preparation, particularly in the case of international guests or practical internships on film productions in the Czech Republic or abroad. It is therefore important to allow sufficient lead time when submitting proposals and planning implementation. Depending on the type of mentoring activity, the preparation and organisation process may take approximately 3 to 10 months. The program is open exclusively to students enrolled in accredited degree programs taught in Czech or English who, at the time of application, are full-time students in the second or higher year of a bachelor’s program, any year of a master’s program or doctoral program, or students awaiting their final state examination.

DOCUMENTS

MENTORING PROGRAMME NEWS

CONTACTS

Bc. Karin Spišáková
Project manager 
Tel.: +420 234 244 342 
E-mail: karin.spisakova@famu.cz 

Mgr. Andrea Petrovičová
Project manager 
Tel.: +420 234 244 339
E-mail: international.relations@famu.cz

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