In its fifth year and approaching its 10th Film Festival, the Sydney Film School is a premier creative institute for emerging filmmakers, specialized in both 16mm and digital film training.

The Diploma of Screen and Media combines the teaching of theoretical/creative processes and practical hands-on film production, with the emphasis on practice.

The classes in both drama and documentary production cover all essential aspects of filmmaking: from Pre-production (research, script writing, pitching, casting, production management, design etc), to Production (crewing, working with actors, lighting, filming, recording etc) and Post-production (editing, music, sound mixing copyright, distribution etc).

The practical process is supported with sessions in Screen Language, Australian Cinema and Meet the Filmmaker special guest screenings.

An average of a hundred students, both from Australia and abroad (18 different countries are represented in 2009), study together to explore and develop their passion for film and prepare themselves for what awaits after.

More then one hundred quality documentaries, dramas and individual thesis films, exploring all manner of cinematic forms are being produced each year, dozens of them participating at prestigious local and international festivals.