Anyone who makes films puts their current project at the centre of attention. The immediate goal is to defy the challenges together with colleagues and ultimately complete the filming successfully. Typical project work, in other words. Anyone who prepares for festivals or works towards release dates and premieres knows the feeling too. Project work is intensive, exhausting, fulfilling and takes up everything for the moment. There is hardly any space or time for personal reflection. There is no room for the appreciation of current skills and experience, perhaps even an academic degree or simply personal development. Yet current offers offer an optimal combination of professional activity with a recognised title. The magic word is a master's degree - part-time, sometimes with low entry barriers, always flexible and respectful of filmmakers. We present three variants.
Further training opportunities usually require a degree in a related field or appropriate vocational training. Many filmmakers either have no degree at all or one that has little to do with their current job. Even those who studied directing and are now responsible for program planning at a broadcaster or distributor, or who have the first state examination in talent management, face this problem. In large companies and public employers in particular, a degree is required for promotion, higher salary or more responsibility.
The industry has already recognized that the best way to solve the shortage of skilled workers is from within. Existing employees, whether permanent, temporary or freelance, are introduced to new tasks through training measures. People are recruited for less demanding tasks or tasks that simply require less experience. Before the minimum wage and the associated difficulties of recruiting career changers through internships, this was standard practice everywhere in the film industry. Not just on set, but also in production, administration, post-production and with service providers.
Further training courses with the broadest possible access options, but with content that is specifically relevant to the industry, score points here. The Munich Film Workshop offers the perfect match with the Master of Arts in Film & Digital Media . Only experienced filmmakers have access to this course; no special degree is required. In individual cases, a current project can be reflected on academically without any previous training. Modules are completed alongside work. Various forms of support help to finance the training costs, often including the current employer.
The Erich Pommer Institute in Potsdam, together with the Konrad Wolf Film University and the University of Potsdam, offers qualified degree options specifically for executives. European Film Business and Law LL.M. | MBA is taught in English, with a high degree of practical relevance and internationally successful lecturers. The program is aimed at interested parties with a bachelor's degree or state examination.
Ensider's solution partners also support further training courses at the Ensider:Academy. Permanent employees of Ensider:Partner companies receive free access to many offers. A master's degree and many qualifications are also valuable outside of the creative industries and offer good opportunities for (later) personal development.
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