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An agreement on the operation f the school was recently signed by Tarr, Croatian deputy culture minister Vladimir Stojsavljevic, University of Split rector Ivan Pavic and international relations director for Croatia?s Audiovisual Centre Bruno Gamulin, Croatian daily Vecernij List reported.
The postgraduate school will conform to Croatia?s regulations and will be attached to the University of Split, Tarr said at a press conference. Part of the support for the film school must come from Croatia?s culture ministry, European cultural funds and private sponsors, similar to Korea?s film academy, he added.
He said the school will be more like a laboratory, where students create work together, and compared the concept to the Bauhaus.
Applications for spots in the school will be accepted from September 15, when the 17th Split Film Festival opens.
Among the film industry insiders that are expected to be instructors at the school are the directors Jim Jarmusch, Aki Kaurismäki, Atom Egoyan and Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, and the Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton. Tarr?s German cinematographer Fred Kelemen, the head of MoMA film archive head Jytte Jensen, Cahiers du Cinéma editor Jean-Michel Frodon, The Guardian film critic Jonathan Romney and the film historian Jonathan Rosenbaum are also expected to participate in instruction.
Turin?s latest film, The Turin Horse, which the director has said will be his last, won the Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear and the Competition FIPRESCI Prize at last year?s Berlin Film Festival.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI) / Photo: MTI
