Campus EICAR Paris
EICAR Paris moved to its new campus at the start of the 2021 academic year. Students benefit from a facility spread over 8 floors, featuring a 200-seat cinema, film sets, recording and post-production studios, dance and rehearsal rooms, special effects workshops, classrooms, and a large live performance stage space on the top floor.
Campus Overview
Our campus is ideally located just minutes from the metro and tram, at the gateway to Paris, in Ivry-sur-Seine.
Paris EICAR Campus
1 Allée Allain Leprest
94200 Ivry-sur-Seine
Tél : +331 49 98 11 11
Where are we situated?
Located just outside Paris, our EICAR Paris campus flourishes within a vibrant urban environment, just minutes from the heart of the capital.
As a Parisian film school, we offer our students direct access to the film and audiovisual industry, benefiting from the artistic energy for which Paris is renowned. With close proximity to studios, professional opportunities, and the city's creative dynamism, our campus provides a unique learning environment.
Join us for an educational experience that merges technical expertise with the cultural vibrancy of Paris!
Come meet us during our open days!
Come visit the campus of Paris, and meet our students on 11 January 2025!
The programs offered at EICAR Paris
Master your art!
French as foreign language & audiovisual
Accessible after high school or higher education, this one year program will help students reach a sufficient level of written, spoken French and fundamental knowledge of filmmaking in order to pursue a higher education in France in the audiovisual fields.
Infrastructure and Equipment
EICAR welcomes its students to a dedicated 6,900m² site equipped with the latest technology tailored to the film and audiovisual industries.
Students thrive on a campus featuring 8 film sets, a 200-seat Dolby 7.1-equipped cinema, 30 post-production stations for sound, image, and VFX, a recording studio for sound and music, dance and rehearsal rooms for actors, art workshops for visual artists and FX makeup artists, a performance & concert stage, and a drawing & modeling workshop for students in 2D/3D animation and 3D VFX filmmaking.
EICAR
In a few figures
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9000m² of facilitiesin Paris and Lyon
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300professionnaltrainers
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+500productionsper year
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12800alumnisEICAR Network
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to know French in order to go to the international programs?
No. Our BFA, MFA, One Year Filmmaking programs and our summer workshops, “Making a Short” and “Writing a Short” are taught in English. The school nevertheless provides French classes as part of the degree programs to help you to immerge into French culture.
When is the admissions period?
Admissions begins in late October and is rolling but usually goes until early summer depending on places that remain.
How do you apply to the degree programs and the one year?
There is no fee to apply to our programs and application is simple and can be done online. The application criteria that we ask for is a letter of motivation and a letter of recommendation.
A portfolio sample is obligatory for the Masters application but not for the undergraduate programs or one year.
We also require a copy of your passport and your last year of grades.
Candidates submit a copy of your high school or secondary school equivalent for application to the BFA and one year programs.
A copy of your undergraduate degree (it can be in any subject) is required for application to the MFA.
Documents must be in either English or French.
We also schedule a skype interview as part of the process.
What type of programs do you offer in the international department? What are their duration?
The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program is 2 years, the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is 3 years; the One Year Filmmaking program is 1 year. All of our full time programs during the year require the student to apply. Summer Workshops can be one to three weeks and require only that one registers.
What makes the international department different than the Francophone programs offered at EICAR?
We are the only Continental European film school with a full English language curriculum that offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinema and a Master of Fine Arts in Cinema degrees.
The English language curriculum of the International Department is specifically conceived to meet the demands of the global audio-visual, film and television industries. In the tradition of the Anglo-Saxon method of film education, a combination of theoretical classes, “hands-on-film” workshops and production, along with extensive personal one-on-one tutoring are the foundation of the program. Additionally, International students have a membership to the French Cinémathèque, the world’s first and foremost film museum, with free access to the screenings, library and cultural events.
Our International students, as well as the professors, come from the four corners of the globe creating a potential network of employment opportunities. The multinational nature of the faculty and student body is also one of the things that make the “EICAR experience” one of the most unique and productive in film education with the majority of our students finding employment in the audio-visual industries after graduation.