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We are pioneers and innovators
ARTFX is the 1st French school to provide training in VFX, ARTFX was founded in 2004 by a team of enthusiasts. In 2021, ARTFX was recognized by The Rookies as the number one school for special effects and animation (for the 3rd year in a row) in the “production excellence” category, which recognizes the quality of team-based final-year projects.
The management and teaching teams made up of professionals from the film, visual effects, animation, and video game industries maintain special relationships with studios and understand their needs perfectly. ARTFX is one of the only schools that is still independent, as it doesn’t belong to any private educational group. ARTFX is thus at complete liberty to make its own educational choices. And to keep its campuses a manageable size.
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Asset creation On-campus
Think Tank’s mentorship is designed to help artists that have previous training and/or experience brush up on their skills and produce a viable demo reel. Each student is assigned a personal, state-of-the-art workstation. During your time on campus, you will have access to 4-months of guidance from an industry professional to create and polish your demo reel.
Vancouver, Canada
12 Months
February | June | October
International Students: $50,800 CAD
Canadian Students: $38,400 CAD
asset creation Online
Asset Creation is a term used in the CG industry for the creation of all bits and pieces, both big and small, used in Film and Games. This Asset Creation program is designed to train working artists in the CG Industry for the roles of Props & Environments for Film, Characters & Creatures for Film, Environments for Games as well as Characters & Creatures for Games.
Online
16 Months
February | June | October
$15,840 CAD
If you pay for all 4 terms upfront, you will receive 5% off.
Mentorship
Think Tank’s mentorship is designed to help artists that have previous training and/or experience brush up on their skills and produce a viable demo reel. Each student is assigned a personal, state-of-the-art workstation. During your time on campus, you will have access to 4-months of guidance from an industry professional to create and polish your demo reel.
Vancouver, Canada
4 Months
February | June | October
International Students: $16,500 CAD
Canadian Students: $12,500 CAD
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Gilbert Kiner
President and founder of the school. A graduate in audiovisual techniques, Gilbert Kiner is one of the pioneers of special effects in France. He began his career in the 1980s as a special effects editor for the Canal Plus channel. He then inaugurated the function of director of special effects at Mikros Image, where he structured the first special effects department, at Medialab Technology, then at Mainstreet.
Carmine Renard
Education Manager – Villa ARTFX Paris – Enghien-les-Bains. Carmine Renard specializes in the Cultural History of Cinema. She graduated from the Sorbonne in 2020 with a Master’s degree in research, addressing the notion of ritual in experimental cinema. She is passionate about exploring hybrid forms of creation and dissemination. Carmine has worked in the coordination of artistic events or film programming, notably at the Center des Arts d’Enghien-les-Bains. She joined Villa ARTFX Paris at the start of the 2020 academic year as head of education.
Rémi Soubeyran
Project Manager & Admissions Manager. After studying law and geopolitics at several universities in France and abroad and a stint at the French Embassy in Italy, Rémi turned to careers in the management of cultural projects following a year of study between the University of Venice and ESCP Europe. Rémi then managed projects for a cultural route of the Council of Europe, a cultural engineering agency but also for a collection management software publisher. Very interested in the higher education sector, Rémi joined ARTFX to take charge of the management of projects that punctuate the life of the school
Carine Poussou
Pedagogical Director. After studying visual arts and cultural project management, Carine Poussou began her audiovisual career at GTC Numérique; an experience that allowed him to acquire detailed knowledge of the production chain of a film. She was then VFX production manager for the Def2Shoot and Éclair studios and collaborated on several feature films including OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d’espions, and La Môme. She has also worked in an advertising agency as a production manager.
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Montpellier, Paris, Lille, France
On-Campus
English | French
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