Set Off from the Set and Map Your Film & TV Dream
What does your film-and-television dream look like?
Is it sitting in the director’s chair, guiding the flow of images and emotions?
Or becoming a marketing producer who reads the market and tells stories with data?
At ISU’s Film & TV Department, we believe that learning should begin with practice.
This is not just where you earn a degree—it’s where you begin a direct route into the heart of the screen industry. Every course, every shoot, and every proposal is a milestone toward professionalism.
🌟 Core Competencies: Find Your Future Positioning
To help students transition into the industry immediately after graduation, we identify five major professional competencies based on the film and TV ecosystem.
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🎥 Producing / Marketing
Learn budget control, project execution, and commercialization. Through the course “Film Marketing and Distribution,” you’ll design marketing plans—from strategy to implementation—building the ability to bring works to market.
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🎬 Directing / Screenwriting
This is the cradle of creativity and storytelling. From script to screen, you’ll learn to craft moving stories with innovative thinking and turn imagination into images.
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📸 Cinematography / Editing
The language of the lens and the control of rhythm shape a film’s soul. Courses help you master visual aesthetics and professional workflows, developing stable, standards-based creative ability.
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🎧 Sound Design
Sound is the invisible force of emotion. Students learn both the aesthetics and techniques of sound design, even applying the latest AI to create immersive listening experiences.
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🎭 Performance
Through drama and movement training, delve into the art of performance. Learn to perform, direct, and interpret roles so emotions flow authentically on camera.
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🎥 Producing / Marketing
🏆 Outstanding Creative Achievements: ISU Film & TV on the International Stage
From campus to the world, ISU Film & TV students have repeatedly wowed international audiences with their works.
Their creative footprints span Asia, Europe, and North America—proof that our program cultivates filmmakers with global competitiveness.
✨ Highlights at a Glance
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🎞️《奠記》
Winner of Best Student Director at the New York International Film Awards (NYIFA), Best Student Film at the London Independent Film Festival, Best Producer at the Tokyo International Short Film Festival, and honored at the Kyoto International Film Festival.
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🎬 Multiple Public Television Student Film Grants
《狗罩》、《暗夜計程車》、《如果大象不死》、《榴槤芭》、《蘇芯語改名字》、《馬來亞虎》, among others.
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🎬《阿邦》
Won Best Student Director at the Calcutta International Short Film Festival, selected for the Golden Harvest Awards (student section), and screened in the “Asian Panorama” at the Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival.
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🎥《榴槤芭》
Captured Best Student Short and Best Sound Design at Korea’s Liberty International Film Festival, with additional awards in Japan’s Kyoto and Screwdriver International Film Festivals.
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📽️《甘榜男孩》
Nominated for the Golden Harvest Awards and won dual honors at Russia’s Kinoproba Student Film Festival and the Screwdriver International Film Festival.
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🎬《小白船》
Won the Golden Harvest Awards’ Student Excellence Award and Best Director at the Formosa International Film Festival.
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🎞️ 《隔河》
Selected as the youngest director for the “Kaohsiung Shorts” grant; premiered at the 2023 Kaohsiung Film Festival and was nominated for the 2024 Youth Film Festival.
At ISU’s Film & TV Department, every shoot, every performance, and every proposal is a true “simulation of the future.”
This is not only a place that nurtures creators—it’s where dreams take shape on set.
