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Arhive audiovizuale: Prezervare și curatoriere

Preservation and Programming Master’s program is the first of its kind in Romania and Eastern Europe, and it is taught in English. Over the course of two years, the program provides students with comprehensive theoretical and practical training in the two main areas of audiovisual heritage, preservation, and curation. A complete restoration project requires skills such as documentation, an excellent understanding of the historical context and aesthetic and technical codes of the time and place in which the film was made. Additionally, it involves practical abilities for identification, handling, cleaning, repairing, scanning, digital restoration of images and sound, and colorization. Similarly, creating a film program involves a broad knowledge of cinema, a curatorial vision, writing skills in various styles, and the ability to moderate discussions with guests and the audience. A solid understanding of the materiality of the medium is also indispensable.

Some of the courses and seminars that will promote the understanding of audiovisual heritage as a dynamic subject in continuous dialogue with the present include “Histories and Audiovisual Curatorial Practices,” “Preservation Practices in Romanian Audiovisuals,” and “Digital Restoration of Film Images.” By combining theoretical and technological education, the Audiovisual Archives: Preservation and Programming program will prepare versatile specialists who are well-versed in the latest technical, methodological, and ethical issues in the field. Graduates will be capable of working in film archives, festivals, art cinemas, media libraries, video libraries, museums, foundations, associations, or private enterprises that own or produce audiovisual collections worldwide.

Submissions are mandatory online in the 2BitsEDU web platform.
You can authenticate your Gmail, YAHOOmail, Facebook or Linkedin account.
In this email address (YAHOO) there may be a compatibility problem in the email address and the site where you can write an admitting form.

The complete portfolios must also be submitted electronically after the application.

The candidate must make sure all the required elements from the portfolio can be accessed, otherwise they will not be allowed to enter the exam. 

After applying on the platform Edubits, the institution will provide the candidate access to a secured folder where they will be able to upload the necessary documents and which will only be available to the candidate and the institution. The access data will be communicated through an email sent to the address the candidate has used when applying.  

Admission requirements

A. All candidates must have graduated from a program summing up 240 or 180 credits.
B. When applying, candidates will submit a portfolio containing: 

  1. A motivation letter
  2. The candidate’s CV 
  3. A text no longer than 10 pages which will describe the candidate’s perspective towards an audiovisual archive they have worked with or to which they have been exposed though a fictional or documentary work, an exhibition etc. 
  4. Optionally: any other relevant material connected to the field of study (films, video essays, scripts, film reviews, academic writings etc.)

The exam will consist of a single interview with the candidate, which will be graded on a scale from 1 to 10 [10 – maximum]. The discussion will be based on the CV and the portfolio submitted by the candidate.

Things to know:

  1. The results of the oral/practical examinations cannot be contested.
  2. The candidates will be graded on a scale from 1 to 10.
  3. For the tuition-free places, the final admission exam grade cannot be lower than 6 (six). 

*Candidates from Republic of Moldova are not eligible for the online interview.

June 10th – June 27th             
Application period for the non-EU candidates

* The candidates will upload their application files to the Edubits platform, provided by the university.

July 3rd                                  
Online exam for the non-EU candidates that have chosen this option*.

*Candidates from Republic of Moldova are not eligible for the online interview.

August 4 – September 9          
Application period for the EU candidates

* The candidates will upload their application files to the Edubits platform, provided by the university.

September 10 – 11                  
Verification of portfolios    

After the portfolios’ verification and validation, the candidates will receive a notification at the email address provided during the application.

September 15 – 20                  
The exam period

The exam will take place in accordance with the published schedule. Please consult the calendar carefully.

For extra information the candidates can write to arhive.audiovizuale@unatc.ro