The ph.d. program
The new PhD program at the Norwegian Film School is grounded in artistic practice and builds on the model from the school's Bachelor and Master programs. When the Ministry of Education and Research established the brand new ph.d. degree in artistic research in 2018, they described the focus on artistic practice as follows: "Art practice must be at the center of the ph.d. work. At the same time, art practice must be followed by explicit reflection which, when the project is presented, enable others to take part in the methods and the insight that the artistic research generates ".
The PhD programed was first approved by NOKUT on February 10th 2022, after an extensive application process that ended with a two-day visit on campus in Lillehammer and Oslo. On June 15th 2022, the board of HINN formally decided to establish the ph.d. program at the Norwegian Film School and on June 30th, the Ministry of Education and Research formally decided to establish the program. New ph.d. positions will be announced in Fall 2022.
The field of study for the program is "film and related audiovisual art forms" and it is open to both those who work in more traditional film disciplines and practitioners who explore new technologies and formats. The program will provide space for work in the film field’s specialized disciplines, such as directing and documentary directing, screenwriting, producing, cinematography, editing, sound, production design and VFX. In the near future, these subject areas will be prioritized, in order to balance several years of ph.d. announcements within VR and interactivity. The Film School wants continuity and exchange between traditional and new media, in order to further develop the possibilities for cinematic artistic expression.
The new ph.d. positions and the start of the program will be announced on our website, in our social media and in the Film School's newsletter, which you can sign up for here.
Research Fellows at The Norwegian Film School (DNF)
Currently we have nine candidates in different stages of the programme. They will be transferred to the PhD programme:
- Cinematographer Cecilie Semec, former student at DNF, with the project "The modern film image".
- Transmedia producer Nadja Lipsyc with the project "Lone Wolves Stick Together - Techniques for engaging and meaningful participatory storytelling in VR" (start date September 2017).
- Film and television producer Frederick Howard, former student at DNF, with the project "Creating the Creatives" (start date October 2017, expected end date 2022).
- Screenwriter Cecilie Levy with the project "Being There - A screenwriter’s exploration of Virtual Reality as a storytelling medium" (start date November 2017).
- Producer and filmmaker Elin Festøy with the project "Numb" (start date October 2018, expected end date 2021).
- Game designer Bendik Stang with the project "Non-Deterministic Ludo Narration" (start date October 2018, expected end date 2023).
- Dalia Al-Kury with the project “Futuring Documentary".
- Duane Hopkins with the project "Future Film Language - Research into New Storytelling VR Techniques".
- Sonya Teich with the project "To Look Directly at You".
