Program Objective
The program aims to provide students with a) knowledge in various fields of audio-visual content and cinema production, with theoretical and practical skills in a wide variety of subjects, b) high-quality tertiary distance education, not only in “conventional” cinema-related subjects, but also further investigating issues of cinematic language and narratives, and c) animation skills.
Program General Description
The undergraduate study program (USP) “Film Studies: Screenplay, Filmmaking, and Research” aims to teach students the knowledge and skills required to seek employment in various fields of audio-visual and cinematic productions, by providing them with both theoretical and practical skills in a wide variety of subjects, while also providing pioneering, high-quality distance tertiary education in “conventional” cinema-related subjects and in-depth education on aspects of cinematic language and narratives, directing, filmmaking practices and animation skills.
The program is linear, with a duration of four academic terms organized in 8 semesters. Students are admitted into the program every semester. To complete the program, the total number of ECTS credits students must earn are at least 240. The 240 ECTS credits are the sum total of a combination of units that under no circumstances may exceed 29.
Minimum Duration of Studies: 4 academic terms, i.e. 8 academic semesters.
Study Program ECTS Credits: 240 ECTS
UNESCO ISCED-2011 Classification:
- According to education level: 6
UNESCO ISCED-2013 Classification:
- According to field of education: 0288: Arts and humanities, interdisciplinary programmes in the following sectors:
- 0114: Teacher training with subject specialisation
- 0210: Arts, not further defined
- 0211: Audio-visual techniques and media production
- 0212: Interior design
- 0212: Industrial design (artistic)
- 0212: Stage designing
- 0213: Fine arts
- 0213: Painting (art)
- 0213: Sculpture
- 0219: Arts, not elsewhere classified
- 0220: Humanities (except languages), not further defined
- 0232: Literature and linguistics
- 0611: Computer use
- 0612: Computer media applications
Language of instruction: The language of instruction of the programme is Greek.
QUALITY POLICY
QUALITY INDICATORS 2026
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of their studies, students will possess the skills required to:
- create any form of audio-visual project
- direct a brief/medium-duration audio-visual project, in any genre
- author cinematic scripts
- design the stages of an audio-visual production
- know the history of cinema from its beginnings to the present day
- apply their theoretical knowledge of cinema in audio-visual productions
- compose an audio-visual work through editing techniques
- create visual compositions through the use of cameras and lighting
- create the frame and lighting of a scene
- design movement in a work of animation
- create audio-visual works for educational purposes
- utilize all the alternative forms of communication and technology for the creation of audio-visual productions
The USP accepts graduates of High Schools or holders of corresponding or similar secondary education degrees earned either abroad or in Greece.
Knowledge of a foreign language as well as familiarity with the use of computers, e-mail, and the Internet will significantly facilitate participation in the program.
Undergraduate Study Programme
Structure
The Undergraduate Study Programme “Film Studies: Screenplay, Film-making, and Research” (SKI) is organized into eight (8) academic semesters – i.e. four (4) academic years – which include:
- Thirty-four (34) Course Modules (C.M.), of which ten (10) are Mandatory and twenty-four (24) are Elective.
- Ten (10) Laboratory Course Modules (L.C.M.), of which five (5) are Mandatory and five (5) Elective.
The Direction workshops require compulsory attendance for 5 (3+2) days. Further information can be found in the L.C.M. Regulation.
The Photography Direction workshops require compulsory attendance for 2 days. Further information can be found in the L.C.M. Regulations.
- Two (2) Undergraduate Theses (U.T.), Mandatory Elective.
Student admissions are conducted each semester.
The total number of academic credit units (ECTS) required to earn the degree are 240 ECTS, comprising the sum of a combination of no more than 29 total C.M., L.C.M. and U.T.
Starting in the 4th semester, students may choose between C.M. and L.C.M. Each semester, the selection of C.M. or L.C.M. must correspond to a course load of 30 ECTS credits.
Elective C.M. and L.C.M. must have a minimum of 10 enrolled students to form classes.
The Undergraduate Study Programme is taught in Greek and the Undergraduate Thesis is written in Greek.
The Programme is organized per academic year and semester as follows:
1st Academic Year
1st Semester
2nd Semester
2nd Academic Year
3rd Semester
4th Semester
| Cod. |
C.M./L.C.M. Title |
Type, ECTS |
| SKI40 |
Screenplay IV: Cinematic genre screenplays |
(M¹, 7.5 ECTS) |
|
SKI41
(L.C.M.)
|
Direction IV: From page to Screen. Sequences that form a narrative arc |
(M¹, 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI42 |
Editing II: Audio and video editing. Aesthetic parameters, dialog, and practical applications. |
(M¹, 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI43 |
History of Cinema IV: Nouvelle vague, avant-garde cinema, and broader forms of transcending reality |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI44 |
Film Theory II: Cinema and Psychoanalysis. Dreams as a mechanism and their relation with film writing and experience |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI45 |
Animation I: Film graphic design and basic principles of animation |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
3rd Academic Year
5th Semester
| Cod. |
C.M./L.C.M. Title |
Type, ECTS |
|
SKI50
(L.C.M.)
|
Direction V: Documentary, experimental film, “avant-garde”, and non-linear film direction |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
|
SKI51
(L.C.M.)
|
Photography direction II: Frame composition – camera movement – color |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI52 |
Sound and sound design |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI53 |
Screenplay V: Adapted screenplays |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI54 |
Animation II: CGI – 3D design, animation, rendering |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI55 |
History of Cinema V: Italian neorealism |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI56 |
Film Theory III: Self-referentiality, intertextuality, defamiliarization, estrangement |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI57 |
Cinema and Anthropology |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
6th Semester
| Cod. |
C.M./L.C.M. Title |
Type, ECTS |
|
SKI60
(L.C.M.)
|
Direction VI: Film acting – actor direction |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI61 |
Screenplay VI: Television screenplays |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
|
SKI62
(L.C.M.)
|
Photography direction III: Complex conditions – filters – advanced natural and artificial lighting conditions |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI63 |
Scenography – costume design |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI64 |
Editing III: Editing as a defining aspect of style |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI65 |
Production I: Stages in the production of audio-visual projects |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI66 |
History of Cinema VI: Films as historical documents and the director’s perspective |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI67 |
Film Theory IV: Semiotics of cinema. Theories of film text analysis and their evolution |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI68 |
Animation III: Digital kinesiology – basic principles and techniques of animation – advanced rendering techniques |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
4th Academic Year
7th Semester
| Cod. |
C.M./L.C.M. Title |
Type, ECTS |
| SKI70 |
Screenplay VII: Feature-length film screenplays |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
|
SKI71
(L.C.M.)
|
Direction VII: Cinema and Music, structural similarities |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI72 |
Editing IV: Post-production and special effects |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI73 |
Short-form film cultures |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI74 |
Animation IV: Advanced 3D animation techniques |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI75 |
Production II: Development of audio-visual projects – pitching – audio-visual production business planning |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI76 |
History of Cinema VΙΙ: From “Golfo” to the “Greek Weird Wave”. The history of Greek cinema |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI77 |
Film Theory V: The impact of digital technology and information technology on the creation, reception, and dissemination of audio-visual messages |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
| SKI78 |
New narrative approaches to audio-visual storytelling |
(E², 7.5 ECTS) |
8th Semester
Notes
M¹: Mandatory
E²: Elective
ME³: Mandatory elective
C.M./L.C.M. Selection Instructions
Students may select from one (1) to four (4) C.M./L.C.M. per semester (limit: 30 ECTS per semester).
When selecting C.M., students must first select all the available C.M./L.C.M. that belong to the previous semesters and then select C.M./L.C.M. belonging to the next semester.
For example, students who have successfully completed one (1) first-semester C.M. and wish to select four (4) second-semester C.M./L.C.M. must select the three (3) remaining first-semester C.M./L.C.M. and then one (1) from the second semester, etc.
In the 8th semester: Students who have successfully completed all the C.M./L.C.M. belonging to previous semesters must select either SKI80 or SKI81 (30 ECTS)
The minimum duration of studies for the program is four (4) academic terms.
The total number of academic credits (ECTS) required to earn the degree are 240 ECTS, comprising the sum of a combination of no more than 29 total C.M., L.C.M., U.T.
Prerequisites for C.M./L.C.M. selection
Students may only select certain C.M./L.C.M. if they have successfully completed certain other C.M./L.C.M. More particularly:
|
− SKI10 for SKI20
− SKI12 for SKI21
− SKI13 for SKI22
− SKI20 for SKI30
− SKI21 for SKI32
− SKI22 for SKI33
− SKI32 for SKI40
− SKI33 for SKI41
− SKI23 for SKI42
− SKI30 for SKI43
− SKI11 for SKI44
− SKI41 for SKI50
− SKI31 for SKI51
− SKI40 for SKI53
− SKI45 for SKI54
− SKI30 for SKI55
− SKI11 for SKI56
|
− SKI41 for SKI60
− SKI40 for SKI61
− SKI51 for SKI62
− SKI31 for SKI63
− SKI42 for SKI64
− SKI30 for SKI66
− SKI11 for SKI67
− SKI54 for SKI68
− SKI32 for SKI70
− SKI41 for SKI71
− SKI64 for SKI72
− SKI68 for SKI74
− SKI65 for SKI75
− SKI30 for SKI76
− SKI11 for SKI78
|
Note
The elective course modules SKI56 and SKI76 will be offered in the winter semester of the 2026–2027 academic year.
The elective course modules SKI57, SKI66, SKI73, and SKI77 will be offered in the spring semester of the 2026–2027 academic year.
Director
Panagopoulos Iakovos Associate Professor EAP
Assistant Director
Trivella Labrini Assistant Professor at the University of West Attica
Module Coordinators
| CODE |
SURNAME |
NAME |
CV |
| SKI10 |
KURIAKOULAKOS |
PANAGIOTIS |
|
| SKI12 |
IOSIFELIS |
PANAGIOTIS |
|
| SKI13 |
KALAMPAKAS |
EUAGGELOS |
|
| SKI20 |
NIKOLAIDOU |
AFRODITI |
|
| SKI21 |
TERZIS |
NIKOS |
|
| SKI22 |
KARYDAS |
SAVVAS CHARALAMPOS |
|
| SKI23 |
KOLAXIZIS |
IOANNIS |
|
| SKI30 |
TRIVELLA |
LAMPRINI |
|
| SKI31 |
EFEOGLOU |
ELENI |
|
| SKI32 |
IOSIFELIS |
PANAGIOTIS |
|
| SKI33 |
PANAGOPOULOS |
IAKOVOS |
|
| SKI40 |
SKOPETEAS |
IOANNIS |
|
| SKI41 |
CHATZIS |
EFTHYMIOS |
|
| SKI42 |
VASILEIOU |
THANASIS |
|
| SKI43 |
ΑΛΕΤΡΑΣ |
ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ |
|
| SKI44 |
POULOU |
DESPOINA |
|
| SKI45 |
MOURI |
ELENI |
|
| SKI50 |
PAPADOPOULOS |
DIMITRIOS |
|
| SKI51 |
MITROPOULOS |
VASILEIOS |
|
| SKI52 |
TRIVELLA |
LAMPRINI |
|
| SKI53 |
IOSIFELIS |
PANAGIOTIS |
|
| SKI54 |
KATSARIS |
EMMANOUIL |
|
| SKI55 |
MITSOU |
IOANNIS |
|
| SKI56 |
ADAMOU |
CHRISTINA |
|
| SKI60 |
DIMOPOULOU |
TRIANTATFYLLIA |
|
| SKI61 |
SIFAKIS |
PAVLOS |
|
| SKI62 |
THEODOROPOULOS |
DIMITRIOS |
|
| SKI63 |
TYRIMOS |
ANASTASIOS |
|
| SKI64 |
PAPADOPOULOU |
MARIA |
|
| SKI65 |
PANAGOPOULOS |
IAKOVOS |
|
| SKI67 |
NDAILARA |
IRO |
|
| SKI68 |
DERMENTZI |
KALLIOPI |
|
| SKI70 |
TZAMARIAS |
NIKOLAOS |
|
| SKI71 |
SAMARAS |
KAMPANIS |
|
| SKI72 |
FAFOUTIS |
PANAGIOTIS |
|
| SKI75 |
AGGELOPOULOS |
GIORGOS |
|
| SKI76 |
MAKRYGIANAKIS |
EVANGELOS |
|
| SKI78 |
VENETZIANOU |
OLGA |
|
The Undergraduate Study Programme “Film Studies: Screenplay, Film-making, and Research” (SKI) is organized into eight (8) academic semesters – i.e. four (4) academic years – which include:
• Thirty-four (34) Course Modules (C.M.), of which ten (10) are Mandatory and twenty-four (24) are Elective.
• Ten (10) Laboratory Course Modules (L.C.M.), of which five (5) are Mandatory and five (5) Elective.
• Two (2) Undergraduate Theses (U.T), Mandatory Elective.
The total number of academic credits units (ECTS) required to earn the degree are 240 ECTS, comprising the sum of a combination of no more than 29 total C.M., L.C.M. and UT.
According to the above, for the completion of the programme, students must choose ten (10) Course Modules with 7.5 ECTS, one (1) Undergraduate Thesis with 30 ECTS, five (5) Laboratory Course Modules with 7.5 ECTS and then to complete, at their discretion, thirteen (13) Course Modules with 7.5 ECTS (from a total of 24 elective C.M.) and/or Laboratory Course Modules with 7.5 ECTS (from a total of 5 elective L.C.M.).
Financial contribution for admitted students until the academic year 2023-2024
The cost of each Course Module (C.M.) with 7.5 ECTS is €230, the cost of each Laboratory Course Module (L.C.M.) is €280 and the cost of each Undergraduate Thesis (U.T.) with 30 ECTS is €500.
The total financial contribution for the Programme based on the Modules/Laboratory Modules/Undergraduate Thesis selection varies from €7,190 to €7,440.
Financial contribution for students commencing studies in the academic year 2024-2025
The cost of each Course Module (C.M.) and of the Undergraduate Thesis (U.T.) is €250 and the cost of each Laboratory Course Module (L.C.M.) is €350.
The total financial contribution for the Programme based on the Modules/Laboratory Modules/Undergraduate Thesis selection varies from €7,750 to €8,250.
Contact Information
Student Register Office:
Telephone number: 2610 367337 – E-mail: ski@eap.gr
Student Support Office
Telephone number: 2610 367805 – 2610 367806 – 2610 367807 – E-mail: info@eap.gr
