Our students have won numerous national and international awards. Many brilliant students from our department have been selected for various prestigious and coveted fellowships and programs including Berinale Talent Campus, Asian Film Academy Fellowship, International ‘Gold Panda’ Awards for students The Sichuan TV Festival, The International Visitor Leadership Program [IVLP] to represent Pakistan in the U.S. by United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The work of our students have been screened all across the globe and gained humongous applauds and appreciation.

The courses offered in the department aim to develop the visual and writing skills with special focus on hands on practice. Courses in theory and history provide fundamental understanding of film and television. The courses designed under the supervision of competent faculty, help an the students to explore cultural sensibilities, initiate intellectual thinking and generate new ideas in the contemporary theoretical discourse.

The process of production involves grammar of film, originality and style, interlaced with a creative interaction of ideas, concepts and techniques. The medium of practice is digital video technologies, due to economical accessibility and ease of handling in the teaching processes. Every student has the access to a wide variety of professional equipment provided by the department, through which they train themselves in the best possible way. The department has state of the art, video production equipment, television studios, Chroma-Keying studio, master control room and non-linear editing labs. We even provide them with 35mm technology by arranging workshops, whenever required for their projects and assignments. An upgraded and latest equipment including lights, sound equipment, cameras, lenses and editing suits are also installed in the department. We are also working towards the expansion of department’s infrastructure and other facilities.

As a part of the ‘University Partnership Program’ by the US State Department, the Department of Film & TV has become a partner with South Asia Institute (SAI), in collaboration with Department of Radio-Television- Film (RTF) in the Moody College of Communication at University of Texas at Austin. Recently, a batch of ten film students was accepted in a student exchange program at UT-Austin to study for a semester along with one faculty member. More faculty members in this partnership will be visiting the United States in the upcoming months.

Another feather has been added to the cap, as a German student Daniel Asadi Faezi selected NCA and successfully completed his one year in the Department of Film and Television under the student exchange of DAAD Scholarship. The department is presently offering a 4-year Bachelor Degree program in Film & Television. However, we will be soon launching the Masters program, for an advanced understanding about the discipline.

The Department is promoting the community outreach for general public and industry professionals. For which, the department has started various diplomas and certificates mainly focusing on courses like; Digital Film Production: Fiction (Short Film, Music Video, TVC), Digital Film Production: Non-Fiction (News Packages, Documentary), Non-Linear Editing & Acting.

We also encourage our students to gain industry experience, especially in their summer break. For that, we recommend them for internships in various Film & TV studios, production houses and other relevant organizations. The department encourages positive partnerships with international universities to provide students an international experience and exposure to the global film industry. Recently, a successful partnership has been signed with the prestigious Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in Germany and we are also in a process of collaborating with several renowned universities of Asia and Europe.

The four-year Bachelor Degree Program help in widening student’s vision and aptitude through a well informed professional yet concentrated training. The program offers cooperation between different levels of disciplines required for a Film and TV curriculum. The students are provided with a chance to make arrangement of their work in groups from first year onwards, and complete no less than two major projects each year as a requirement of the curriculum. There is a dynamic blend of exceptional workforce consisting of energetic and talented faculty members, visiting teachers from both local and global industry and film professionals.

The first year is dedicated to non-fiction & reality based documentary films. Prime focus is to culture the students via observational techniques so that a sensitive filmmaker is produced. This objective helps and encourages a student to look for issues that are closely attached to the individual and the society. The students are also trained for advanced documentary film styles and methods.

The second year is based on introduction to fiction film production, which includes writing, film production training and post production techniques, which are helpful for creating a better understanding about the discipline. In this year, it is made a compulsion for the students to produce at least two short films as a requirement of the degree program.

The third year focuses on experimental &advanced studio courses like multiple camera production, studio lighting, television control room and introduction to new digital technologies. The students are also able to demonstrate complex camera movements and advanced editing techniques.

The fourth year is devoted to production of an independent thesis film. The students are given choice of choosing either a documentary or a fiction film for their thesis. In the first term students develop thesis idea, approved by a panel of advisors and jurors, later on the approved idea turns into a script or a screenplay eventually resulting in a thesis film. Therefore, the second term of the final year is fully devoted to the production of the thesis project. External examiners evaluate the thesis project at the end of the year.

The curriculum of the department and the college environment is conducive in providing them with complete freedom to sharpen their vision and leading them become creative and committed professionals in the field of film and television.