Applications & Admissions
at École Méliès

Fine Arts Preparatory

A few places still available!

To join our foundation year you must pass a motivation interview and hold the Baccalauréat, as well as having a solid general and artistic culture, applied-arts skills and an open mind.

At the end of the year, depending on the level reached, you can join the first year of Animated Image Artisan or Cinema Artisan & New Technologies.

• Complete the online application
• The school contacts you to arrange a date for the motivation interview

Animated Image Artisan — 2026-2027

• Illustration test (remote)
• Observation / perspective test (on-site)
• Film culture quiz (on-site)
• Motivation interview with portfolio (on-site)

• Saturday 17 January 2026
• Saturday 14 February 2026
• Saturday 21 March 2026

• Hold the Baccalauréat
• Pass the entrance exam
• Have a general and artistic culture and be comfortable with digital tools

Cinema Artisan — 2026-2027

1^st assessment: creative exercise (at home)

As soon as you register, you receive the theme by email. You then have 8 days to create a free production on that theme: video, photo series, photo story, clip, film excerpt, etc. (max 2 min). The aim is to assess creativity, not technical quality.

• Film culture quiz
• Interview with the panel

• Creativity of the exercise submitted within 8 days
• Quiz results
• Motivation interview

• Hold the Baccalauréat
• Pass the entrance exam
• Have a good general culture and be comfortable with digital tools

Virtual Production Supervisor

• Recent graduates from a film school or a 3D animation school wishing to specialise in VP
• VFX supervisors, cinematographers and DITs with professional experience wishing to broaden their skills
• Professionals from a virtual production company looking to progress

Online application: forms.studizz.fr
→ CV → portfolio → cover letter