Our production programs in Athens offer several options to combine production courses at the Karamanos Studio with a variety of American mentoring, independent study, and intensive hands-on production opportunities, for both undergraduate and graduate students.

Film/video production courses and workshops at the Studio are designed by AOC as “reality education workshops.” All courses are hands-on with practical applications to the filmmaking process.

American college credit is available from the home university or college where the student is enrolled or from the University of Indianapolis Athens campus via a transcript.

Students will be observing actual productions in progress on the nine stages at the Studio. Students will be allowed access to “live sets.”

They will be sharing conversation and meals with international filmmakers at the Studio restaurant. Instructors are working professional filmmakers from America and Europe.

The Academy Of Cultures has expanded its programs to include a cultural program in New Zealand and an economics field study program in Greece.

Starting in June of 2012, the Academy Of Cultures will host students from Vassar College in New York and other colleges for three weeks in Athens, Greece. Students will study the Greek economy and meet with politicians from the various parties to discuss the economic problems confronting Greece.

In January of 2014, Native Americans from Lakota College in South Dakota will travel to Auckland, New Zealand to study with the indigenous people, called the Maori. They will visit various Maori settlements . The Lakota students will be studying the Maori culture at the University of Auckland and will be living in its dormitories.

In addition, the Academy of Cultures has established a "Global Cultures" program in Auckland, New Zealand. Students examine both the European and the Maori cultures by studying the media, both film and television.

In September 2007, AOC held an acting and writing workshop on the Greek island of Skopelos.
Tom Hanks was producing the feature film, entitled “Mamma Mia” on the island at the time. AOC students were able to observe the production and meet various cast members, including; Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosman, Stellan Skarsgard, and Colin Firth. Stellan Skarsgard gave a two hour talk on acting to AOC’s students.
	A three page feature article on the workshop appeared in one of the leading Greek Sunday papers, featuring it in its magazine section. Chris Canaan, a leading Hollywood screenwriter was the instructor for the writing portion of the workshop.

To celebrate the establishment of the Academy Of Cinema at the Karamanos Studio in Athens, Greece, Paul Aaron, distinguished Hollywood writer/director/producer, gave a series of lectures and a master screenwriting workshop in Athens, during October 2005.

Mr. Aaron’s accomplishments include feature films, mini-series, and movies for television and cable networks. He has received numerous awards and he has worked with film professionals such as: Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, and Jerry Bruckheimer.

For Mr. Aaron’s complete film biography, click here:Faculty