Beijing Film Academy

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Beijing Film Academy

北京电影学院
Type	Film school
Established	1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Chancellor	Professor Zhang Hui-Jun
Location	Haidian District and Huairou District, Beijing , China
Campus	Urban
Website	bfa.edu.cn

Beijing Film Academy (BFA; 北京电影学院) is a municipal public college in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the City of Beijing, and co-funded by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the National Radio and Television Administration, and the Ministry of Education.^[1]

The predecessor of the Beijing Film Academy was the Research Institute of Performing Arts of the Central Film Bureau (中央电影局表演艺术研究所) founded in 1950. The institute was renamed the Film School of the Film Bureau of the Ministry of Culture of the Central People's Government (中央人民政府文化部电影局电影学校) in 1951. In 1953, the school was renamed Beijing Film School (北京电影学校). In 1956, the school was restructured into Beijing Film Academy.^[2]