\[ **BT: [[education--China#Beijing universities]]** ] --- # Beijing Film Academy > ‘BFA (Beijing Film Academy) is the only film academy in China and the largest film academy in Asia. Through 70 years’ development, it has built up a multidisciplinary and multilevel cultivation system that embraces the entire spectrum of film-making, including production, teaching, creation and research for training advanced film talents. The famous Chinese directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Jia Zhangke and Gu Changwei all graduated from BFA—the cradle of Chinese film producers.’[^1] ## BFA departments - Department of Cinematography - Department of Screenwriting and Film Studies - Department of Directing - Department of Film and TV Technology - Department of Film Studies - Department of Basic Education.[^2] ## BFA alumni - [[Song Hanyu]].[^3] [^1]: ‘History’, Beijing Film Academy, accessed 15 March 2025, https://eng.bfa.edu.cn/ABOUT_BFA/History.htm. [^2]: ‘History’, Beijing Film Academy, accessed 15 March 2025, https://eng.bfa.edu.cn/ABOUT_BFA/History.htm. [^3]: ‘Song Han Yu’, DramaWiki, last edited 15 September 2024, https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Song_Han_Yu.