Basic Facts
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Year of Foundation:
1884
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Year of Receiving CILECT Full Membership:
tbc
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Year of Receiving Last State Accreditation:
2017
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Agency (-ies) Who Awarded the State Accreditation:
NVAO
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Name of Director (Rector, Dean, Head of School):
Dr. Simon Van Damme
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Address:
Paleizenstraat 70, 1030 Brussels
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Country:
Belgium
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Website:
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Points of Contact
CILECT Contact Person:Director: Dr. Simon Van DammeTelephone:+32 2 250 11 70Email:simon.vandamme@luca-arts.beCILECT Contact Person:International Relations Coordinator Wim AertsTelephone:+32 2 250 11 14Email:wim.aerts@luca-arts.be
Mission & Strategy
LUCA offers more than fifty study programs in Audiovisual Arts and Techniques, Visual Arts and Design, Interior & Product Design, Architecture, Music, and Drama. With this wide range of professional and academic programs, it is a reference in higher arts education.
Degree Areas
MOVIES, TV AND VIDEO
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor of Arts
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Training Type
Full-Time
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Portfolio & Interview
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High Institution Matriculation
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Recognized Prior Expertise
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ANIMATION FILM
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor of Arts / Master of Arts
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Full-Time
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EDUCATIONAL MASTER AUDIOVISUAL AND VISUAL ARTS
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Degree Awarded
Master of Arts
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Full-Time
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FILM
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor of Arts / Master of Arts
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MASTER DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKING
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Degree Awarded
Master of Arts
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TELEVISION - MOVIE
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Degree Awarded
Bachelor of Arts / Master of Arts
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Full-Time
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Portfolio & Interview
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High Institution Matriculation
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Key Teaching Staff
CHRISTOPHER VAN PERRE
Kristof Van Perre (born 1972) works as an actor, filmmaker, teacher, writer, and web developer.
He graduated as a film director from RITCS (Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema & Sound) in Brussels in 1997. In addition, he pursued a postgraduate degree in Arts and Culture Management at Hogeschool Gent in 2003, completed an internet development course at CEVORA in 1999, and studied social legislation at CVO Crescendo in Sint-Genesius-Rode.
He co-founded the workshop at the Brussels Fantastic Film Festival in 1996 and the daily newspaper of Theater aan Zee in Oostende in 1998.
After a few years working on film sets, he undertook web development training. He worked as a New Media and internet specialist and consultant at companies such as PWC-Consulting (PriceWaterhouseCoopers), Stepstone, and IBM Global Services.
In 2004, he was invited to act with the Leuven music theater company Braakland/ZheBilding. He participated in productions like Immaculata, Gevoelige Mensen, and Klopterop, alongside artists like Janne Desmet, Kris Cuppens, and Sara Vertongen under the direction of Adriaan Van Aken and Stijn Devillé. He was also responsible for the video aspects of productions like Dansen Drinken Betalen – Almost the Movie, Last Call, Gevoelige Mensen, Klopterop, and Sabine, Sabine, Sabine, as well as video captures, trailers, and photo reports.
Between 2006 and 2010, he worked as a video producer at KU Leuven, creating around 90 educational and corporate videos (single and multi-camera). He also conducted video workshops for students and teaching staff. One highlight was a multicam recording of Roberto Benigni’s adaptation of Dante’s Divina Commedia in 2007.
He was a guest teacher in Video and New Media, Filmmaking, and Viewpoints at Lemmensinstituut (now LUCA Drama) and contributed to the research project “Between Truth and Truthfulness.” He supervised the video aspect of a final project titled “Een Lichaam” at Toneelacademie Maastricht.
Currently, he is part of the coordinating team at LUCA Drama, responsible for the website, social media, video captures, and photo reports.
As an actor, he received training from institutions like the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), LAMDA, CSU Long Beach (with Jeff Perry, Alexandra Billings, etc. from Steppenwolf Theater Company), Atlantic Theater Company, SITI, and Accademia Teatro Dimitri.
He also trained with renowned theater practitioners such as Arne Sierens, Peter De Graef, Eric De Volder, and more.
In 2015, he joined the workshop group of acting coach Jack Waltzer (Strasberg, Adler, and Meisner techniques) in London, Paris, and Los Angeles.
As a filmmaker, he participated in workshops on directing actors with Delia Salvi and audio-video editing with Walter Murch.
PHILIPPE BENOIT
Teaches Flute, Chamber music and Orchestra excerpts at LUCA School of Arts
Was for several years flute solo at the Collegium Instrumentale Brugense
Performed with different orchestras: Orchestra de la Monnaie in Brussels, Symphony Orchestra of Flanders, Limburg Symphony Orchestra…
Performed as soloist with famous ensembles: the Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Prima La Musica, the Marsyas Ensemble, the Catalpa Ensemble, the Czech Virtuosi chamber orchestra, …
Was for 15 years conductor of the choir Vivente Voce
Teaches Flute at Conservatoire Maastricht
Studied Flute, Counterpoint and Chamber Music at the Lemmens Institute (now LUCA)
BERT VANDENBUSSCHE
Bert Vandenbussche currently works as the educational coordinator of Visual Arts and a theory teacher at the Sint-Lucas campus in Ghent. He holds the position of professor for subjects related to contemporary performing arts and socio-artistic projects. Since 2015, his research interests have focused mainly on pedagogical topics, such as the role of reflection in learning processes and creating conditions for collaborative thinking in groups.
Successful Graduates
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
Adil El Arbi (born June 30, 1988) and Bilall Fallah (born January 4, 1986) are Belgian film and television directors of Moroccan descent. The duo, collectively billed as Adil & Bilall, are known for writing and directing the feature films Image (2014), Black (2015), and Gangsta (2018), as well as directing Bad Boys for Life (2020), the third installment of the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
Hans Op de Beeck
Hans Op de Beeck has developed his career through international exhibitions over the past ten years. His work consists of sculptures, installations, video work, photography, animated films, drawings, watercolours and writing (short stories). It is his quest for the most effective way of presenting the concrete contents of each work that determines the medium that the artist ultimately selects. The scale can vary from the size of a small watercolour to a large, three-dimensional installation of 600m2.
The artist not only uses a very wide variety of media, but also deliberately employs a diversity of aesthetic forms, ranging from an economical, minimalist visual language to overloaded, exaggerated designs, always with the aim of articulating the content of the work as precisely as possible.