Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

At RUDN University, the Specialist degree program in “Literary Writing,” with a specialization in “Film and Television Screenwriting,” trains professional authors for audiovisual media. Students master screenwriting: they learn to structure drama, develop characters and conflicts, and write scripts for various formats—feature films, series, television programs, and short films. They study the specific features of cinematic language, screenplay documentation formats (step outline, screenplay pages, and others), and the particularities of working within production constraints. An important part of the program consists of creative workshops and practical work on screenplays, as well as the analysis of films and television works, the history of cinema and television, and the fundamentals of directing and producing.