Facilities
Facilities at the Taicang Campus (XEC)
The XEC campus of the Academy of Film and Creative Technology (AFCT) focuses its laboratory resources on the complete film and television production process and interdisciplinary practice, and is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. The main building (G) contains five audiovisual editing rooms (G3011–G3016) and two immersive recording studios (G3021–G3022), covering the entire workflow from video editing (DaVinci Resolve, Avid Pro Tools) to colour grading (Baselight systems), surround sound production (Genelec 5.1 monitoring), and Dolby Atmos mixing (9.1.4 standard).
The teaching spaces include an animation laboratory (42 Mac studios with M1 Max chips), a game development laboratory (NVIDIA RTX 3090 graphics cards), and a high-performance computing room supporting intensive computational requirements for animation creation, game development, and virtual production. Additionally, the digital imaging laboratory (G3023) enhances practical skills in post-effects technology.
The campus promotes the integration of industry, academia, and research through resource sharing and industry-level platforms. The Equipment Service Centre (G2021) provides equipment rental and technical support, while the Flexi Studio exhibition hall (656.5 square metres) and the X Arcade game laboratory (equipped with mainstream gaming platforms) facilitate work exhibition and interactive project development.
The comprehensive facilities utilise international brands such as Blackmagic Design and Genelec. Together with interdisciplinary laboratories and multifunctional spaces, they not only meet film industry standards but also cultivate students’ innovative capabilities in animation, gaming, digital imaging, and other fields through the integration of art and technology—delivering high-quality talent to the cultural technology industry.
Equipment
The Academy is equipped with a wide range of professional-grade cameras, audio recording devices, lighting and photography equipment. These include Kinefinity 6K professional outdoor filming equipment, as well as Sony and Blackmagic professional cameras, DJI Ronin stabilisation systems, 688 audio mixers, and Panasonic cinema-grade cameras.
The Academy is also equipped with newly upgraded facilities, including motion capture systems, high-end studio environments, and green screen setups.
All equipment and facilities are available for students to use free of charge, simply by making an online reservation in advance.
Facilities at the SIP campus
The Academy of Film and Creative Technology (AFCT) at the SIP campus is primarily housed in a three-storey building (AS) completed in 2020, covering a total area of 7,410.85 square metres. The building is equipped with professional facilities encompassing the entire film and television production process, including TV studios, movie sound stages, 5.1 surround sound recording studios, and 13 post-production studios equipped with Baselight colour grading systems and Avid Media Composer.
The teaching spaces include ten 4K post-editing rooms, two Final Cut editing rooms, and a 180-seat cinema equipped with Dolby Atmos. The laboratory cluster includes motion capture and virtual reality laboratories, utilising OptiTrack systems and Faceware facial expression capture technology. The academy is also equipped with professional-grade filmmaking equipment, including Kinefinity MAVO LF 6K cameras and ARRI lens systems, as well as Panther track dollies and DJI Ronin 2 gimbals, to support mobile shooting.
As an official Avid Learning Partner (ALP), AFCT offers globally recognised certification training for software such as Avid Pro Tools.