Prague Film School provides practical training in the core disciplines of filmmaking. The school's accelerated programs, its international faculty and world-class facilities draw students from all over the globe bent on converting a long-held passion for film into a life-time profession. It implements a praxis-heavy curriculum and students shoot up to 400 hundred productions annually. Programs offered are filmmaking, acting for film and documentary film. All the programs are run exclusively in English. The ethos of the school is a mix of European art-house and American independent cinemas.

Prague Film School is characterized by its small size, accepting a maximum of 60 students in its year and semester programs and 20-25 in its summer film-making programs. This lends close work relations with teachers and students and ensures easy access to filmmaking facilities.