The ESRA Group is the largest training institution for Film and Audiovisual in France. Since its creation in 1972, the group has trained more than 4,500 professionals in actvity, listed in the alumni directory « ESRA Pro ». Now based in Paris, Nice, Rennes and Brussels, it offers the following courses:   After the BAC: - ESRA for the film and TV  - ISTS for Sound and music, - Sup'Infograph, for 3d animation and computer graphics   These programs are spread over three years. They include lectures, tutorials, achievements and internships. Each course consists of two years of core, followed by a third year of specialization. After a Bac + 3, and as part of its Departement for Higher Film Studies, (DHEC), three courses in two years:  - Script and Directing - Production and Distribution  - VFX - Visual Effects   International opening :   Since 2007, the ESRA Group offers to all its graduates a fourth optional year in New York. For high school students - Junior, short introductory courses to the cinema business, sound and computer graphics in the various schools of the Group and in Cannes during the International Film Festival  - ESRA Summer Program, Introductory courses in English of a few weeks, open to all during the summer, editing, staging and sound design in Paris   For professionals and adults The Continuing Education Department offers courses lasting from one week to eight months, for actives seeking professionalization in different fields of film & audiovisual or as part of a reorientation.