Conservatoire Européen d'Écriture Audiovisuelle (CEEA)

Name

Conservatoire Européen d'Écriture Audiovisuelle (CEEA)

Legal name

CEEA – Conservatoire Européen d'Écriture Audiovisuelle

Website

https://ceea.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CEEA is a Paris-based non-profit founded in 1996 that operates France's pioneering screenwriting school, delivering a selective two-year Formation longue, professional-development workshops, and the ATOM overseas-talents program.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CEEA is a specialized educational institution that trains screenwriters for the French and international audiovisual industries. Its core offering is the Formation longue, a two-year intensive program admitting students through a competitive entrance exam, alongside short continuing education workshops (Formations continues) for working professionals and the ATOM program that brings four talents per edition from French overseas territories into the long-form training.

Product overview

CEEA is a specialized educational institution offering a single, unified program focused exclusively on screenplay writing training. The portfolio consists of three interconnected offerings: (1) the core Formation longue — a prestigious 2-year intensive screenwriter training program admitting students through a competitive entrance exam; (2) Formations continues — continuing professional development workshops and short courses for active screenwriters and industry professionals seeking to strengthen their narrative skills; and (3) the ATOM program — a dedicated pathway enabling four emerging screenwriters from French overseas territories per edition to access the long-term training, promoting diversity and cultural expression from ultramarine regions. Together, these programs position CEEA as the pioneer French school dedicated solely to audiovisual screenplay writing, founded in 1996 by major industry stakeholders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ATOM (Auteurs Talents d'Outre-Mer): Program allowing four talents from overseas territories to join CEEA's long-form training program, supporting the emergence of ultramarine screenwriters and the expression of their cultures.

Products and services

• Formation longue A two-year intensive training program preparing students for careers as screenwriters in film, television, animation, and digital media through comprehensive narrative writing instruction and industry exposure; admission is via a competitive entrance exam.
• Formations continues Short courses and professional development workshops for working screenwriters and audiovisual professionals seeking to strengthen their narrative craft and storytelling capabilities (for example, writing for daily series).
• ATOM (Auteurs Talents d'Outre-Mer) A dedicated program enabling four screenwriters from French overseas territories per edition to access the Formation longue, promoting diversity and representation in audiovisual writing.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• MasterClass: Subscription-based online learning platform offering screenwriting courses taught by industry professionals. Comparable as an emerging, lower-friction screenwriting education alternative that competes for the same aspiring-writer audience segment, especially outside France.

Direct peers

• FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague): One of Europe's oldest film schools with a screenwriting department and international student body. Comparable as a European conservatoire-style institution with a dedicated screenwriting specialization and alumni placed across global productions.
• La Fémis: France's flagship national film school, offering dedicated screenwriting specialization alongside directing, producing, and editing tracks. Most directly comparable French peer because it competes for the same applicant pool, trains French audiovisual writers, and feeds the same Canal+/TF1/Netflix France ecosystem.
• London Film School: UK-based postgraduate film school offering a screenwriting pathway within an international filmmaking context. Comparable as a specialized European screenwriting/filmmaking program targeting international cohorts and feeding major European broadcasters.
• Sundance Institute (Screenwriters Lab): Operates intensive screenwriting labs and a screenwriters' workshop for emerging and established writers. Comparable as a non-degree, industry-pedigree screenwriting training program that competes for top-tier emerging writing talent internationally.
• Gobelins, l'école de l'image: Paris-based school specializing in animation, filmmaking, and audiovisual storytelling, including scriptwriting for animated works. Comparable as a French audiovisual conservatoire competing for the same Paris applicant pool, particularly for screenwriting adjacent to animation and digital media.
• National Film and Television School (NFTS): UK national film school with a dedicated screenwriting course and strong industry placement into British broadcasters and streamers. Comparable as a flagship European film school with screenwriting specialization and a similar alumni-driven reputation model.

Broad incumbents

• USC School of Cinematic Arts: Major US film school with a long-standing screenwriting specialization embedded within a broader production-focused curriculum. Comparable as an established, larger-scale incumbent that produces working screenwriters for global streamers and studios, but competes from a much broader portfolio.

Regional players

• Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS): Australia's national screen arts school offering screenwriting as a core discipline. Comparable as a national conservatoire for audiovisual storytelling with selective admissions and industry placement, though geographically separated from CEEA's European footprint.
• Canadian Film Centre: Toronto-based film and television school with a dedicated screenwriting program and strong ties to the Canadian audiovisual industry. Comparable as a specialized screenwriting program operating in a different (North American) market but targeting a similar working-professional and emerging-writer audience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LeCEEA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/conservatoire-europeen-ecriture-audiovisuelle
• Instagraminstagram.com/ceea_paris

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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