The Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television was founded more than 100 years ago, being the first university in the field of cinematography in Russia. Having started its way from the very beginning of cinematography, SPUFT carries on the traditions of great forerunners and goes with the times.

Representatives of several dozen professions are involved in production of video content: screenwriters and directors are the creators of theme and imaginative background of a work. Directors of photography in film making and TV cameramen, sound engineers and sound producers, light engineers, video and audio equipment engineers, editors, photographers, animation and computer graphics artists are "magicians" who mold images and bring them to life. And then excellent performance of producers help to distribute the work in cinemas and television successfully.