25 students have already signed up: The boarding school is recruiting students without requiring them to have a school to transfer into.

25 students are already enrolled to start on August 1st at what, according to the plan, should be Denmark’s first film boarding school in Ebeltoft.

And over the past weekends, the people behind the boarding school have been at trade shows to attract new students, just as they have invited to several ‘open house’ events in the spring for new potential students.

There’s just one small catch: namely, that it’s currently far from certain whether the boarding school will have any premises to move into.

*"We naturally hope that the purchase goes smoothly,"*

says Jørn Grønkjær, chairman of the Film Boarding School.

The building the school has its sights set on is for sale, but there are several interested buyers, and the seller has not yet made a decision.

Still, this hasn’t prevented the association behind the boarding school from enrolling students who could start at the school right after the summer holidays.

*"We don’t know where we’ll end up, but we naturally hope that the purchase goes smoothly. We feel confident that we can start on August 1st when it comes to the educational aspect,"*

says the school’s chairman, Jørn Grønkjær.

But if you don’t have a school to teach in, isn’t that a problem?

*"That’s completely correct. We’re also confident that we’re in a strong position among the handful of bidders,"*

he adds.

Since late summer 2025, the people behind the boarding school have been trying to secure the location, which currently has several interested buyers.

The building is owned by the city’s sports center and is operated as the only open hotel in Ebeltoft at the moment.

*"If the boarding school is to start on August 1st, we can’t stop the marketing,"*

says Jørn Grønkjær, chairman of the Film Boarding School.

That’s why the association has invited all interested parties to bid on the property by today, Friday, and now the boarding school is working ‘hard’ to secure the funding they still need—among other things through the municipality and a new private investor.

But isn’t that like birds on the roof? You don’t know if you’ll get the money?

*"No, we don’t, but we at least meet the conditions,"*

says Jørn Grønkjær and clarifies that the school will bid on the building before the Friday deadline.

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**Hotel or boarding school?**

The hotel, called *Toppen*, is also the place where the boarding school has rented space for curious, potential students to visit during open house events four times this spring or at weekend camps (https://www.filmefterskolen.dk/besoeg-os/).

Jørn Grønkjær admits that you can’t read on the school’s website or Facebook page that he doesn’t know whether the school will open.

On the Facebook page for the upcoming boarding school, it states that the first students will arrive in August. (Photo: © Screenshot from the Facebook page *Filmefterskolen*)

*"If the boarding school is to start on August 1st, we can’t stop the marketing,"*

he says.

So far, the boarding school has attended two trade shows, and 25 out of the 40 students they aim to enroll are signed up for the school start, according to Jørn Grønkjær.

*"We have clearly informed the students we’ve been in contact with that there’s no 100 percent guarantee that we can start on August 1st or in the buildings we’ve dreamed of for a long time. But it’s clear that this is what we’re working toward."*

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Do you have a deadline for when these potentially future students should be informed whether there will be a film boarding school they can actually start at?

*"Yes, it’s March 15th, so after that there will be no uncertainty whatsoever about the school start. This is also about hiring staff and other things. So this is absolutely crucial,"*

admits the chairman.

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