Relocation

Compass is on the cutting edge of a filmmaking revolution where California increasingly ‘imports’ filmmakers who ply their trade in less traditional regions.

Grand Rapids provides an advantageous setting for training these filmmakers.

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student housing

Although student housing is not provided directly, CFA alumni landlords offer houses to Compass students on a first-come first-served basis.

Click here to view Houses 1 and 2.

Click here to download information on House 3.

philanthropic and entrepreneurial community

Home to a highly generous and philanthropic base and a prosperous entrepreneurial economy, Grand Rapids creates a thriving cultural environment for burgeoning Artists, one conducive to discerning their artistic and spiritual vocation.

setting

Michigan has an immense environmental diversity that allows for a variety of location ‘looks’: water, dunes, forest, rivers, and metropolitan.

cost of living

Grand Rapids’ renovated downtown is a friendly, safe, and diverse community focused on the Arts with a significantly lower cost of living than Los Angeles or New York.

focus

Studying film in the Midwest may seem counterintuitive. But just as Jesus went to the desert before starting his gig, we think it is important for filmmakers to have a time away from the craziness and temptations of the industry, a time to discern whether or not the life of filmmaking is their calling. If it is, we’ll help place you in LA.