List of film schools

The following is a list of notable film schools grouped by country. Around the world, there are institutions both public and private dedicated to teaching film either as a department in a larger university, or as a stand-alone entity. There is also a distinction between film programs in existing private colleges and art schools, and purely for-profit institutions. The popularity of film and television production courses has exponentially increased since the 1980s and there are now more than 1,200 known institutions offering such courses around the world.

Active institutions in continents

Africa

School	Location	Country	Control	Type	Enrollment	Founded	CILECT Member
National Film and Television Institute (NAFtTI)	Accra	Ghana	Public			1978	Yes
Open Window Institute - School of Film Arts	Pretoria	South Africa	Private	Bachelor of Film Arts	800	1993	No
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance - AFDA	Johannesburg , Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth	South Africa	Private	Baccalaureate college	1100	1992	Yes

Asia/Pacific

School	Location	Country	Control	Type Film School	Enrollment	Founded	CILECT Member
Sydney Film School	Sydney	Australia	Private (for-profit)	Special-focus institution		2004	No
Footscray City Films	Melbourne	Australia	Private (for-profit)	Special-focus institution	80	1981	No
MAPS Film School	Adelaide	Australia	Private (for-profit)	Special-focus institution	45	1983	No
Griffith Film School	Brisbane	Australia	Private (for-profit)	Baccalaureate college	1000	1971	Yes
University of Melbourne (Victorian College of the Arts)	Melbourne	Australia	Public	Research university/VH	38,281	1853	Yes
Deakin University	Melbourne	Australia	Public	Research university/VH	52,000	1974	No
Australian Film Television and Radio School	Multiple	Australia	Private (for-profit)	Master's university		1973	Yes
RMIT School of Media and Communication (Department of Film and Television)	Melbourne	Australia	Private (for-profit)	Baccalaureate college		2009^[1]	No
Bond University	Gold Coast	Australia	Private (for-profit)	Baccalaureate college		1987	No
Film and Television Institute	Fremantle	Australia	Private (for-profit)	Baccalaureate college		1987	No
WA Screen Academy	Western Australia	Australia	Private (for-profit)	Master's university		2005	Yes
SAE Institute	Multiple	Australia	Private (for-profit)	Special-focus institution		1976	No
University of Queensland	Brisbane	Australia	Public	Research university/VH	46,826	1909	No
Jahangirnagar University - (Department of Drama and Dramatics)^[2]	Savar	Bangladesh	Public University	Baccalaureate college	10,100	1970	No
Beijing Film Academy	Beijing	China	Film School	Film and Television School		1950	Yes
Central Academy of Drama (Department of Film & TV Art) ^[3]	Beijing	China	Public University	Film and Television School		1949	Yes
Communications University of China (School of Film and Cinematic Arts) ^[4]	Beijing	China	Public University	Film and Television School		1954	Yes
Zhejiang University of Media and Communications^[5]	Hangzhou	China	Public University	Film and Television School		1978	Yes
Hong Kong Baptist University (Academy of Film)^[6]	Hong Kong	China	Public University	Film and Television School		1994	Yes
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (School of Film and Television)^[7]	Hong Kong	China	Public University	Film and Television School		1984	Yes
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute	Kolkata	India	Film School	Film and Television School		1995	Yes
Film and Television Institute of India	Pune	India	Film School	Film and Television School		1960	Yes
Whistling Woods International	Mumbai	India	Film School	Film and Television School		2006	Yes
State Institute of Film and Television	Rohtak	India	Public University	Film and Television School		2011	No
Jyoti Chitraban Film and Television Institute	Guwahati	India	Directorate of Technical Education	Diploma		1999	No
Annapurna International School of Film + Media	Hyderabad	India	International School of Media	BA, MA and MMBA degrees		2011	No
Government Film and Television Institute^[8]	Bangalore	India	Directorate of Technical Education	Diploma		1943	No
Institute of Creative Excellence^[9]^[10]	Mumbai	India	Film School	Diploma		2012	No
Indonesia Institute of Arts	Yogyakarta	Indonesia	Film School	Film and Television School		1950	No
Japan Institute of the Moving Image ^[11]	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Japan	Film School	Film and Television School		1975	Yes
Nihon University (College of Art)	Tokyo	Japan	Film School	Research University		1921	Yes
University of Auckland (Screen Production, Faculty of Arts)^[12]	Auckland	New Zealand	Film School	Public University			Yes
University of the Philippines (Film Institute)^[13]	Manila	Philippines	Film Institute	Public University		2003	Yes
Nanyang Polytechnic (School of Interactive & Digital Media)^[14]	Singapore	Singapore	Film School	Polytechnic		2006	Yes
Nanyang Technological University (School of Art, Design and Media)^[15]	Singapore	Singapore	Film School	Public University		1992	Yes
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (School of Film & Media Studies)^[16]	Singapore	Singapore	Film School	Polytechnic		1989	Yes
LASALLE College of the Arts (Puttnam School of Film & Animation)^[17]	Singapore	Singapore	Film School	Public University		2011	Yes
Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts ^[18]	Anseong	South Korea	Film School	Technical School		1997	Yes

Europe

School	Location	Country	Control	Type Film School	Enrollment	Founded	CILECT Member
Prague Film School^[19]	Prague	Czech Republic	Private	Film School	100	2003	No
Roma Film Academy^[20]	Rome	Italy	Private	Film and Television School	limited	2014	No
International School of Audiovisual Creation and Realisation (EICAR)	Paris	France	Private	Film & Television School		1972	No
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography^[21]	Moscow	Russia	Public University			1919	Yes
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia^[22]	Rome	Italy	Public Institution			1935	Yes
Film and TV School of The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague - FAMU	Prague	Czech Republic	Public University			1946	Yes
National Film School of Denmark	Copenhagen	Denmark				1966	Yes
European Film College	Ebeltoft	Denmark	Folk High School			1993	Yes
Baltic Film and Media School	Tallinn	Estonia	Public University			2005	Yes
Academy of Media Arts Cologne	Cologne	Germany	Public University			1990	Yes
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin	Berlin	Germany	Film School			1966	Yes
Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg	Potsdam	Germany	Public university			1954	Yes
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg	Ludwigsburg	Germany	Film School			1991	Yes
International Film School Cologne	Cologne	Germany	Film School			2000	Yes
Stuttgart Media University	Stuttgart	Germany	Public university			2001	No
Film School of the Aristotle University^[23]	Thessaloniki	Greece	Public University			2004	No
La Femis(IDHEC)^[24]	Paris	France	Public University			1944	Yes
National Film School in Łódź The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź^[25]^[26]	Łódź	Poland	Public University			1948	Yes
Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts^[27]	Sofia	Bulgaria	Public University			1948	Yes
Filmacademy Vienna^[28]	Vienna	Austria	Public University			1952	Yes
National Film and Television School^[29]	Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire	United Kingdom	Film School			1971	Yes
Bournemouth Film School^[30]	Bournemouth	United Kingdom	Public University	Film School	250	1963	Yes
Lisbon Theatre and Film School	Lisbon	Portugal	Public University			1971	Yes
Screen Academy Scotland -^[31]	Edinburgh	Scotland	Public University			2004	Yes
Film School in Pisek	Písek	Czech Republic					No
London Film School	London	United Kingdom	Private			1956	Yes

North America

School	Location	Country	Control	Type	Enrollment	Founded	CILECT Member
University of Regina - Dept. of Media Production & Studies	Regina, Saskatchewan	Canada	Public university	Doctoral university/R2		1970	No
Simon Fraser University - Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology^[32]	Burnaby, British Columbia	Canada	Public University	Doctoral university/R2	34000	1965	No
Queen's University Department of Film and Media	Kingston, Ontario	Canada	Public university	Doctoral university/R1	23,883	1841	No
Toronto Film School	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Private College	Diploma		1928	No
Ryerson University School of Image Arts: Film Department	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Public university	Doctoral university/R2		1948	Yes
Ontario College of Art & Design Faculty of Arts: Integrated Media Department	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Public university	Master's university/S	6,072	1876	No
Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts)	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Open	Diploma		1995	No
Vancouver Film School	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Private			1987	No
Langara College	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Public College		8,350	1970	No
University of British Columbia	Kelowna and Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Public university	Doctoral university/R1	57,075	1908	No
Emily Carr University of Art and Design	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Public University	Art & Design	1,828	1925	No
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema (Concordia)	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Public university	Doctoral university/R2		1997	No
Gulf Islands Film and Television School (GIFTS)	Galiano Island, British Columbia	Canada	Public Institution	Certificate		1995	No
Sheridan College School of Animation, Arts and Design: Media Arts; Advanced Television and Film	Oakville, Ontario	Canada	Public University			1967	Yes
York University Department of Film	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Public university	Doctoral university/R2	53,900	1959	Yes
Capilano University	North Vancouver and Squamish, British Columbia	Canada	Public university	Baccalaureate university	7,500	1968	No
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Canada	Public University		971	1887	No
Red Deer College	Red Deer, Alberta	Canada	Public comprehensive community college		7,000	1964	No
SAIT Polytechnic	Calgary, Alberta	Canada	Public university	Baccalaureate university	17,516	1916	No
Université du Québec à Montréal	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Public university	Research university/H	41,296	1969	Yes

South America

School	Location	Country	Control	Type	Founded	CILECT Member
University of São Paulo	São Paulo	Brazil	Public University	Research university/VH		Yes
Federal University of Santa Catarina	Florianópolis	Brazil	Public University		2005	No
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Private			No
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Private			No
State University of Campinas	Campinas	Brazil	Public University			No
Fluminense Federal University	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Public University			No
Federal University of Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	Public University			No
Estácio de Sá University	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Private			No
University of Chile^[33]	Santiago	Chile	Public University	Research university/VH		No
University for the Arts, Sciences, and Communication		Chile	Private			No
Audiovisual Arts School of the Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, UNAB		Colombia	Private University			No
Film and TV School of the National University of Colombia	Bogotá	Colombia	Public University	Research university/VH		Yes
Central University	Bogotá	Colombia	Private University			No
Iberoamerican Documentary Film School	Mérida	Venezuela	Open University			No
Escuela Nacional de Cine	Caracas	Venezuela	Private			No

List of other active institutions

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, School of Film and Television, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist University, School of Communication, Academy of Film, Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong, School of Creative Media, Hong Kong

India

Film and Television Institute of India, Pune
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata
State Institute of Film and Television, Rohtak
School of Film and Mass Communication, SHUATS, Allahabad
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Government Film and Television Institute, Bangalore
Jyoti Chitraban Film and Television Institute, Guwahati
Flash Frame Visuals Academy of Film and Television, India
Annapurna International School of Film and Media (Not for profit), Hyderabad
AJK, Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Srishti School of Art Design and Technology, Bangalore
K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts, Kottayam, Kerala

Indonesia

SAE Institute, Jakarta^[34]
Multimedia Nusantara University : College of Arts and Design, Department of Film. Tangerang

Ireland

National Film School (IADT)^[35]
New Media Technology College

Israel

Italy

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Rome
Roma Film Academy, Rome (was NUCT Scuola Internazionale Cinema e Televisione)
SAE Institute, Milan
Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan

Japan

Japan Institute of the Moving Image
Nihon University: College of Arts, Department of Cinema. Tokyo

Jordan

Korea

Lebanon

Malaysia

Multimedia University (MMU)

Mexico

Netherlands

Netherlands Film and Television Academy

New Zealand

University of Auckland, Screen Production in the School of Film, Television & Media Studies
Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Auckland
South Seas Film and Television School, Auckland^[36]
Unitec New Zealand, School of Performing and Screen Arts, Auckland
The New Zealand Film & Television School, Wellington

Norway

The Norwegian Filmschool, Lillehammer

Pakistan

School of Creative Arts, University of Lahore, Lahore
SZABIST, Karachi
Department of Visual Studies, University of Karachi, Karachi
Iqra University, Karachi
National College of Arts, Lahore
Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
Punjab University, Lahore

Philippines

Poland

Łódź Film School
Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School (University of Silesia), Katowice

Portugal

Catholic University of Portugal School of Arts, Porto

Romania

Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography, Bucharest

Russia

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, Moscow
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, Moscow ^{in Russian}

Serbia

Academy of Arts, Belgrade

Singapore

Slovakia

Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VSMU), Faculty of film and television, Bratislava

Sweden

Dramatiska Institutet, Stockholm
University of Gothenburg, School of Film Directing.

Turkey

Yasar University Film Design.
Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) CILECT Member.
Izmir University of Economics Faculty of Communication, Department of Cinema and Digital Media
Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts
Istanbul Bilgi University
Istanbul University Faculty of Communication, Radio, TV and Cinema.

Thailand

Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhonpathom

Ukraine

National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kiev, Kyiv

United Arab Emirates

The College of Architecture, Art & Design at the American University of Sharjah

United Kingdom

The following film schools are internationally accredited by CILECT: The International Association of Film and Television Schools.^[37]

Bournemouth Film School at Arts University Bournemouth
Falmouth University,^[38]
University of Hertfordshire
London Film School
Met Film School
National Film and Television School^[39]
Film & TV School Wales ^[40] at University of South Wales
Northern Film School at Leeds Beckett University
Screen Academy Scotland at Napier University
University for the Creative Arts at Farnham
Westminster Film School at University of Westminster

Other schools (which may accredited by Creative Skillset):

University of Bristol Drama Dept
University of Gloucestershire
Goldsmiths, University of London
Kingston University, London
Skillset Screen Academy at LCC at University of the Arts London
London Film Academy^[41]
Manchester School of Art,^[42] Manchester Metropolitan University
Middlesex University - Hendon, London
Richmond University,^[43] London
Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication

United States

References

^ result of a merger
^ "Jahangirnagar University".
^ http://web.zhongxi.cn/en/departments/8266.html
^ http://en.cuc.edu.cn/Faculties
^ http://eng.zjicm.edu.cn
^ http://af.hkbu.edu.hk/en
^ http://www.hkapa.edu/ftv/
^ "filminstitutebangalore.com". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26.
^ "Balaji Telefilms launches training academy in filmmaking".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Balaji Telefilms to start chain of acting, editing schools".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ http://www.eiga.ac.jp/global/
^ http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/subjects-and-courses/screen-production.html
^ http://filminstitute.upd.edu.ph
^ http://www.nyp.edu.sg/schools/sidm.html
^ http://www.adm.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/index.aspx
^ http://www.np.edu.sg/fms/Pages/default.aspx
^ http://www.lasalle.edu.sg/schools/puttnam-school-of-film-and-animation/
^ http://eng.dima.ac.kr/main.html
^ "film schools and workshops, europe: prague film school". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
^ http://www.romafilmacademy.it//
^ "ВГИК: Творческая жизнь".
^ "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Homepage". Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
^ "School of Film Studies - ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI".
^ "La Fémis".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Cilect List - The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz
^ http://www.filmschool.lodz.pl The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz
^ "National academy for theatre and film arts - Natfa - НАТФИЗ". Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
^ http://www.filmacademy.at/
^ "Homepage - National Film and Television School".
^ "Bournemouth Film School". Arts University Bournemouth. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ "Screen Academy Scotland - where filmmakers come first".
^ https://www.sfu.ca,
^ "Instituto de Comunicación e Imagen - Universidad de Chile".
^ https://indonesia.sae.edu/
^ http://www.iadt.ie/about/faculties-schools/national-film-school
^ "South Seas Film & Television School".
^ "UK Full Members". CILECT. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ "Falmouth University".
^ "Homepage - National Film and Television School".
^ "Film & TV School Wales".
^ "London Film Academy - Home".
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^ "BA Film Studies Degree in London - Richmond University".

[1] result of a merger

[2] "Jahangirnagar University".

[3] ttp://web.zhongxi.cn/en/departments/8266.html

[4] ttp://en.cuc.edu.cn/Faculties

[5] ttp://eng.zjicm.edu.cn

[6] ttp://af.hkbu.edu.hk/en

[7] ttp://www.hkapa.edu/ftv/

[8] "filminstitutebangalore.com". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26.

[9] "Balaji Telefilms launches training academy in filmmaking".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[10] "Balaji Telefilms to start chain of acting, editing schools".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[11] ttp://www.eiga.ac.jp/global/

[12] ttp://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/subjects-and-courses/screen-production.html

[13] ttp://filminstitute.upd.edu.ph

[14] ttp://www.nyp.edu.sg/schools/sidm.html

[15] ttp://www.adm.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/index.aspx

[16] ttp://www.np.edu.sg/fms/Pages/default.aspx

[17] ttp://www.lasalle.edu.sg/schools/puttnam-school-of-film-and-animation/

[18] ttp://eng.dima.ac.kr/main.html

[19] "film schools and workshops, europe: prague film school". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-04-30.

[20] ttp://www.romafilmacademy.it//

[21] "ВГИК: Творческая жизнь".

[22] "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Homepage". Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

[23] "School of Film Studies - ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI".

[24] "La Fémis".

[25] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Cilect List - The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz

[26] ttp://www.filmschool.lodz.pl The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz

[27] "National academy for theatre and film arts - Natfa - НАТФИЗ". Archived from the original on 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2013-03-08.

[28] ttp://www.filmacademy.at/

[29] "Homepage - National Film and Television School".

[AUB-30] "Bournemouth Film School". Arts University Bournemouth. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

[31] "Screen Academy Scotland - where filmmakers come first".

[32] ttps://www.sfu.ca,

[33] "Instituto de Comunicación e Imagen - Universidad de Chile".

[34] ttps://indonesia.sae.edu/

[35] ttp://www.iadt.ie/about/faculties-schools/national-film-school

[36] "South Seas Film & Television School".

[37] "UK Full Members". CILECT. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

[38] "Falmouth University".

[39] "Homepage - National Film and Television School".

[40] "Film & TV School Wales".

[41] "London Film Academy - Home".

[42] Art), N Ashdown (Web Officer, Manchester School of. "BA (Hons) Filmmaking – Manchester School of Art".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[43] "BA Film Studies Degree in London - Richmond University".

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