Filmmaking MA
    Duration1 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    GBP 23,985 / Year
    Next IntakeSeptember 1, 2026

    Filmmaking MA

    About

    Introduction:

    Situated within the Nottingham School of Art & Design, the MA in Filmmaking challenges students to innovate within and beyond the boundaries of moving-image-making practices. You will be exploring and experimenting in both film production and exhibition, enhanced by intellectually stimulating discussions and workshops.

    During your studies, you will create new and refreshing projects that communicate your cinematic voice, using moving image and sound to experiment with virtual production, emerging and established technologies, and drawing on analogue practices where appropriate.

    Collaborating with creative practitioners across the school, you will undertake projects to advance your research and experimentation skills in moving image arts.

    The MA Filmmaking is suitable for all creative practitioners keen to undertake research-informed projects in the continuously transforming field of independent and experimental filmmaking.

    • If you have the desire to enhance your understanding of film and push the boundaries of the moving image, then MA Filmmaking is for you. This course supports you to artistically utilise the evolving landscape of sound and image to prepare you for a leading role in shaping the cinema of the future.
    • Respond creatively with film techniques to intellectual discussions, leading to innovation in the digital manipulation and capturing of sound and moving image.
    • Supported by seminars and one-to-one tutorials approach filmmaking as a creative process, involving experimentation and critical reflection.
    • With an emphasis on film exhibition and distribution, influence how audiences engage with your work by taking part in the organisation of a film festival.

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    You will need one of the following:

    • 2.2 honours degree in a related subject

    Other requirements:

    International qualifications

    We accept qualifications from all over the world – check yours here:

    Postgraduate preparation courses (Pre-Masters)

    If you don’t yet meet our entry requirements, we offer Pre-Masters courses through our partner Nottingham Trent International College (NTIC), based on our City Campus:

    English language entry requirements

    You can meet our language requirements by successfully completing our pre-sessional English course for an agreed length of time, or by submitting the required grade in one of our accepted English language tests, such as IELTS:

    Would you like some advice on your study plans?

    Our international teams are highly experienced in answering queries from students all over the world. We also have members of staff based in Vietnam, China, India and Nigeria and work with a worldwide network of education counsellors.

    English Program Requirements

    Career

    Careers and employability

    The course is designed with various opportunities for engagement with the creative industries and integrates work-like experiences.

    Guest lectures will be delivered by experts in their field. The course has contacts with independent filmmakers who draw on research and experimentation, producers who are successful in obtaining funding for moving image art, curators of works that sit outside the mainstream, and specialists (sound, camera, etc.) frequently working in the field of independent or experimental cinema.

    The 100-credit module Film Project follows a work-like trajectory from development to exhibition. Students present a proposal to an industry panel and will receive advice on how to progress. After the completion of their projects, an end-of-year festival will be organised following a guest lecture on film festival curation. The festival itself is an outward-facing event to further support engagement with industry and networking with the wider community, locally and internationally.

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    23,985 / year

    Filmmaking MA

    Nottingham Trent University

    Nottingham Trent University

    United Kingdom

    United Kingdom, Nottingham