List of film schools

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The following is a list of notable film schools that are active, grouped by country.

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Around the world, there are both public and private institutions dedicated to teaching film either as a department within 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.[ citation needed ]

Africa

SchoolLocationCountryControlTypeEnrollmentFoundedCILECT Member
National Film and Television Institute (NAFtTI) Accra Ghana Public1978Yes
Open Window Institute - School of Film Arts Pretoria South Africa PrivateBachelor of Film Arts8001993No
South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance - AFDA Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth South Africa Private Baccalaureate college 11001992Yes
École supérieure des arts visuels de Marrakech  [ fr ] (Esav Marrakech) Morocco, Marrakech North Africa PrivateBachelor of Film Arts10002006No

Asia/Pacific

SchoolLocationCountryControlTypeEnrollmentFoundedCILECT Member
Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Mymensingh [1] Bangladesh Public University Film & Media Studies302007No
O.P. Jindal Global University (Jindal School of Journalism and Communication) [2] Sonipat India Private University Film and Media Studies
Jahangirnagar University (Department of Drama and Dramatics) [3] Savar Bangladesh Public University Baccalaureate college 10,1001970No
Beijing Film Academy Beijing China Film SchoolFilm and Television School1950Yes
Central Academy of Drama (Department of Film & TV Art) [4] Beijing China Public University Film and Television School1949Yes
Communications University of China (School of Film and Cinematic Arts) [5] Beijing China Public University Film and Television School1954Yes
Zhejiang University of Media and Communications [6] Hangzhou China Public University Film and Television School1978Yes
Hong Kong Baptist University (Academy of Film) [7] Hong Kong China Public University Film and Television School1994Yes
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (School of Film and Television) [8] Hong Kong China Public University Film and Television School1984Yes
City University of Hong Kong (School of Creative Media) Hong Kong China
Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Kolkata India Film SchoolFilm and Television School1995Yes
M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute Chennai India Film SchoolFilm and Television School1945No
Film and Television Institute of India Pune India Film SchoolFilm and Television School1960Yes
Whistling Woods International Mumbai India Film SchoolFilm and Television School2006Yes
State Institute of Film and Television Rohtak India Public University Film and Television School2011No
Jyoti Chitraban Film and Television Institute Guwahati India Directorate of Technical EducationDiploma1999No
Annapurna International School of Film and Media Hyderabad India Private not-for-profitBA, MA and MMBA degrees2011Yes
Government Film and Television Institute [9] Bangalore India Directorate of Technical EducationDiploma1943No
Institute of Creative Excellence [10] [11] [12] Mumbai India Film SchoolDiploma2012No
National Institute of Design Ahmedabad India No
Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (School of Film and Mass Communication) Allahabad India No
A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre New Delhi India Jamia Millia Islamia No
K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts Kottayam India Yes
Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology Bangalore India No
Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication Bhopal India Public University Journalism School2021No
Indonesia Institute of Arts Yogyakarta Indonesia Film SchoolFilm and Television School1950No
Multimedia Nusantara University (College of Arts and Design, Department of Film) Tangerang Indonesia No
SAE Institute Indonesia [13] Jakarta Indonesia SAE Institute

(private)

No
Japan Institute of the Moving Image [14] Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japan Film SchoolFilm and Television School1975Yes
Nihon University (College of Art, Department of Cinema) Tokyo Japan Film SchoolResearch University1921Yes
University of the Philippines Film Institute [15] Quezon City Philippines University of the Philippines

(public)

Film School2003Yes
Asia Pacific Film Institute Mandaluyong Philippines PrivateFilm SchoolNo
De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (School of Design and Arts) Malate, Manila Philippines PrivateNo
International Academy of Film and Television Lapu-Lapu Philippines PrivateFilm SchoolNo
Mapúa University Intramuros Philippines No
Mowelfund Film Institute Philippines No
University of San Carlos Philippines PrivateNo
Nanyang Polytechnic (School of Interactive & Digital Media) [16] Singapore Singapore Film School Polytechnic 2006Yes
Nanyang Technological University (School of Art, Design and Media) [17] Singapore Singapore Public University 1992Yes
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (School of Film & Media Studies) [18] Singapore Singapore Film School Polytechnic 1989Yes
LASALLE College of the Arts (Puttnam School of Film & Animation) [19] Singapore Singapore Public University 2011Yes
Tisch School of the Arts Asia Singapore Singapore New York University Tisch School of the Arts No
SAE Institute Singapore Singapore Singapore SAE Institute

(private)

No
Temasek Polytechnic Singapore Singapore No
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore Singapore No
Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts [20] Anseong South Korea Film School Technical School 1997Yes
Chung-Ang University (Performance Film Creation) Seoul and Anseong South Korea No
Dongguk University (Division of Theatre & Film and Media) Seoul South Korea Yes
Busan Asian Film School Busan South Korea Yes
Hanyang University South Korea PrivateNo
Korea National University of Arts (School of Film, TV & Multimedia) Seoul South Korea PublicNo
Seoul Institute of the Arts (Department of Film) Seoul South Korea 1978No
Multimedia University, or MMU (Faculty of Creative Multimedia, Cinematic Arts) Johor Malaysia PrivateFilm programNo
Mahidol University International College (Fine and Applied Arts) Salaya Thailand Mahidol University Entertainment media programNo

Pakistan

Middle East

Israel

Jordan

Lebanon

United Arab Emirates

Syria


Oceania

SchoolLocationCountryControlTypeEnrollmentFoundedCILECT Member

(for-profit)

Footscray City Films Melbourne Australia Private

(for-profit)

Special-focus institution 801981No
MAPS Film School Adelaide Australia Private

(for-profit)

Special-focus institution 451983No
Griffith Film School Brisbane Australia Public University Baccalaureate college 10001971Yes
University of Melbourne ( Victorian College of the Arts ) Melbourne Australia Public University Research university/VH 38,2811853Yes
Deakin University Melbourne Australia Public University Research university/VH 52,0001974No
Australian Film Television and Radio School Multiple Australia Private

(for-profit)

Master's university 1973Yes
RMIT School of Media and Communication (Department of Film and Television) Melbourne Australia Private

(for-profit)

Baccalaureate college 2009 [21] No
Bond University Gold Coast AustraliaPrivate

(for-profit)

Baccalaureate college 1987No
Film and Television Institute Fremantle AustraliaPrivate

(for-profit)

Baccalaureate college 1987No
WA Screen Academy Mount Lawley AustraliaPrivate

(for-profit)

Master's university 2005Yes
SAE Institute Multiple Australia Private

(for-profit)

Special-focus institution 1976No
University of Queensland Brisbane Australia Public Research university/VH 46,8261909No
University of Auckland (School of Film, Television & Media Studies, Screen Production) [22] Auckland New Zealand Film School Public University Yes
Auckland University of Technology (School of Communication Studies) Auckland New Zealand No
South Seas Film and Television School [23] Auckland New Zealand No
Unitec New Zealand (School of Performing and Screen Arts) Auckland New Zealand No
The New Zealand Film & Television School Wellington New Zealand No
Sydney Film School Sydney Australia Private

(for-profit)

2004No

Europe

SchoolLocationCountryControlType Film SchoolEnrollmentFoundedCILECT Member
Icelandic Film School Reykjavík Iceland Private Film School 1992Yes
Focus Movie Academy [24] Milan, FlorenceItalyPrivateFilm School2013No
Prague Film Institute [25] Prague Czech Republic Private Higher Nationals Film School1999No
Prague Film School [26] Prague Czech Republic Private Film School1002002No
Roma Film Academy (formerly, NUCT Scuola Internazionale Cinema e Televisione) [27] Rome Italy Private Film and Television Schoollimited2014No
International School of Audiovisual Creation and Realisation Paris, Nice, and Rennes France Private Film & Television School1972No
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography [28] Moscow Russia Public University 1919Yes
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors [see: in Russian] Moscow Russia No
GITR Film and Television school [29] Moscow Russia Yes
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia [30] Rome Italy Public Institution1935Yes
SAE Institute Milan Italy Privatearts collegeNo
Istituto Europeo di Design Milan Italy
Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague - FAMU Prague Czech Republic Public University 1946Yes
National Film School of Denmark Copenhagen Denmark 1966Yes
European Film College Ebeltoft Denmark Folk High School 1993Yes
Baltic Film and Media School Tallinn Estonia Public University 2005Yes
Academy of Media Arts Cologne Cologne Germany Public University 1990Yes
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin Berlin Germany Film School 1966Yes
Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg Potsdam Germany Public university 1954Yes
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Ludwigsburg Germany Film School 1991Yes
International Film School Cologne Cologne Germany Film School 2000Yes
Stuttgart Media University Stuttgart Germany Public university 2001No
Film School of the Aristotle University [31] Thessaloniki Greece Public University 2004No
American University of Paris [32] Paris France Private 1962No
La Femis (formerly IDHEC) [33] Paris France Public University 1944Yes
École Supérieure d'Audiovisuel (ENSAV) Toulouse France University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès 1978Yes
The International Film School of Paris (EICAR) Paris France Private Film school
École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière Paris France Film school1926Yes
National Film School in Łódź (formerly The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź) [34] [35] Łódź Poland Public University Film school1948Yes
Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts [36] Sofia Bulgaria Public University 1948Yes
Filmacademy Vienna [37] Vienna Austria Public University 1952Yes
National Film and Television School [38] Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom Educational Charity Postgraduate Film, Television and Games schoolca. 3001971Yes
Bournemouth Film School [39] Bournemouth United Kingdom Public University Film School2501963Yes
Lisbon Theatre and Film School Lisbon Portugal Public University 1971Yes
Screen Academy Scotland - [40] Edinburgh Scotland Public University 2004Yes
Film School in Pisek Písek Czech Republic Private 2004No
London Film School London United Kingdom Educational Charity Postgraduate Film Schoolca. 2501956Yes
Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School Katowice Poland University of Silesia

(public)

Film & Television Schoolca. 600 [41] 1978No
The Madrid Film School [42] (or ECAM) Madrid Spain Cultural Foundation Film & Television Schoolca. 3001994Yes
National Film School [43] Dublin Ireland Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Netherlands Film and Television Academy Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam University of the Arts Film & Television School-1958Yes
RITCS (Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound) Brussels Belgium Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts Film, Television, Theater School-1962Yes
Catholic University of Portugal (School of Arts) Porto Portugal
The Norwegian Filmschool Lillehammer Norway Lillehammer University College
Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography [44] Bucharest Romania 1950
Academy of Arts, Belgrade Belgrade Serbia
Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University Kyiv Ukraine
Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, or VSMU (Faculty of Film and Television) Bratislava Slovakia
Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art Stockholm Sweden
University of Gothenburg (School of Film Directing) Gothenburg Sweden

Turkey

United Kingdom

The following film schools are internationally accredited by the International Association of Film and Television Schools, or CILECT. [45]

Other schools (which may accredited by Creative Skillset):

North America

SchoolLocationCountryControlTypeEnrollmentFoundedCILECT Member
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) Mexico City Mexico Secretariat of Culture, Government of Mexico (public)Film school1975Yes
Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC) Mexico City Mexico National Autonomous University of Mexico (public)Film schoolNo
Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas Mexico City Mexico Public university1963Yes
University of Regina - Dept. of Media Production & Studies Regina, Saskatchewan Canada Public universityDoctoral university/R21970No
Simon Fraser University - Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology [52] Burnaby, British Columbia Canada Public University Doctoral university/R2340001965No
Queen's University Department of Film and Media Kingston, Ontario Canada Public universityDoctoral university/R123,8831841No
Toronto Film School Toronto, Ontario Canada Private CollegeDiploma1928No
Toronto Metropolitan University School of Image Arts: Film Department Toronto, Ontario Canada Public universityDoctoral university/R21948Yes
Ontario College of Art & Design Faculty of Arts: Integrated Media Department Toronto, Ontario Canada Public universityMaster's university/S6,0721876No
Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts) Vancouver, British Columbia Canada PrivateDiploma1995No
InFocus Film School [53] Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Private CollegeDiploma2502010No
Vancouver Film School Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Private1987No
Langara College Vancouver,

British Columbia

Canada Public College8,3501970No
University of British Columbia Kelowna and Vancouver,

British Columbia

Canada Public universityDoctoral university/R157,0751908No
Emily Carr University of Art and Design Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Public UniversityArt & Design1,8281925No
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema (Concordia) Montreal, Quebec Canada Public universityDoctoral university/R21997No
Gulf Islands Film and Television School (GIFTS) Galiano Island, British Columbia Canada Public InstitutionCertificate1995No
Sheridan College School of Animation, Arts and Design: Media Arts; Advanced Television and Film Oakville, Ontario Canada Public University1967Yes
York University Department of Film Toronto, Ontario Canada Public universityDoctoral university/R253,9001959Yes
Capilano University North Vancouver and Squamish,

British Columbia

Canada Public universityBaccalaureate university7,5001968No
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Public University9711887No
Red Deer College Red Deer, Alberta Canada Public comprehensive

community college

7,0001964No
SAIT Polytechnic Calgary, Alberta Canada Public universityBaccalaureate university17,5161916No
Université du Québec à Montréal Montreal, Quebec Canada Public universityResearch university/H41,2961969Yes

United States

South America

SchoolLocationCountryControlTypeEnrollmentFoundedCILECT Member
National School of Film Experimentation and Production (ENERC) Buenos Aires Argentina Public University 1965Yes
University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil Public University Research university/VHYes
Federal University of Santa Catarina Florianópolis Brazil Public University 2005No
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 [54] Santiago Chile Public University Research university/VHNo
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/VHYes
Central University Bogotá Colombia Private University No
Iberoamerican Documentary Film School Mérida Venezuela Open University No
Escuela Nacional de Cine Caracas Venezuela Private No
Federal University of Santa Catarina (Cinema) Florianopolis Brazil No
Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión San Antonio de los Baños Cuba Private 1986Yes

See also

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