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 Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Location https://goo.gl/maps/tXuX5GvN4ueD4quu9 Country Bangladesh Control Public University Type Film & Media Studies Enrollment 30 Founded 2007 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
M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute Chennai India Film School Film and Television School 1945 No
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] Quezon City 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 Educational Charity Postgraduate Film, Television and Games school ca. 300 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 Private 2004 No
London Film School London United Kingdom Educational Charity Postgraduate Film School ca. 250 1956 Yes
Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School Katowice Poland Public University Film & Television School ca. 600[32] 1978 No
The Madrid Film School[33] (ECAM) Madrid Spain Cultural Foundation Film & Television School ca. 300 1994 Yes

North America

School Location Country Control Type Enrollment Founded CILECT Member
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica Mexico City Mexico Public university 1975 Yes
Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas Mexico City Mexico Public university 1963 Yes
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[34] 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 Enrollment Founded CILECT Member
National School of Film Experimentation and Production (ENERC) Buenos Aires Argentina Public University 1965 Yes
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[35] 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

    Brazil

    Cuba

    France

    Hong Kong

    India

    Indonesia

    Ireland

    Israel

    Italy

    Japan

    Jordan

    Korea

    Lebanon

    Malaysia

    Mexico

    Netherlands

    New Zealand

    Norway

    Pakistan

    Philippines

    Poland

    Portugal

    Romania

    Russia

    Serbia

    Singapore

    Slovakia

    Sweden

    Turkey

    Thailand

    Ukraine

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

    United Arab Emirates

    United Kingdom

    The following film schools are internationally accredited by CILECT: The International Association of Film and Television Schools.[39]

    Other schools (which may accredited by Creative Skillset):

    United States

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