List of film schools

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

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.

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
École supérieure des arts visuels de Marrakech (Esav Marrakech) Morocco, Marrakech North Africa Private Bachelor of Film Arts 1000 2006 No

Asia/Pacific
School Location Country Control Type Enrollment Founded CILECT Member
Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Mymensingh[1] Bangladesh Public University Film & Media Studies 30 2007 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
City University of Hong Kong (School of Creative Media) Hong Kong China
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 and Media Hyderabad India Private not-for-profit 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][11] Mumbai India Film School Diploma 2012 No
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
Indonesia Institute of Arts Yogyakarta Indonesia Film School Film and Television School 1950 No
Multimedia Nusantara University (College of Arts and Design, Department of Film) Tangerang Indonesia No
SAE Institute Indonesia[12] Jakarta Indonesia SAE Institute

(private)

 No
Japan Institute of the Moving Image[13] Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japan Film School Film and Television School 1975 Yes
Nihon University (College of Art, Department of Cinema) Tokyo Japan Film School Research University 1921 Yes
University of the Philippines Film Institute[14] Quezon City Philippines University of the Philippines

(public)

 Film School 2003 Yes
Asia Pacific Film Institute Mandaluyong Philippines Private Film School No
De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (School of Design and Arts) Malate, Manila Philippines Private No
International Academy of Film and Television Lapu-Lapu Philippines Private Film School No
Mapúa University Intramuros Philippines No
Mowelfund Film Institute Philippines No
University of San Carlos Philippines Private No
Nanyang Polytechnic (School of Interactive & Digital Media)[15] Singapore Singapore Film School Polytechnic 2006 Yes
Nanyang Technological University (School of Art, Design and Media)[16] Singapore Singapore Public University 1992 Yes
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (School of Film & Media Studies)[17] Singapore Singapore Film School Polytechnic 1989 Yes
LASALLE College of the Arts (Puttnam School of Film & Animation)[18] Singapore Singapore Public University 2011 Yes
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[19] Anseong South Korea Film School Technical School 1997 Yes
Chung-Ang University (Performance Film Creation) Seoul and Anseong South Korea No
Dongguk University (Division of Theatre & Film and Media) Seoul South Korea Yes
Hanyang University South Korea Private No
Korea National University of Arts (School of Film, TV & Multimedia) Seoul South Korea Public No
Seoul Institute of the Arts (Department of Film) Seoul South Korea 1978 No
Multimedia University, or MMU (Faculty of Creative Multimedia, Cinematic Arts) Johor Malaysia Private Film program No
Mahidol University International College (Fine and Applied Arts) Salaya Thailand Mahidol University Entertainment media program No

Pakistan

Middle East

Israel

Jordan

Lebanon

United Arab Emirates

Oceania
School Location Country Control Type Enrollment Founded CILECT Member

(for-profit)

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 University Research university/VH 38,281 1853 Yes
Deakin University Melbourne Australia Public University 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[20] 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 Mount Lawley 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
University of Auckland (School of Film, Television & Media Studies, Screen Production)[21] 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[22] 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)

 2004 No

Europe
School Location Country Control Type Film School Enrollment Founded CILECT Member
Icelandic Film School Reykjavík Iceland Private Film School 1992 Yes
Prague Film Institute[23] Prague Czech Republic Private Higher Nationals Film School 1999 No
Prague Film School[24] Prague Czech Republic Private Film School 100 2003 No
Roma Film Academy (formerly, NUCT Scuola Internazionale Cinema e Televisione)[25] Rome Italy Private Film and Television School limited 2014 No
International School of Audiovisual Creation and Realisation Paris, Nice, and Rennes France Private Film & Television School 1972 No
Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography[26] Moscow Russia Public University 1919 Yes
High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors [see: in Russian] Moscow Russia No
GITR Film and Television school[27] Moscow Russia Yes
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia[28] Rome Italy Public Institution 1935 Yes
SAE Institute Milan Italy Private arts college No
Istituto Europeo di Design Milan Italy
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[29] Thessaloniki Greece Public University 2004 No
American University of Paris[30] Paris France Private 1962 No
La Femis (formerly IDHEC)[31] Paris France Public University 1944 Yes
École Supérieure d'Audiovisuel (ENSAV) Toulouse France University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès 1978 Yes
The International Film School of Paris (EICAR) Paris France Private Film school
Louis Lumière College Paris France École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière Film school 1926 Yes
National Film School in Łódź (formerly The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź)[32][33] Łódź Poland Public University Film school 1948 Yes
Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts[34] Sofia Bulgaria Public University 1948 Yes
Filmacademy Vienna[35] Vienna Austria Public University 1952 Yes
National Film and Television School[36] Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom Educational Charity Postgraduate Film, Television and Games school ca. 300 1971 Yes
Bournemouth Film School[37] Bournemouth United Kingdom Public University Film School 250 1963 Yes
Lisbon Theatre and Film School Lisbon Portugal Public University 1971 Yes
Screen Academy Scotland -[38] 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 University of Silesia

(public)

 Film & Television School ca. 600[39] 1978 No
The Madrid Film School[40] (or ECAM) Madrid Spain Cultural Foundation Film & Television School ca. 300 1994 Yes
National Film School[41] 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 - 1958 Yes
RITCS (Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound) Brussels Belgium Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts Film, Television, Theater School - 1962 Yes
Catholic University of Portugal (School of Arts) Porto Portugal
The Norwegian Filmschool Lillehammer Norway Lillehammer University College
Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography[42] 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.[43]

Other schools (which may accredited by Creative Skillset):

North America
School Location Country Control Type Enrollment Founded CILECT Member
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) Mexico City Mexico Secretariat of Culture, Government of Mexico (public) Film school 1975 Yes
Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC) Mexico City Mexico National Autonomous University of Mexico (public) Film school No
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[50] 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
Toronto Metropolitan 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 Private Diploma 1995 No
InFocus Film School[51] Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Private College Diploma 250 2010 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

United States
Main article: List of film schools in the United States

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[52] 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
Federal University of Santa Catarina (Cinema) Florianopolis Brazil No
Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión San Antonio de los Baños Cuba Private 1986 Yes

See also

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