List of film schools

The following is a list of 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. Mumbai Digital Films Academy at Goregaon (East), is ranked the best among private film schools in Mumbai.^[1] However, of these less than half (608) offered courses with a practical film making element which lasted a year or more. Collectively these schools ran more than 2,600 individual courses. The remaining schools (642) offer short courses or did not run courses in 2015.^[2]

Active institutions in continents

Africa

South Asia

Australia

Europe

North America

South America

List of active institutions

Brazil

• Cinema, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis
• NYFA Brazil, Rio de Janeiro^[22]

Cuba

• Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión, San Antonio de los Baños

Denmark

• National Film School of Denmark, Copenhagen
• European Film College, Ebeltoft

Estonia

• Baltic Film and Media School, Tallinn University

France

• La Femis - Ecole nationale supérieure des métiers de l'image et du son, Paris
• École Supérieure d'Audiovisuel de l'Université Toulouse II, Toulouse
• NYFA Paris^[23]
• The International Film School of Paris - EICAR
• Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle, Paris, Nice and Rennes
• Louis Lumière College - École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière, Paris

Germany

CILECT Members:

• Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Cologne
• Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, Berlin
• Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg
• Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, Munich
• International filmschool cologne, Cologne

Others:

• Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart
• Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Lemgo (part of Media Production course)

Greece

• Film School of the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki
• Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos, Athens

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

Iceland

• Reykjavík Film Academy, Reykjavík

India

CILECT Members:

• M.G.R. Film and Television Institute of India, 50years old, Tharamani Chennai,
• Film and Television Institute of India, Pune
• Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute,Calcutta
• Mumbai Digital Films Academy, Goregaon (East)

Other schools:

• Ronkel Media Education & Research Institute, Andheri ( West), Mumbai
• National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
• Government Film and Television Institute, Bangalore
• 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

Iran

• Iran Broadcasting College

Ireland

• Film School (IADT)
• New Media Technology College

Israel

• Tel Aviv University Department of Film and Television, Tel Aviv
• Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
• Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem
• Sapir Academic College, Sderot

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

• Yarmouk University
• Amman Filmmakers Cooperative
• Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts

Korea

• Chung-Ang University
• Dongguk University
• Hanyang University
• Korea National University of Arts
• Seoul Institute of the Arts
• NYFA Seoul^[24]

Malaysia

• Multimedia University (MMU)

Mexico

• Centro de Diseño, Cine y Televisión (CENTRO)
• Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)
• Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC)

Netherlands

• Netherlands Film and Television Academy

New Zealand

• Auckland University of Technology, School of Communication Studies, Auckland
• South Seas Film and Television School, Auckland^[25]
• 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
• Iqra University, Karachi
• Department of Visual Studies, University of Karachi, Karachi
• National College of Arts, Lahore
• Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
• Punjab University, Lahore

Philippines

• Asia Pacific Film Institute
• Mapúa Institute of Technology
• De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
• International Academy of Film and Television
• University of the Philippines Film Institute
• Mowelfund Film Institute
• University of San Carlos

Poland

• Łódź Film School
• University of Silesia (Katowice Film School)

Portugal

CILECT Members:

• Catholic University of Portugal School of Arts, Porto
• Lisbon Theatre and Film School, Lisbon

Russia

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

Serbia

• Academy of Arts, Belgrade

Singapore

• Puttnam School of Film, LASALLE College of the Arts
• Tisch School of the Arts Asia
• Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
• Ngee Ann Polytechnic
• SAE Institute
• Temasek Polytechnic

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

• 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

• New York Film Academy School of Film and Acting - One and two year programs as well as Masters in Fine Arts
• The College of Architecture, Art & Design at the American University of Sharjah—Bachelor of Science in Multimedia Design (BSMM) where students often focus on film or animation; the Department of Design also offers a Minor in Film.

United Kingdom

The following film schools are internationally accredited by the Cannes-based CILECT: The International Association of Film and Television Schools.

• London Film Academy^[26]
• London Film School
• Met Film School - London
• National Film and Television School^[27]
• Northern Film School at Leeds Metropolitan University
• University of Westminster
• Screen Academy Scotland at Napier University
• Skillset Screen Academy at LCC at University of the Arts London
• International Film School Wales at University of Wales, Newport (candidate member)

Other schools (which may also be Skillset accredited):

• Manchester School of Art,^[28] Manchester Metropolitan University
• Goldsmiths, University of London
• Kingston University, London
• Middlesex University - Hendon, London
• Richmond University,^[29] London
• Raindance Film School, London
• Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication
• The Arts University Bournemouth
• University for the Creative Arts at Farnham
• Film, Music & Media School at University of Hertfordshire
• Department of Drama University of Bristol
• SAE Institute - London, Oxford, Glasgow
• Falmouth University,^[30] Falmouth, Cornwall

United States

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