Film Schools & Colleges in the United Kingdom

Trying to find the best film schools in the UK? Have a look at some great schools worth your consideration.

Arts University Bournemouth
Bournemouth, England
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With a history spanning over fifty years, Bournemouth Film School sits at the heart of Arts University Bournemouth, setting the standard for turning creativity into careers. By reflecting the collaborative nature of the film industry, where different disciplines come together to create amazing work, they’ve created an environment where students produce award-winning films and go on to become some of the industry’s biggest names.

Many film schools can offer the opportunity to specialise and form production teams but AUB forges collaborations like no other. BFS productions don’t just contain the work of Film Production, Visual Effects and Animation students. With Costume and Performance Design, Makeup for Media and Performance, and a whole host of other creative courses on the same campus, a full complement of the creative industries makes for a truly unique filmmaking experience.

Goldsmiths, University of London
London, England
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If you want to be a filmmaker this is the place to learn, gain experience and make films you will be proud to have on your showreel. As a student on one of the six pathways, you’ll develop your specialist skill. In addition, you’ll also have a range of short optional modules in other production areas of your choosing to give you the kind of flexibility that the industry now expects. The options include script and project development, web drama, online content, and social activist filmmaking, alongside more traditional media such as camera and editing skills.

Filmmaking is a team activity. Every student is required to work closely with others as part of a creative team to produce their final project. All the programmes also have good contacts and connections with students in the other specialist areas your productions might require, such as music composition, hair and makeup, set design, scriptwriting and of course, acting talent.

Leeds Beckett University
Leeds, England
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The School of Film, Music & Performing Arts fosters a culture of creation and participation. LBU is a proud shaper of, and contributor to, the cultural life of this great Northern city — a city that is the original birthplace of film. The school nurtures the arts pioneers of the future: influencers who will not just reflect the outside world, but impact upon it.

This culture is enabled by a team of experienced practitioners and academics who produce award-winning work of international repute. The school foster an immersive environment that breeds originality, invention and ambition. Join their community of producers, led by staff such as Oscar-nominated cinematographer Phil Robertson and their community of alumni, such as Oscar winner Peter Baumann. This is a school of learning and practice, but also of research. Students, with staff, are currently contributing to a number of live, funded projects, including the exploration of film and performance as a contributor to positive mental health and active aging and creating a new type of documentary film, Mansfield 66/67 with Hollywood producers.

London Film Academy
London, England
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London Film Academy’s story began in 2002 when their search for an ideal film course led them to create their own, boutique film school in a converted church in Fulham Broadway, London. Many years on, London Film Academy is internationally recognised as an innovative film school that punches above its weight, producing multi-skilled, world-class filmmakers through training that is hands-on, industry-relevant, and of the highest standard. Their multi-disciplinary approach emulates the hard-working realities of the film and TV industries and allows you to develop into an informed and responsible filmmaker, honing your craft in small groups, within a collaborative and nurturing environment.

London Film School
London, England
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For over sixty years London Film School (LFS) has been the place for emerging creative talent to hone their craft, find their voice and engage directly with the vibrant UK screen industries. With a student cohort from every corner of the globe, LFS has always been a cultural hub where fresh voices, experiences and perspectives rub shoulders with tradition and history. The story of film has played out here at Shelton Street — the pull of celluloid, alongside the push of the new and the emergence of a digital world. Here, LFS takes both seriously to celebrate a tradition of innovation.

LFS is built around a conservatoire model, providing a hothouse environment for intense creative work. Their MA programs in Filmmaking, Screenwriting and International Film Business are recognised by Creative Skillset as industry standard and at a level of professionalism that has delivered the school the status of a Film Academy. The school is one of only three such academies in the UK.

MetFilm School
London, England
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MetFilm School is a world-leading film, television and online media school which offers undergraduate, postgraduate and short courses in London and Berlin. The London campus is based at the famous Ealing Studios, known for the production such as The Ladykillers, Notting Hill, Downton Abbey and The Theory of Everything.

“Our mission is to inspire a new generation of creative professionals. We bring the education and screen industries together in a creative environment, driven by great teaching and practical, hands-on experience, led by inspiring role models.

Whichever course you choose, whether it’s for 3 years or a weekend, general filmmaking or a specialist discipline, we look forward to welcoming you to the School and giving you our full support in your next steps as a smart screen creative.”

National Film and Television School
Beaconsfield, England
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The National Film and Television School is one of the top film, television and new media schools in the world, as evidenced by the Observer newspaper describing the NFTS as the “The Best Film School in the World.” No other film school offers so many individual specialist practical filmmaking courses: eighteen masters degrees, fourteen diplomas, four certificates and a wide range of short courses.

NFTS courses are based on learning and applying the crafts and skills of the medium. Students are encouraged to develop a solid understanding of how their specialist role fits into the overall process of project development, production and programme-making. All practical learning is carefully integrated with seminars and other activities that place film, television and games in a historical, cultural and business context.

Raindance
London, England
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Raindance is dedicated to fostering and promoting independent film around the world. Based in the heart of London, Raindance combines Raindance Film Festival, training courses — which are offered throughout the year at our ten international hubs — and the British Independent Film Awards. Operating for more than twenty-five years, Raindance offers a wide range of evening and weekend film training courses in cities around the world, including London, Toronto, LA, Berlin and Paris, as well as online, all taught by experienced film professionals. Their courses, classes and workshops include some of the most popular in the world, spanning disciplines and crafts such as screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, special effects, editing, lighting, sound and short filmmaking to name just a few.

University of the Arts London
London, England
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The Screen School at London College of Communication goes beyond traditional academic models, designed instead to bring film and television together with the disciplines of games, animation, sound arts and design and live events. Through the use of sight and sound, students are creating lived experiences for their audiences. Screen School enables students to bridge the gap between aspiration and success in industry. Subjects are not taught in isolation, but within a diverse creative community that encourages working across disciplines, equipping students for the real world.

University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Edinburgh is one of the world’s leading universities, located in the heart of Scotland’s capital. Home to a renowned arts scene and the world’s longest continuously running film festival, The Edinburgh International Film Festival, the city offers excellent art house cinemas, galleries, theatres, a vibrant film culture and many job opportunities. The academic staff in Film Studies are published researchers with a focus on film theory, film philosophy and national cinemas while Film, Exhibition and Curation staff combine critical expertise with extensive experience in curating and making film.

University of Westminster
London, England
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Study film and television at the University of Westminster, where cutting-edge media technology and unlimited creativity click. With purpose-built studios, a set construction workshop and professional film, video and sound facilities, the school’s film and TV courses offer an ideal environment to prepare for professional life. You’ll be taught by leading academics and visiting professionals. Westminster was joint first in Media in the most recent research rankings. Students have won many awards in recent years, including an Academy Award nomination and Royal Television Society Awards in entertainment, fiction and factual.