93 Film Studies Masters Degree Programs

In today's world, visual media has become ubiquitous, with feature films, TV shows, web series, and video games being consumed on various devices. Music plays an essential role in enhancing the visual experience, whether it is heard on a smartphone or in a movie theater. Consequently, creating music for visual media has become one of the most desirable careers globally, with composers, orchestrators, and producers being in high demand.

The Film Studies MA program is designed for students interested in exploring both the history and theory of film, along with practical approaches to filmmaking. It covers a wide range of topics, including the development of cinema, film analysis, and…

Know and understand the knowledge acquired and know how to apply it in a scientific and professional environment.

The Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies at ELTE is currently the only higher institution of education in Hungary to offer an English-language MA degree in Film Studies.

The MLitt in Film Studies helps students master a range of advanced research skills and acquire knowledge related to the construction and analysis of the moving image, the past and present-day realities of various national and regional film traditions, the dynamics of the global film industry, and the theoretical approaches related to film.

The MA in Film Studies course has been designed for students who want to deepen their knowledge of world cinemas and media. It offers an extensive range of options covering all aspects of film and media including theory, history, style, representation, spectatorship, philosophy, and critical media practice (filmmaking).

The programme in MA Film offers a thorough grounding in postgraduate-level film. We are happy to consider applications from applicants with a background in either film or a related humanities subject. The MA Film programme is taught by experts in Film and seeks to engage you with the key elements that make up the diverse nature of film and moving images.

Engage in a broadly interdisciplinary study of the relationships between literature, visual culture, and film in contemporary and historical contexts. Gain cutting-edge theoretical insights into intermedial aesthetics and into the philosophy of literature, art, and film. Equip yourself with critical tools for the cultural analysis of contemporary audiovisual, image, and text-based media. We welcome applicants who wish to explore the possibilities of extending the boundaries of the traditional disciplines in the humanities by focusing their research on the relations between words, still, and moving images both historically and in contemporary culture.

If you’re looking for a graduate program that spans fiction and nonfiction storytelling and allows you to tailor your studies according to your career goals in the entertainment industry, the television, radio and film program at the Newhouse School is the place for you.

Are you fascinated by the emotional and cognitive effects of films? Do you love studying documentaries and the contributions cinema can make to discussions of climate change? Then the Master’s track ‘Film and Contemporary Audiovisual Media’ is the right one for you. Within a year you can acquire a Master’s degree from one of the Top 100 universities in the world—and you will do so in the city with the youngest population in the Netherlands. An internship in film, television or other media is part of the program as well. In ‘Film and Contemporary Audiovisual Media’ you will work closely with our international faculty, who will initiate you into the latest theoretical debates in film and media studies. You will learn to work with state-of-the-art approaches such as phenomenology, film-cognitivism, ecocriticism, film philosophy, digital film forensics, and experimental media archaeology.

MA in Film Film is the most important mass medium and art form of modern times. Shaping our modes of perception and communication, it is popular in its appeal and radical in its practices. It has transformed our ways of seeing and storytelling. Film-making and criticism is an area of immense interest, pleasure, and creativity.

The MA Film (Film with Practice) is a taught course suitable for graduates in film, practitioners who want to advance their practice in an intellectually stimulating environment and graduates from other disciplines with a passion demonstrated through amateur filmmaking.

Our Global Film MA will give you a sophisticated understanding of films as systems of meaning and practice. Explore film as both a transnational and locally embedded medium and discover more about the different ways we engage with it.

The one-year MA Film Marketing program covers B2B and B2C marketing strategies, from trailers to social media. Based in Covent Garden, it combines creative and analytical skills, emphasizing campaign execution for film distribution and VoD. Located near industry hubs like Warner Bros and Netflix, it offers key connections.

An acceptable level of proficiency in English or Afrikaans is required.

Writing series, producing feature films, designing TV formats, editing films - the world of film and television is large and growing dynamically. With the M.A. Film, Television & Digital Narratives program, you'll secure your place in the industry.

Kickstart your screen music career with our Music MA specialising in Film, TV and Games. This practical postgraduate degree is designed to hone your skills in composing for the moving image whether that is for Film, TV or Games. You will also develop a professional approach, and innovative thinking, equipping you for the dynamic nature of today's music industry.