Learn from top Industry professionals, collaborate with other students and create high quality films in our on-site studios or on location. This highly practical course gives you the opportunity to learn and grow in a unique environment, where all production costs are covered by the School.
Collaborate with students across the School as you make several films and work on practical projects, putting into practice the skills you learn throughout the course, with all production costs covered by the School.
The essence of this course is the practical experience of filmmaking, combined with a wide-ranging series of workshops emphasising performance, mise-en-scène and exploring how narrative works in cinema and in television.
Unlike at other UK film schools, as an NFTS student you’ll have access to our purpose-built industry standard film stages and television studios as well as professional standard production and post-production facilities. There are also 2 cinemas which are used for rushes and screenings. We have everything you’ll need as a student to bring your work to life.
This two year course allows you to add depth and understanding to your abilities, whilst regularly producing work. This is an environment where you will be both challenged and supported by staff and fellow students. Our tutor to student ratio is high, which allows the teaching to be tailored to the needs of the individual director.
The course includes weekly sessions on film and television culture, both contemporary and historical, and opportunities to learn from the work of more established directors through Masterclasses and set visits. It also includes insights with other disciplines, ranging from visual art, literature and architecture to installation and performance art.
You will also complete a dissertation/research project. This should relate to your own work and practice as a director – help articulate your sense of cinema, what you love or what you reject – to enable you to think about how you might wish to develop as a filmmaker. It will be supported by tutors at every stage, and you will be guided in your choice of subject and approach.