Master of Arts - International Film Production

MA International Film Production trains filmmakers to produce work at professional standard: development and producing, directing and cinematography, production management and budgeting, post-production workflows, and international co-production and distribution contexts.

The source records a placement or industry element within the one-year structure, preserved in this sheet’s duration field, which matters considerably in a credits-driven industry where a documented professional attachment carries more weight than coursework.

Students work in crewed teams on films taken from development through delivery, learning the division of labour and scheduling discipline that separates completed productions from abandoned ones, and the international framing addresses co-production finance and cross-border distribution.

At £18,600 this is the most expensive course in the batch, and families deserve a frank cost-benefit conversation: film production is freelance, credits-driven and initially poorly paid, so the year’s value lies in the films completed, the crew relationships formed and the industry element recorded in the course structure rather than in the certificate. Students should therefore aim to finish and festival-submit work rather than merely pass modules. Production costs beyond tuition should also be budgeted, and September entries run across the three recorded admission cycles. Applicants should submit any existing showreel or completed film with their application, since evidence of finished work distinguishes candidates on a production-focused course.

Graduates work as producers, production managers and development staff, typically freelance at first and building toward staff roles. The master’s carries Graduate Route eligibility at 18 months under the rules governing post-2026 applications, and dependants cannot accompany taught postgraduate students.