The following is a list of notable film schools that are active, grouped by country.
Around the world, there are both public and private institutions dedicated to teaching film either as a department within 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.
Africa SchoolLocationCountryControlTypeEnrollmentFoundedCILECT MemberNational Film and Television Institute (NAFtTI)AccraGhanaPublic1978YesOpen Window Institute - School of Film ArtsPretoriaSouth AfricaPrivateBachelor of Film Arts8001993NoSouth African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance - AFDAJohannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port ElizabethSouth AfricaPrivateBaccalaureate college11001992Yes (Esav Marrakech)Morocco, MarrakechNorth AfricaPrivateBachelor of Film Arts10002006No
Asia/Pacific SchoolLocationCountryControlTypeEnrollmentFoundedCILECT MemberJatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam UniversityMymensinghBangladeshPublic UniversityFilm & Media Studies302007NoO.P. Jindal Global University (Jindal School of Journalism and Communication)SonipatIndiaPrivate UniversityFilm and Media StudiesJahangirnagar University (Department of Drama and Dramatics)SavarBangladeshPublic UniversityBaccalaureate college10,1001970NoBeijing Film AcademyBeijingChinaFilm SchoolFilm and Television School1950YesCentral Academy of Drama (Department of Film & TV Art)BeijingChinaPublic UniversityFilm and Television School1949YesCommunications University of China (School of Film and Cinematic Arts)BeijingChinaPublic UniversityFilm and Television School1954YesZhejiang University of Media and CommunicationsHangzhouChinaPublic UniversityFilm and Television School1978YesHong Kong Baptist University (Academy of Film)Hong KongChinaPublic UniversityFilm and Television School1994YesHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (School of Film and Television)Hong KongChinaPublic UniversityFilm and Television School1984YesCity University of Hong Kong (School of Creative Media)Hong KongChinaSatyajit Ray Film and Television InstituteKolkataIndiaFilm SchoolFilm and Television School1995YesM.G.R. Government Film and Television Training InstituteChennaiIndiaFilm SchoolFilm and Television School1945NoFilm and Television Institute of IndiaPuneIndiaFilm SchoolFilm and Television School1960YesWhistling Woods InternationalMumbaiIndiaFilm SchoolFilm and Television School2006YesState Institute of Film and TelevisionRohtakIndiaPublic UniversityFilm and Television School2011NoJyoti Chitraban Film and Television InstituteGuwahatiIndiaDirectorate of Technical EducationDiploma1999NoAnnapurna College of Film and MediaHyderabadIndiaPrivate not-for-profitBA, MA and MMBA degrees2011YesGovernment Film and Television InstituteBangaloreIndiaDirectorate of Technical EducationDiploma1943NoInstitute of Creative ExcellenceMumbaiIndiaFilm SchoolDiploma2012NoNational Institute of DesignAhmedabadIndiaNoSam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (School of Film and Mass Communication)AllahabadIndiaNoA.J.K. Mass Communication Research CentreNew DelhiIndiaJamia Millia IslamiaNoK. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and ArtsKottayamIndiaYesSrishti Institute of Art Design and TechnologyBangaloreIndiaNoMakhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and CommunicationBhopalIndiaPublic UniversityJournalism School2021NoIndonesia Institute of ArtsYogyakartaIndonesiaFilm SchoolFilm and Television School1950NoMultimedia Nusantara University (College of Arts and Design, Department of Film)TangerangIndonesiaNoSAE Institute IndonesiaJakartaIndonesiaSAE Institute
(private)NoJapan Institute of the Moving ImageKawasaki, KanagawaJapanFilm SchoolFilm and Television School1975YesNihon University (College of Art, Department of Cinema)TokyoJapanFilm SchoolResearch University1921YesUniversity of the Philippines Film InstituteQuezon CityPhilippinesUniversity of the Philippines (public)Film School2003YesAsia Pacific Film InstituteMandaluyongPhilippinesPrivateFilm SchoolNoDe La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (School of Design and Arts)Malate, ManilaPhilippinesPrivateNoInternational Academy of Film and TelevisionLapu-LapuPhilippinesPrivateFilm SchoolNoMapúa UniversityIntramurosPhilippinesNoMowelfund Film InstitutePhilippinesNoUniversity of San CarlosPhilippinesPrivateNoNanyang Polytechnic (School of Interactive & Digital Media)SingaporeSingaporeFilm SchoolPolytechnic2006YesNanyang Technological University (School of Art, Design and Media)SingaporeSingaporePublic University1992YesNgee Ann Polytechnic (School of Film & Media Studies)SingaporeSingaporeFilm SchoolPolytechnic1989YesLASALLE College of the Arts (Puttnam School of Film & Animation)SingaporeSingaporePublic University2011YesTisch School of the Arts AsiaSingaporeSingaporeNew York University Tisch School of the ArtsNoSAE Institute SingaporeSingaporeSingaporeSAE Institute
(private)NoTemasek PolytechnicSingaporeSingaporeNoNanyang Academy of Fine ArtsSingaporeSingaporeNoDong-ah Institute of Media and ArtsAnseongSouth KoreaFilm SchoolTechnical School1997YesChung-Ang University (Performance Film Creation)Seoul and AnseongSouth KoreaNoDongguk University (Division of Theatre & Film and Media)SeoulSouth KoreaYesBusan Asian Film SchoolBusanSouth KoreaYesHanyang UniversitySouth KoreaPrivateNoKorea National University of Arts (School of Film, TV & Multimedia)SeoulSouth KoreaPublicNoSeoul Institute of the Arts (Department of Film)SeoulSouth Korea1978NoMultimedia University, or MMU (Faculty of Creative Multimedia, Cinematic Arts)JohorMalaysiaPrivateFilm programNoMahidol University International College (Fine and Applied Arts)SalayaThailandMahidol UniversityEntertainment media programNo
Pakistan
University of Lahore (School of Creative Arts) Lahore Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi University of Karachi (Department of Visual Studies), Karachi Iqra University, Karachi National College of Arts, Lahore Beaconhouse National University, Lahore Punjab University, Lahore
Middle East 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
Jordan
Yarmouk University Amman Filmmakers Cooperative Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts
Lebanon
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts Lebanese American University Notre Dame University – Louaize
United Arab Emirates
The College of Architecture, Art & Design at the American University of Sharjah
Syria
The College of Art, Cinema and Theater Department Arab International University
The High Institute For Cinema Ministry Of Culture
Oceania SchoolLocationCountryControlTypeEnrollmentFoundedCILECT Member (for-profit)Footscray City FilmsMelbourneAustraliaPrivate (for-profit)Special-focus institution801981NoMAPS Film SchoolAdelaideAustraliaPrivate (for-profit)Special-focus institution451983NoGriffith Film SchoolBrisbaneAustraliaPublic UniversityBaccalaureate college10001971YesUniversity of Melbourne (Victorian College of the Arts)MelbourneAustraliaPublic UniversityResearch university/VH38,2811853YesDeakin UniversityMelbourneAustraliaPublic UniversityResearch university/VH52,0001974NoAustralian Film Television and Radio SchoolMultipleAustraliaPrivate (for-profit)Master's university1973YesRMIT School of Media and Communication (Department of Film and Television)MelbourneAustraliaPrivate (for-profit)Baccalaureate college2009result of a mergerNoBond UniversityGold CoastAustraliaPrivate (for-profit)Baccalaureate college1987NoFilm and Television InstituteFremantleAustraliaPrivate (for-profit)Baccalaureate college1987NoWA Screen AcademyMount LawleyAustraliaPrivate (for-profit)Master's university2005YesSAE InstituteMultipleAustraliaPrivate (for-profit)Special-focus institution1976NoUniversity of QueenslandBrisbaneAustraliaPublicResearch university/VH46,8261909NoUniversity of Auckland (School of Film, Television & Media Studies, Screen Production)AucklandNew ZealandFilm SchoolPublic UniversityYesAuckland University of Technology (School of Communication Studies)AucklandNew ZealandNoSouth Seas Film and Television SchoolAucklandNew ZealandNoUnitec New Zealand (School of Performing and Screen Arts)AucklandNew ZealandNoThe New Zealand Film & Television SchoolWellingtonNew ZealandNoSydney Film School SydneyAustraliaPrivate (for-profit)2004No
Europe SchoolLocationCountryControlType Film SchoolEnrollmentFoundedCILECT MemberIcelandic Film SchoolReykjavíkIcelandPrivateFilm School1992YesFocus Movie AcademyMilan, FlorenceItalyPrivateFilm School2013NoPrague Film InstitutePragueCzech RepublicPrivateHigher Nationals Film School1999NoPrague Film SchoolPragueCzech RepublicPrivateFilm School1002002NoRoma Film Academy (formerly, NUCT Scuola Internazionale Cinema e Televisione)RomeItalyPrivateFilm and Television Schoollimited2014NoInternational School of Audiovisual Creation and RealisationParis, Nice, and RennesFrancePrivateFilm & Television School1972NoGerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK)MoscowRussiaPublic University1919YesHigh Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors [see: in Russian]MoscowRussiaNoGITR Film and Television schoolMoscowRussiaYesCentro Sperimentale di CinematografiaRomeItalyPublic Institution1935YesSAE InstituteMilanItalyPrivatearts collegeNoIstituto Europeo di DesignMilanItalyFilm and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague - FAMUPragueCzech RepublicPublic University1946YesNational Film School of DenmarkCopenhagenDenmark1966YesEuropean Film CollegeEbeltoftDenmarkFolk High School1993YesBaltic Film and Media SchoolTallinnEstoniaPublic University2005YesAcademy of Media Arts CologneCologneGermanyPublic University1990YesDeutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie BerlinBerlinGermanyFilm School1966YesKonrad Wolf Film University of BabelsbergPotsdamGermanyPublic university1954YesFilmakademie Baden-WürttembergLudwigsburgGermanyFilm School1991YesInternational Film School CologneCologneGermanyFilm School2000YesStuttgart Media UniversityStuttgartGermanyPublic university2001NoFilm School of the Aristotle UniversityThessalonikiGreecePublic University2004NoAmerican University of ParisParisFrancePrivate1962NoLa Femis (formerly IDHEC)ParisFrancePublic University1944YesÉcole Supérieure d'Audiovisuel (ENSAV)ToulouseFranceUniversity of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès1978YesThe International Film School of Paris (EICAR)ParisFrancePrivateFilm schoolÉcole nationale supérieure Louis-LumièreParisFranceFilm school1926YesNational Film School in Łódź (formerly The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź) Cilect List - The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodzhttp://www.filmschool.lodz.pl The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in LodzŁódźPolandPublic UniversityFilm school1948YesKrastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film ArtsSofiaBulgariaPublic University1948YesFilmacademy ViennaViennaAustriaPublic University1952YesNational Film and Television SchoolBeaconsfield, BuckinghamshireUnited KingdomEducational CharityPostgraduate Film, Television and Games schoolca. 3001971YesBournemouth Film SchoolBournemouthUnited KingdomPublic UniversityFilm School2501963YesLisbon Theatre and Film SchoolLisbonPortugalPublic University1971YesScreen Academy Scotland -EdinburghScotlandPublic University2004YesFilm School in PisekPísekCzech RepublicPrivate2004NoLondon Film SchoolLondonUnited KingdomEducational CharityPostgraduate Film Schoolca. 2501956YesKrzysztof Kieślowski Film SchoolKatowicePolandUniversity of Silesia