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Fulfil your creative potential by joining the National Film and Television School!

Explore our wide range of courses, some of the most exciting and innovative in the world. You can expect the highest level of training, state-of-the-art facilities and will work with the latest advancements in high performance technology.

Channel your passion into real world skills, make unrivalled industry connections and get ready to make your dream career in the world of film, television and games a reality.

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Cinematography course link

Main Campus Jan 2026 Application deadline 1 May 2025 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Cinematography

This highly practical course explores the many ways in which the cinematographer participates in the collaborative process of translating screenplays...

Cinematography
Composing for Film and Television course link

Main Campus Jan 2026 Application deadline 1 May 2025 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Composing for Film and Television

We offer a tailored curriculum adaptable to our students’ individual needs, with access to individual music suites, recording sessions with...

Composing for Film and Television
Creative Business course link

Main Campus Jan 2025 Last Few Places available for 2025 entry 2 Years - Beaconsfield/London Full-time

Masters

Creative Business

Against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving media landscape, this course provides the entrepreneurial skills to transform existing organisations and...

Creative Business
Directing and Producing Science and Natural History course link

Main Campus Jan 2025 Last Few Places available for 2025 entry 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Directing and Producing Science and Natural History

Train to make your own films, and receive guidance from industry experts through workshops and exclusive masterclasses (including the world-renowned...

Directing and Producing Science and Natural History
Directing and Producing Television Entertainment course link

Main Campus Jan 2025 Last Few Places available for 2025 entry 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Directing and Producing Television Entertainment

This intensely practical course focuses on major entertainment genres, including factual entertainment, game shows, magazine shows and music shows. You’ll...

Directing and Producing Television Entertainment
Animation student

Main Campus Jan 2026 Application deadline 3 Jul 2025 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Directing Animation

The course encompasses both the artistic and commercial worlds of animation - our graduation films have won some of the...

Directing Animation
Directing Documentary course link

Main Campus Jan 2026 Application deadline 1 May 2025 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Directing Documentary

You'll develop the vital skills of both directing and collaboration, as you work with students in other specialisms to make...

Directing Documentary
Directing Fiction course link

Main Campus Jan 2026 Application deadline 1 May 2025 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Directing Fiction

Collaborate with students in other specialisms as you make several films and practical projects, putting into practice the skills you...

Directing Fiction
Editing course link

Main Campus Jan 2026 Application deadline 1 May 2025 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Editing

You will work to Industry standards using high-end facilities. You are encouraged to consider your craft as part of the...

Editing
Film Studies, Programming and Curation course link

Main Campus Jan 2025 Last Few Places available for 2025 entry 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Film Studies, Programming and Curation

You’ll learn about the practicalities of film exhibition in a wide range of environments, and how this intersects with other...

Film Studies, Programming and Curation
Games Design and Development course link

Main Campus Jan 2025 Last Few Places available for 2025 entry 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Games Design and Development

We have a ‘games innovation’ ethos, giving you the opportunity to create complete games in a unique environment, collaborating with...

Games Design and Development
Marketing, Distribution, Sales and Exhibition course link

Main Campus Jan 2025 Last Few Places available for 2025 entry 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Marketing, Distribution, Sales and Exhibition

You will get the opportunity to work with leading industry partners to gain specialist knowledge, insights and hands-on work experience...

Marketing, Distribution, Sales and Exhibition
Producing course link

Main Campus Jan 2026 Application deadline 1 May 2025 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Producing

As a student on the MA Producing course, you will produce at least three short films to industry standard, with...

Producing
Production Design course link

Main Campus Jan 2026 Application deadline 3 Jul 2024 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Production Design

You’ll learn in a fully equipped design studio, where you’ll be designing for live action shoots, using traditional and digital...

Production Design
Screenwriting course link

Main Campus Jan 2026 Application deadline 1 May 2025 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Screenwriting

The voice of the individual screenwriter is at the heart of our course. You’ll be taught by working screenwriters, producers...

Screenwriting
Sound Design for Film and Television course link

Main Campus Jan 2026 Application deadline 1 May 2025 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Sound Design for Film and Television

At the NFTS, you’ll get to work in industry-standard facilities and learn all aspects of audio post-production, developing the techniques...

Sound Design for Film and Television
VFX course link

Main Campus Jan 2025 Last Few Places available for 2025 entry 2 Years Full-time

Masters

Visual Effects (VFX)

Visual Effects (VFX) has been an integral part of the National Film and Television School curriculum for over 15 years...
Visual Effects (VFX)

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