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Manchester Metropolitan University: Filmmaking
| Institution | Manchester Metropolitan University View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | School of Digital Arts |
| Web | www.mmu.ac.uk/international |
| courses@mmu.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 0161 247 6969 |
| Study type | Taught |
MA
Summary
MA Filmmaking explores contemporary storytelling across a range of media and platforms, with a focus on short form filmmaking, including narrative, documentary and artistic practices. You will develop your voice and identity as a filmmaker communicating your ideas through a range of creative, conceptual and technological approaches. Industry-focussed and experimental production techniques will be framed by sustainable practice and evolving modes of storytelling to help shape your filmmaking future.
The School of Digital Arts (SODA) fosters professional connections within the local and global creative industries, putting you at the forefront of the shifting media landscape. Equipped with the latest emerging technologies you'll gain industry-standard skills and collaborate with a vibrant community of creatives, supported by a staff team that encompasses international research and embedded industry professionals within the wider creative media, arts and digital tech industries.
Features & Benefits - Located in Manchester, this course positions filmmakers within one of the UK's key centres for screen industries. The city is home to a vibrant digital production landscape, featuring everything from innovative start-ups to established companies like the BBC and ITV, all situated in nearby Salford’s Media City.
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You will hone your practical and critical skills while gaining invaluable experience through live industry connections with some of the city’s premiere commercial and cultural institutions. In the past our students have collaborated with HOME, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Factory International and the Imperial War Museum.
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Engage in hands-on projects that mirror professional filmmaking environments and help to build your industry networks.
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Learn from internationally recognised, expert staff who are active filmmakers, artists and practitioners.
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Utilise SODA's industry standard facilities, including green screens, edit suites and film studios. You'll have support from a team of technicians who can give tutorials on the equipment.
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Create projects that address challenging creative briefs across various formats, including narrative film, documentary, artists’ film, and immersive media, with opportunities for screening at esteemed national and international film festivals.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
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| Entry requirements | You should have at least a 2:2 undergraduate UK honours degree in a relevant discipline (eg Filmmaking; Film & Television Production; Creative Film Production; Media Production; Digital Media Production; Sound & Video; Photography; Media Communication). Equivalent EU/international qualifications are also accepted. Applicants who do not meet these criteria will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Other professional qualifications will be considered on merit and/or with relevant professional experience. Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English language qualification. |
| Location | Main Site Academic Division Oxford Road All Saints Manchester M15 6BH |
Summary
MA Filmmaking explores contemporary storytelling across a range of media and platforms, with a focus on short form filmmaking, including narrative, documentary and artistic practices. You will develop your voice and identity as a filmmaker communicating your ideas through a range of creative, conceptual and technological approaches. Industry-focussed and experimental production techniques will be framed by sustainable practice and evolving modes of storytelling to help shape your filmmaking future.
The School of Digital Arts (SODA) fosters professional connections within the local and global creative industries, putting you at the forefront of the shifting media landscape. Equipped with the latest emerging technologies you'll gain industry-standard skills and collaborate with a vibrant community of creatives, supported by a staff team that encompasses international research and embedded industry professionals within the wider creative media, arts and digital tech industries.
Features & Benefits - Located in Manchester, this course positions filmmakers within one of the UK's key centres for screen industries. The city is home to a vibrant digital production landscape, featuring everything from innovative start-ups to established companies like the BBC and ITV, all situated in nearby Salford’s Media City.
-
You will hone your practical and critical skills while gaining invaluable experience through live industry connections with some of the city’s premiere commercial and cultural institutions. In the past our students have collaborated with HOME, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Factory International and the Imperial War Museum.
-
Engage in hands-on projects that mirror professional filmmaking environments and help to build your industry networks.
-
Learn from internationally recognised, expert staff who are active filmmakers, artists and practitioners.
-
Utilise SODA's industry standard facilities, including green screens, edit suites and film studios. You'll have support from a team of technicians who can give tutorials on the equipment.
-
Create projects that address challenging creative briefs across various formats, including narrative film, documentary, artists’ film, and immersive media, with opportunities for screening at esteemed national and international film festivals.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You should have at least a 2:2 undergraduate UK honours degree in a relevant discipline (eg Filmmaking; Film & Television Production; Creative Film Production; Media Production; Digital Media Production; Sound & Video; Photography; Media Communication). Equivalent EU/international qualifications are also accepted. Applicants who do not meet these criteria will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Other professional qualifications will be considered on merit and/or with relevant professional experience. Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English language qualification. |
| Location | Main Site Academic Division Oxford Road All Saints Manchester M15 6BH |
Summary
In the changing world of contemporary filmmaking, there is an increasing range of possibilities for future storytelling across different media and platforms. MA Filmmaking course explores filmmaking within a wide range of professional contexts. This includes a distinctive focus on short form filmmaking, spanning narrative, documentary, artistic and technological practices across a range of platforms.
You will be encouraged to develop an authorial voice using a wide range of creative, conceptual and technological approaches to communicate your ideas and observations. Working with established techniques and experimental and disruptive production processes, you will have the opportunity to develop specialist skills whilst exploring a range of interdisciplinary and collaborative working methods within the the School of Digital Arts (SODA).
As a filmmaking student you will be based within a cutting-edge, purpose-built building, equipped with the latest emerging technologies to enable you to develop industry-standard skills for creating and researching content across the latest digital platforms. It’s a place that will offer the opportunity to collaborate with a dynamic creative community of sound designers, photographers, games developers and more. SODA is also home to staff from a wide range of creative disciplines, who are research active and experts in their chosen areas and who have well-established links to the wider creative media, arts and digital tech industries.
During the course you will also develop professional links with the creative community and industries both locally, nationally and internationally. For students and creative media professionals alike, SODA is well positioned within Manchester as a great place for building a network and developing your research and practice in the media, games and digital tech industries.
Features - You will join a course that fosters interesting and diverse engagement with external partners within Manchester, the region, nationally and internationally.
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You will become an integral part of SODA - home to a creative community of interdisciplinary research staff with expertise in diverse fields of practice such as Animation, Filmmaking, Photography, Games Art, Immersive Arts and Sound Design.
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You will have the space, guidance and technical resources to enable you to develop your independent practice, whilst taking advantage of the transdisciplinary activities provided by our offer of option modules and Co-Labs.
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You will have the opportunity to extend and develop your experience in the professional sphere by being introduced to our close links with national and international educational partners, research communities and strong links with the creative and digital sectors across the UK.
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By joining SODA at Manchester Met, you will become a part of the University’s dynamic research community within a city that is one of the fastest growing tech hubs in Europe with a burgeoning arts scene and creative industries sector.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You should have at least a 2:2 undergraduate UK honours degree in a relevant discipline (eg Filmmaking; Film & Television Production; Creative Film Production; Media Production; Digital Media Production; Sound & Video; Photography; Media Communication). Equivalent EU/international qualifications are also accepted. Applicants who do not meet these criteria will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Other professional qualifications will be considered on merit and/or with relevant professional experience. Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English language qualification. |
| Location | Main Site Academic Division Oxford Road All Saints Manchester M15 6BH |
Summary
In the changing world of contemporary filmmaking, there is an increasing range of possibilities for future storytelling across different media and platforms. MA Filmmaking course explores filmmaking within a wide range of professional contexts. This includes a distinctive focus on short form filmmaking, spanning narrative, documentary, artistic and technological practices across a range of platforms.
You will be encouraged to develop an authorial voice using a wide range of creative, conceptual and technological approaches to communicate your ideas and observations. Working with established techniques and experimental and disruptive production processes, you will have the opportunity to develop specialist skills whilst exploring a range of interdisciplinary and collaborative working methods within the the School of Digital Arts (SODA).
As a filmmaking student you will be based within a cutting-edge, purpose-built building, equipped with the latest emerging technologies to enable you to develop industry-standard skills for creating and researching content across the latest digital platforms. It’s a place that will offer the opportunity to collaborate with a dynamic creative community of sound designers, photographers, games developers and more. SODA is also home to staff from a wide range of creative disciplines, who are research active and experts in their chosen areas and who have well-established links to the wider creative media, arts and digital tech industries.
During the course you will also develop professional links with the creative community and industries both locally, nationally and internationally. For students and creative media professionals alike, SODA is well positioned within Manchester as a great place for building a network and developing your research and practice in the media, games and digital tech industries.
Features - You will join a course that fosters interesting and diverse engagement with external partners within Manchester, the region, nationally and internationally.
-
You will become an integral part of SODA - home to a creative community of interdisciplinary research staff with expertise in diverse fields of practice such as Animation, Filmmaking, Photography, Games Art, Immersive Arts and Sound Design.
-
You will have the space, guidance and technical resources to enable you to develop your independent practice, whilst taking advantage of the transdisciplinary activities provided by our offer of option modules and Co-Labs.
-
You will have the opportunity to extend and develop your experience in the professional sphere by being introduced to our close links with national and international educational partners, research communities and strong links with the creative and digital sectors across the UK.
-
By joining SODA at Manchester Met, you will become a part of the University’s dynamic research community within a city that is one of the fastest growing tech hubs in Europe with a burgeoning arts scene and creative industries sector.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | You should have at least a 2:2 undergraduate UK honours degree in a relevant discipline (eg Filmmaking; Film & Television Production; Creative Film Production; Media Production; Digital Media Production; Sound & Video; Photography; Media Communication). Equivalent EU/international qualifications are also accepted. Applicants who do not meet these criteria will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Other professional qualifications will be considered on merit and/or with relevant professional experience. Overseas applicants will require IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with no less than 5.5 in any category, or an equivalent accepted English language qualification. |
| Location | Main Site Academic Division Oxford Road All Saints Manchester M15 6BH |
Manchester Metropolitan University (Manchester Met) is a historic and internationally recognised institution that dates back to 1824, known for the quality of its teaching and world leading research. The University has been named Modern University of the Year (The Times Good University Guide 2026).
Manchester is an exciting and vibrant city known worldwide for its music, sport, culture and creativity. Living and studying here means being part of a global city that opens doors to opportunity.
Manchester is home to a diverse community of more than 5,000 international students from over 120 countries. International students are offered comprehensive …
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