# List of film schools

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

| School | Location | Country | Control | Type | Enrollment | Founded | CILECT Member |
| National Film and Television Institute (NAFtTI) | Accra | Ghana | Public | | | 1978 | Yes |
| Open Window Institute - School of Film Arts | Pretoria | South Africa | Private | Bachelor of Film Arts | 800 | 1993 | No |
| South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance - AFDA | Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth | South Africa | Private | Baccalaureate college | 1100 | 1992 | Yes |
| École supérieure des arts visuels de Marrakech [fr] (Esav Marrakech) | Morocco, Marrakech | North Africa | Private | Bachelor of Film Arts | 1000 | 2006 | No |

## Asia/Pacific

| School | Location | Country | Control | Type | Enrollment | Founded | CILECT Member |
| Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University | Mymensingh | Bangladesh | Public University | Film & Media Studies | 30 | 2007 | No |
| Jahangirnagar University (Department of Drama and Dramatics) | Savar | Bangladesh | Public University | Baccalaureate college | 10,100 | 1970 | No |
| Beijing Film Academy | Beijing | China | Film School | Film and Television School | | 1950 | Yes |
| Central Academy of Drama (Department of Film & TV Art) | Beijing | China | Public University | Film and Television School | | 1949 | Yes |
| Communications University of China (School of Film and Cinematic Arts) | Beijing | China | Public University | Film and Television School | | 1954 | Yes |
| Zhejiang University of Media and Communications | Hangzhou | China | Public University | Film and Television School | | 1978 | Yes |
| Hong Kong Baptist University (Academy of Film) | Hong Kong | China | Public University | Film and Television School | | 1994 | Yes |
| Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (School of Film and Television) | Hong Kong | China | Public University | Film and Television School | | 1984 | Yes |
| City University of Hong Kong (School of Creative Media) | Hong Kong | China | | | | | |
| Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute | Kolkata | India | Film School | Film and Television School | | 1995 | Yes |
| M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute | Chennai | India | Film School | Film and Television School | | 1945 | No |
| Film and Television Institute of India | Pune | India | Film School | Film and Television School | | 1960 | Yes |
| Whistling Woods International | Mumbai | India | Film School | Film and Television School | | 2006 | Yes |
| State Institute of Film and Television | Rohtak | India | Public University | Film and Television School | | 2011 | No |
| Jyoti Chitraban Film and Television Institute | Guwahati | India | Directorate of Technical Education | Diploma | | 1999 | No |
| Annapurna International School of Film and Media | Hyderabad | India | Private not-for-profit | BA, MA and MMBA degrees | | 2011 | Yes |
| Government Film and Television Institute | Bangalore | India | Directorate of Technical Education | Diploma | | 1943 | No |
| Institute of Creative Excellence | Mumbai | India | Film School | Diploma | | 2012 | No |
| National Institute of Design | Ahmedabad | India | | | | | No |
| Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (School of Film and Mass Communication) | Allahabad | India | | | | | No |
| A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre | New Delhi | India | Jamia Millia Islamia | | | | No |
| K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts | Kottayam | India | | | | | Yes |
| Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology | Bangalore | India | | | | | No |
| Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication | Bhopal | India | Public University | Journalism School | | 2021 | No |
| Indonesia Institute of Arts | Yogyakarta | Indonesia | Film School | Film and Television School | | 1950 | No |
| Multimedia Nusantara University (College of Arts and Design, Department of Film) | Tangerang | Indonesia | | | | | No |
| SAE Institute Indonesia | Jakarta | Indonesia | SAE Institute (private) | | | | No |
| Japan Institute of the Moving Image | Kawasaki, Kanagawa | Japan | Film School | Film and Television School | | 1975 | Yes |
| Nihon University (College of Art, Department of Cinema) | Tokyo | Japan | Film School | Research University | | 1921 | Yes |
| University of the Philippines Film Institute | Quezon City | Philippines | University of the Philippines (public) | Film School | | 2003 | Yes |
| Asia Pacific Film Institute | Mandaluyong | Philippines | Private | Film School | | | No |
| De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (School of Design and Arts) | Malate, Manila | Philippines | Private | | | | No |
| International Academy of Film and Television | Lapu-Lapu | Philippines | Private | Film School | | | No |
| Mapúa University | Intramuros | Philippines | | | | | No |
| Mowelfund Film Institute | | Philippines | | | | | No |
| University of San Carlos | | Philippines | Private | | | | No |
| Nanyang Polytechnic (School of Interactive & Digital Media) | Singapore | Singapore | Film School | Polytechnic | | 2006 | Yes |
| Nanyang Technological University (School of Art, Design and Media) | Singapore | Singapore | Public University | | | 1992 | Yes |
| Ngee Ann Polytechnic (School of Film & Media Studies) | Singapore | Singapore | Film School | Polytechnic | | 1989 | Yes |
| LASALLE College of the Arts (Puttnam School of Film & Animation) | Singapore | Singapore | Public University | | | 2011 | Yes |
| Tisch School of the Arts Asia | Singapore | Singapore | New York University Tisch School of the Arts | | | | No |
| SAE Institute Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | SAE Institute (private) | | | | No |
| Temasek Polytechnic | Singapore | Singapore | | | | | No |
| Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts | Singapore | Singapore | | | | | No |
| Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts | Anseong | South Korea | Film School | Technical School | | 1997 | Yes |
| Chung-Ang University (Performance Film Creation) | Seoul and Anseong | South Korea | | | | | No |
| Dongguk University (Division of Theatre & Film and Media) | Seoul | South Korea | | | | | Yes |
| Busan Asian Film School | Busan | South Korea | | | | | Yes |
| Hanyang University | | South Korea | Private | | | | No |
| Korea National University of Arts (School of Film, TV & Multimedia) | Seoul | South Korea | Public | | | | No |
| Seoul Institute of the Arts (Department of Film) | Seoul | South Korea | | | | 1978 | No |
| Multimedia University, or MMU (Faculty of Creative Multimedia, Cinematic Arts) | Johor | Malaysia | Private | Film program | | | No |
| Mahidol University International College (Fine and Applied Arts) | Salaya | Thailand | Mahidol University | Entertainment media program | | | No |

### 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

| School | Location | Country | Control | Type | Enrollment | Founded | CILECT Member (for-profit) |
| Footscray City Films | Melbourne | Australia | Private (for-profit) | Special-focus institution | 80 | 1981 | No |
| MAPS Film School | Adelaide | Australia | Private (for-profit) | Special-focus institution | 45 | 1983 | No |
| Griffith Film School | Brisbane | Australia | Public University | Baccalaureate college | 1000 | 1971 | Yes |
| University of Melbourne (Victorian College of the Arts) | Melbourne | Australia | Public University | Research university/VH | 38,281 | 1853 | Yes |
| Deakin University | Melbourne | Australia | Public University | Research university/VH | 52,000 | 1974 | No |
| Australian Film Television and Radio School | Multiple | Australia | Private (for-profit) | Master's university | | 1973 | Yes |
| RMIT School of Media and Communication (Department of Film and Television) | Melbourne | Australia | Private (for-profit) | Baccalaureate college | | 2009 | No |
| Bond University | Gold Coast | Australia | Private (for-profit) | Baccalaureate college | | 1987 | No |
| Film and Television Institute | Fremantle | Australia | Private (for-profit) | Baccalaureate college | | 1987 | No |
| WA Screen Academy | Mount Lawley | Australia | Private (for-profit) | Master's university | | 2005 | Yes |
| SAE Institute | Multiple | Australia | Private (for-profit) | Special-focus institution | | 1976 | No |
| University of Queensland | Brisbane | Australia | Public | Research university/VH | 46,826 | 1909 | No |
| University of Auckland (School of Film, Television & Media Studies, Screen Production) | Auckland | New Zealand | Film School | Public University | | | Yes |
| Auckland University of Technology (School of Communication Studies) | Auckland | New Zealand | | | | | No |
| South Seas Film and Television School | Auckland | New Zealand | | | | | No |
| Unitec New Zealand (School of Performing and Screen Arts) | Auckland | New Zealand | | | | | No |
| The New Zealand Film & Television School | Wellington | New Zealand | | | | | No |
| Sydney Film School | Sydney | Australia | Private (for-profit) | | | 2004 | No |

## Europe

| School | Location | Country | Control | Type Film School | Enrollment | Founded | CILECT Member |
| Icelandic Film School | Reykjavík | Iceland | Private | Film School | | 1992 | Yes |
| Focus Movie Academy | Milan, Florence | Italy | Private | Film School | | 2013 | No |
| Prague Film Institute | Prague | Czech Republic | Private | Higher Nationals Film School | | 1999 | No |
| Prague Film School | Prague | Czech Republic | Private | Film School | 100 | 2003 | No |
| Roma Film Academy (formerly, NUCT Scuola Internazionale Cinema e Televisione) | Rome | Italy | Private | Film and Television School | limited | 2014 | No |
| International School of Audiovisual Creation and Realisation | Paris, Nice, and Rennes | France | Private | Film & Television School | | 1972 | No |
| Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography | Moscow | Russia | Public University | | | 1919 | Yes |
| High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors | Moscow | Russia | | | | | No |
| GITR Film and Television school | Moscow | Russia | | | | | Yes |
| Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia | Rome | Italy | Public Institution | | | 1935 | Yes |
| SAE Institute | Milan | Italy | Private | arts college | | | No |
| Istituto Europeo di Design | Milan | Italy | | | | | |
| Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague - FAMU | Prague | Czech Republic | Public University | | | 1946 | Yes |
| National Film School of Denmark | Copenhagen | Denmark | | | | 1966 | Yes |
| European Film College | Ebeltoft | Denmark | Folk High School | | | 1993 | Yes |
| Baltic Film and Media School | Tallinn | Estonia | Public University | | | 2005 | Yes |
| Academy of Media Arts Cologne | Cologne | Germany | Public University | | | 1990 | Yes |
| Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin | Berlin | Germany | Film School | | | 1966 | Yes |
| Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg | Potsdam | Germany | Public university | | | 1954 | Yes |
| Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg | Ludwigsburg | Germany | Film School | | | 1991 | Yes |
| International Film School Cologne | Cologne | Germany | Film School | | | 2000 | Yes |
| Stuttgart Media University | Stuttgart | Germany | Public university | | | 2001 | No |
| Film School of the Aristotle University | Thessaloniki | Greece | Public University | | | 2004 | No |
| American University of Paris | Paris | France | Private | | | 1962 | No |
| La Femis (formerly IDHEC) | Paris | France | Public University | | | 1944 | Yes |
| École Supérieure d'Audiovisuel (ENSAV) | Toulouse | France | University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès | | | 1978 | Yes |
| The International Film School of Paris (EICAR) | Paris | France | Private | Film school | | | |
| École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière | Paris | France | | Film school | | 1926 | Yes |
| National Film School in Łódź (formerly The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź) | Łódź | Poland | Public University | Film school | | 1948 | Yes |
| Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts | Sofia | Bulgaria | Public University | | | 1948 | Yes |
| Filmacademy Vienna | Vienna | Austria | Public University | | | 1952 | Yes |
| National Film and Television School | Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom | Educational Charity | Postgraduate Film, Television and Games school | ca. 300 | 1971 | Yes |
| Bournemouth Film School | Bournemouth | United Kingdom | Public University | Film School | 250 | 1963 | Yes |
| Lisbon Theatre and Film School | Lisbon | Portugal | Public University | | | 1971 | Yes |
| Screen Academy Scotland - | Edinburgh | Scotland | Public University | | | 2004 | Yes |
| Film School in Pisek | Písek | Czech Republic | Private | | | 2004 | No |
| London Film School | London | United Kingdom | Educational Charity | Postgraduate Film School | ca. 250 | 1956 | Yes |
| Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School | Katowice | Poland | University of Silesia (public) | Film & Television School | ca. 600 | 1978 | No |
| The Madrid Film School (or ECAM) | Madrid | Spain | Cultural Foundation | Film & Television School | ca. 300 | 1994 | Yes |
| National Film School | Dublin | Ireland | Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology | | | | |
| Netherlands Film and Television Academy | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Amsterdam University of the Arts | Film & Television School | - | 1958 | Yes |
| RITCS (Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound) | Brussels | Belgium | Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts | Film, Television, Theater School | - | 1962 | Yes |
| Catholic University of Portugal (School of Arts) | Porto | Portugal | | | | | |
| The Norwegian Filmschool | Lillehammer | Norway | Lillehammer University College | | | | |
| Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography | Bucharest | Romania | | | | 1950 | |
| Academy of Arts, Belgrade | Belgrade | Serbia | | | | | |
| Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University | Kyiv | Ukraine | | | | | |
| Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, or VSMU (Faculty of Film and Television) | Bratislava | Slovakia | | | | | |
| Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art | Stockholm | Sweden | | | | | |
| University of Gothenburg (School of Film Directing) | Gothenburg | Sweden | | | | | |

### Turkey

* Istanbul Bilgi University
* Istanbul Kültür University (IKU), CILECT Member.
* Istanbul University (Faculty of Communication, Radio, TV and Cinema).
* Izmir University of Economics (Faculty of Communication, Department of Cinema and Digital Media)
* Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
* Yaşar University Film Design.

### United Kingdom

The following film schools are internationally accredited by the International Association of Film and Television Schools, or CILECT.
* Bournemouth Film School, Arts University Bournemouth
* Falmouth University,
* University of Hertfordshire
* London Film School
* Met Film School
* National Film and Television School
* Film & TV School Wales, University of South Wales
* Northern Film School at Leeds Beckett University
* Screen Academy Scotland, Napier University
* University for the Creative Arts at Farnham
* Westminster Film School, University of Westminster
Other schools (which may accredited by Creative Skillset):
* University of Bristol, Department of Drama
* University of Gloucestershire
* Goldsmiths, University of London
* Kingston University, London
* Skillset Screen Academy at LCC, University of the Arts London
* London Film Academy
* Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
* Middlesex University, Hendon, London
* Richmond University, London
* Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication

## North America

| School | Location | Country | Control | Type | Enrollment | Founded | CILECT Member |
| Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) | Mexico City | Mexico | Secretariat of Culture, Government of Mexico (public) | Film school | | 1975 | Yes |
| Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (CUEC) | Mexico City | Mexico | National Autonomous University of Mexico (public) | Film school | | | No |
| Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas | Mexico City | Mexico | Public university | | | 1963 | Yes |
| University of Regina - Dept. of Media Production & Studies | Regina, Saskatchewan | Canada | Public university | Doctoral university/R2 | | 1970 | No |
| Simon Fraser University - Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology | Burnaby, British Columbia | Canada | Public University | Doctoral university/R2 | 34000 | 1965 | No |
| Queen's University Department of Film and Media | Kingston, Ontario | Canada | Public university | Doctoral university/R1 | 23,883 | 1841 | No |
| Toronto Film School | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | Private College | Diploma | | 1928 | No |
| Toronto Metropolitan University School of Image Arts: Film Department | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | Public university | Doctoral university/R2 | | 1948 | Yes |
| Ontario College of Art & Design Faculty of Arts: Integrated Media Department | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | Public university | Master's university/S | 6,072 | 1876 | No |
| Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts) | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada | Private | Diploma | | 1995 | No |
| InFocus Film School | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada | Private College | Diploma | 250 | 2010 | No |
| Vancouver Film School | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada | Private | | | 1987 | No |
| Langara College | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada | Public College | | 8,350 | 1970 | No |
| University of British Columbia | Kelowna and Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada | Public university | Doctoral university/R1 | 57,075 | 1908 | No |
| Emily Carr University of Art and Design | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada | Public University | Art & Design | 1,828 | 1925 | No |
| Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema (Concordia) | Montreal, Quebec | Canada | Public university | Doctoral university/R2 | | 1997 | No |
| Gulf Islands Film and Television School (GIFTS) | Galiano Island, British Columbia | Canada | Public Institution | Certificate | | 1995 | No |
| Sheridan College School of Animation, Arts and Design: Media Arts; Advanced Television and Film | Oakville, Ontario | Canada | Public University | | | 1967 | Yes |
| York University Department of Film | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | Public university | Doctoral university/R2 | 53,900 | 1959 | Yes |
| Capilano University | North Vancouver and Squamish, British Columbia | Canada | Public university | Baccalaureate university | 7,500 | 1968 | No |
| Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Canada | Public University | | 971 | 1887 | No |
| Red Deer College | Red Deer, Alberta | Canada | Public comprehensive community college | | 7,000 | 1964 | No |
| SAIT Polytechnic | Calgary, Alberta | Canada | Public university | Baccalaureate university | 17,516 | 1916 | No |
| Université du Québec à Montréal | Montreal, Quebec | Canada | Public university | Research university/H | 41,296 | 1969 | Yes |

### United States
## South America

| School | Location | Country | Control | Type | Founded | CILECT Member |
| National School of Film Experimentation and Production (ENERC) | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Public University | | 1965 | Yes |
| University of São Paulo | São Paulo | Brazil | Public University | Research university/VH | | Yes |
| Federal University of Santa Catarina | Florianópolis | Brazil | Public University | | 2005 | No |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Private | | | No |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Private | | | No |
| State University of Campinas | Campinas | Brazil | Public University | | | No |
| Fluminense Federal University | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Public University | | | No |
| Federal University of Minas Gerais | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | Public University | | | No |
| Estácio de Sá University | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Private | | | No |
| University of Chile | Santiago | Chile | Public University | Research university/VH | | No |
| University for the Arts, Sciences, and Communication | | Chile | Private | | | No |
| Audiovisual Arts School of the Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, UNAB | | Colombia | Private University | | | No |
| Film and TV School of the National University of Colombia | Bogotá | Colombia | Public University | Research university/VH | | Yes |
| Central University | Bogotá | Colombia | Private University | | | No |
| Iberoamerican Documentary Film School | Mérida | Venezuela | Open University | | | No |
| Escuela Nacional de Cine | Caracas | Venezuela | Private | | | No |
| Federal University of Santa Catarina (Cinema) | Florianopolis | Brazil | | | | No |
| Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión | San Antonio de los Baños | Cuba | Private | | 1986 | Yes |