Overview

Taught by experts, the MA Film programme seeks to engage you with the advanced study of the nature theory, and history of film.

Applicants with a specific interest in film practice should consider our separate MA Film with practice programme delivered at our Canterbury campus.

Advanced Study and Learning in a Cultural Capital

You spend the entire year at Kent’s Paris School of Arts and Culture, located in a historic corner of Montparnasse in the heart of Paris. This allows you to participate in excursions to prominent cultural locations and make use of first-class research resources that are only available in Paris, such as the Cinémathèque française, the François Truffaut Film Library, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

You study film within the context of a city that is central both to the development of filmmaking practices and to critical and theoretical approaches to the “seventh art”.

With over 360 movie screens currently in operation across the city, Paris is uniquely important to French cinema, but it also serves as a hub of global cinema where both domestic and foreign productions form an integral part of the contemporary city’s DNA.

Studying at the Paris School of Arts and Culture

Taught in English, we offer interdisciplinary, flexible programmes that take full advantage of all the cultural resources Paris offers. Study trips to the city’s museums, art exhibitions, archives, cinemas and architectural riches are an integral part of your studies. Our research and teaching will engage you in a dialogue with aesthetic, conceptual and historical perspectives.

The interdisciplinary nature of the School means you can choose modules from outside your subject area, broadening your view of your subject. As part of our international community of students and staff, you can take part in regular seminars and talks, write for the student-run literary magazine or help to organise our annual student festival.

The Film MA can also be studied between Canterbury and Paris, with the first term at our Canterbury campus and the spring term at our centre in Paris. You can also study the programme at Canterbury only.

About the Department of Film

The Film Department at the University of Kent is known for its excellence in research and teaching. Arts at Kent (including Film) was the only submission in the UK to achieve 100% ‘world leading’ assessments for both its impact and research environment in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021. One of the largest European centres for the study of film, it has an established reputation going back 35 years. Approaching film as a dynamic part of our cultural experience, we encourage thinking about film as it emerges at the intersections of art, document and entertainment. Through theory and practice, individual research, student-led seminars and visiting speakers, we promote an environment in which postgraduate students are able to engage with the continuing vibrancy of cinema.