MA Film

MA Film at Arts University Bournemouth offers an innovative, dual-pathway structure designed to address both the creative, analytic and cultural interpretation of moving-image forms, and the expanding industry demand for business aware professionals equipped for global film markets.

You can study this course full- or part-time from September or full-time from January.

MA Film at Arts University Bournemouth is designed as academically robust and industry-aware, with two complementary named awards: International Business and Film and Screen Studies.

Within the International Business pathway, the course aims to develop and strengthen your understanding across global film markets, distribution, sales, audience strategy and policy. Meanwhile, the Film and Screen Studies pathway will support research-led scholarship and practice-based inquiry through essay film, audiovisual criticism and criticalcreative methodologies.

The course integrates deeply with Bournemouth Film School (BFS)’s production ecosystem, enabling you to develop your professional literacy in production workflows, creative development processes, and industry-standard pipelines, including areas that intersect with animation and visual effects. This reflects contemporary screen-sector convergence, where film, animation, and mixed-media storytelling share production, rights and IP frameworks.

The course follows a unique dual-campus model, between AUB's own campus in Bournemouth and the University's London Hub, offering meaningful industry engagement. You'll benefit from core teaching and research support in Bournemouth, and concentrated business and industry-facing activity in London. This structure gives you access to production facilities, archives, screenings, galleries, film festivals, specialist industry organisations and cultural venues.

You'll usually have BA (Hons) degree graded at 2.1 or above, or an equivalent UK or international qualification in your chosen subject or a related discipline.

Alternative qualifications/experience

Applicants with other than the required academic qualifications will be considered for entry if there's sufficient evidence to indicate that they have the potential to fulfil the objectives of the course of study and to achieve the standard of the final award.

Applications are also welcomed from those with other qualifications or with work experience that demonstrates appropriate knowledge and skills to study at postgraduate level.