MA Film

The Film MA programme at Queen Mary University of London is a year-long, full-time postgraduate course that offers an immersive study of film as a cultural, social, and industrial artifact. As an international centre for film studies, Queen Mary London provides students with a comprehensive and critical understanding of film theories, history, and aesthetics. Course Content: The curriculum combines compulsory and optional modules, enabling students to study key concepts in film, cinema, and culture. Topics covered include national cinemas, authorship, genre, stardom, and the Hollywood film industry, along with broader concepts such as form, modernity, gender, and spectatorship. The final core aspect of the programme is a dissertation, wherein students work independently under the guidance of a supervisor to conduct their research and create their own analyses of movies, directors, genres, or theoretical concerns.Key Modules: Core modules include Perspectives on Film: History, Theory, Politics, Research Seminar in Film, and Dissertation. Optional modules include Film Studies with Archive Research, Cinema Distribution and Exhibition, German Cinema, Film Festival Programming: Inside East London Film Festival, An Approach to Film Form, and others. Future Careers: Graduates of the Film MA programme are equipped to pursue careers in a wide range of fields, including film production, film curation, film criticism, and other media-related careers. The course also prepares students for further academic research in film studies.For more information on this course, please visit the official course page here.