About this course

This hybrid MA enables students to develop practical and theoretical skills in film production and analysis.

• Combine practical filmmaking and film criticism
• Choose between practical and theoretical assignments
• Embed your learning within an academic and film industry-based context
• Study on a course that explores and promotes filmmaking in the city of Liverpool, capitalising on its cinematic history and its current and future production activity
• Learn from staff with a broad range of research specialisms, including practical filmmaking, academic writing, screenwriting and producing video essays

Studying on this new MA affords you the opportunity to study in one of the UKs most dynamic cities. Liverpool is the second most filmed city in the UK after London and has a vibrant media and cultural industry.

This forward-looking MA prepares you for bridging the traditional gap between theory and practice, by inviting you to both 'think' and 'do' film, thus bringing down barriers and forging new approaches to the analysis and production of films.

The MA Film promotes an experimental approach that considers film as a tool for research and a means for understanding, exploring and representing the world. The programme will build a cohort of practice-informed academics, and theory-informed practitioners, while offering the opportunity to study in a dynamic city with a burgeoning film industry.

Career paths

Further your career prospects

LJMU has an excellent employability record with 96% (HESA 2018) of our postgraduates in work or further study six months after graduation. Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.

Graduates on this programme would typically be either working in or looking to move into careers in:

• Film Production
• Digital Content Production and Distribution
• Marketing and Communication
• Tourism
• Location Scouting
• Film Festivals
• Teaching
• Corporate Communications
• Cultural Management
• Further Postgraduate study (MPhil and PhD).