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Film at Liverpool John Moores University - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

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.

Assessment method

To cater for the wide-ranging content of our courses and the varied learning preferences of our students, we offer a range of assessment methods on each programme. All modules offer students full flexibility in choosing the kind of assignment they prefer. Options include making a film, conducting an academic written research project, creating a video essay or writing a screenplay.

Entry requirements

Undergraduate degree: -a minimum 2:2 Honours degree in a relevant subject (Film Studies, Media Production, Computer Studies, Game Studies, Fine Art, Design, Architecture and Humanities based subject) International requirements: -IELTS: IELTS 6.5 (minimum 5.5 in each component) or equivalent. Extra Requirements: -Applicants may be invited to interview. -Applicants with professional or related experience but no formal qualifications will be considered on their individual circumstances. -Demonstrable potential to develop postgraduate level research skills. -Genuine interest and commitment to develop skils and knowledge in the academic and/or practical aspects of film studies.

English language requirements

-IELTS 6.5 (minimum 5.5 in each component) or equivalent.

Please visit the part-time course page below for more information about this programme.

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduates/36260-film-ma

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £49.85 Credit
Northern Ireland £49.85 Credit
Scotland £49.85 Credit
Wales £49.85 Credit

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Film at Liverpool John Moores University - UCAS