Film Studies

Offers a single honours BA programme, joint honours courses with English, Drama, History and Modern Languages, and MA degrees in Film Studies and Documentary Practice. Every single honours student has the opportunity to blend the study of film history and film theory with film practice, for example learning skills in screenplay writing, fiction filmmaking and visual essay production and curation. Our thriving community of PhD students is active in our research culture, which is enriched by regular talks by visiting academics and filmmakers and department-hosted international conferences.

The Film Department is one of the most highly reputed centres in the UK for learning about film history, film theory and film practice. Ranked first nationally for media and film studies (Guardian University League Tables, 2016), Queen Mary is leading the discipline with both cutting edge approaches to new avenues in film studies and dynamic projects in relation to the exhibition, production and curation of film.