Film Studies

Join an internationally recognised group of Film Studies and Television scholars and contribute original research to this dynamic field with the Film Studies programme at University of Birmingham.

At the Film Studies Film Studies programme at University of Birmingham University of Birmingham , you’ll benefit from our interdisciplinary approach with supervisors from the Department of Film and Creative Writing and the possibility of co-supervisors from across the College of Arts and Law.

Key facts

Enhance your critical understanding of Film and TV studies with opportunities to attend research workshops, seminars and screenings and run your own research events in collaboration with other research students.  

• Wide range of academic expertise across Film and Television Studies, including specialisms such as: world cinema, film and television genres and aesthetics, philosophy, feminism and children’s media.

• The internationally recognised academics publish research in specialist publications and are active in their Film or Television Studies research field.

• Study on campus or from anywhere in the world by distance learning.

Curriculum: 

• Research into the aesthetic, historical and theoretical contexts of literature and film is complemented by our strong traditions in creative practice as research. 

• The department is home to award-winning writers and our academic work is regularly disseminated in short film, documentary and digital media formats.