Film Studies at Exeter
 If you love film, we offer a wide variety of options of suit your interests. We have expertise in Hollywood, British, European and World cinemas and give you the chance to work on your own film projects. You will benefit from high quality teaching from world-class scholars and award-winning filmmakers in residence. Our outstanding resources include the largest university library on cinema in the UK, and The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture, one of the country's finest collections of film-related materials.
This webpage provides general information about the film study and research options available in our English and Modern Languages departments.
 BA degrees in Film
We offer three innovative degree programmes covering different aspects of film such as English language cinema (Hollywood, British, Early Film, American Independent) and European and World cinema. You can combine English literature, foreign languages, or practical filmmaking with your study of film. Our students have a good track record of gaining employment in the film industry, related professions and further study.
We offer:
Information about funding, applications, accommodation and studying at Exeter can be found at the university’s Undergraduate Study website.
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 Postgraduate degrees in Film
We have a thriving postgraduate community working on most areas of American, European and world cinemas, from the development of the cinema at the beginning of the 20th century to contemporary film and television. Our MA programmes offer innovative pathways examining different aspects of film, providing a wide degree of choice. We offer opportunities for practical filmmaking at MA and PhD level. Distance learning options are also available.
General information including tuition fees, funding, training and skills can be found at the University’s Postgraduate Study website.
MA options
Our MA programmes offer a diverse set of approaches to English language and world cinemas, and there are many opportunities to work closely with staff on your own research. Our MA in Film Studies and MA in English, offer a variety of exciting pathways giving a high degree of choice.
Programme pathways include:
Depending the MA you choose, you can benefit from:
- Overseas exchanges to filmmaking departments in Europe
- Practical filmmaking with guidance from our award-winning filmmakers in residence
- Cutting edge research on topics such as technology and special effects; sound; adaptation, silent cinema; British, European and World cinemas; Hollywood; genre and gender
- Workshops from professional film makers such as Nicolas Roeg and Don Boyd
- Work on your own screenplay
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 PhD
Exeter's interdisciplinary research environment has proven remarkably productive for doctoral students with many successful PhD candidates now working full time in academic and research posts. You have the option to complete your PhD by dissertation or by practice. You may also have the opportunity to complete your PhD by distance learning.
Those following the PhD in Film by practice have produced innovative and exciting work exhibited at festivals and galleries (including the Tate Britain and Baltic) in the UK and abroad.
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Research interests
Our research interests include subjects as diverse as:
History and theory of Hollywood cinema; British and European cinemas; transnational and world cinemas (East Asian, Latin American and diasporic); early and silent cinema; US TV; film technologies and special effects; practical filmmaking; gender and sexuality; stars; adaptation studies; genre studies; sound.
 More details about our specialisms in film can be found by looking at our staff profiles.
Centre for Research into Film Studies
The Centre for Research into Film Studies was established in 1998 to provide an interdisciplinary research forum for research staff, academics, postgraduates and film practitioners. It encourages the interfacing of film theory and practice. External speakers in both academia and creative industries are regularly invited to give papers, presentations and host workshops. Our Honorary Professors in film are producer and director Don Boyd and director Nicolas Roeg.
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 The Bill Douglas Centre
The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture opened in 1997 as part of the British celebrations of the centenary of cinema. The Centre's remit is to encourage the ongoing enjoyment, understanding and study of film. The Centre provides a research collection of international stature, illustrating the development of optical recreation and popular entertainment from the late 18th century to Classical Hollywood and the present day.
Complementing the University's existing extensive resources for the study of popular culture, the Collection's 18,000 books give Exeter the country's largest University library on cinema. They are a permanent, uniquely valuable resource for postgraduate students and researchers, and also contribute to the remarkably varied undergraduate degree programmes at Exeter. Browse the collection on the digitised EVE database.
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Except where credited individually. all images on this page are courtesy of the Bill Douglas Centre, University of Exeter.
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