School of Film & Television
Focusing on getting you into the film and television industry, we offer an immersive and demanding experience across the full range of creative production roles and responsibilities - in both the technical and conceptual aspects of filmmaking.
We’ve taught filmmaking at Falmouth for over 50 years. Our state-of-the-art kit and facilities, placement opportunities, industry connections and sheer enthusiasm for telling stories help us produce award-winning, employable graduates.
Our honorary fellows include the founders of Aardman Animation, Peter Lord and David Sproxton, Black Mirror and Doctor Who director Toby Haynes, and film producer and BFI executive Mary Burke.
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Our Film and Television courses
Animation BA(Hons)
Bring your ideas to life through the world of animation. We’ll support you in developing original,...
Costume Design for Film & Television BA(Hons)
On this dynamic course, you’ll cultivate the practical, creative and theoretical skills needed to ...
Feature Filmmaking MA
This is a unique course, for unique filmmakers. On MA Feature Filmmaking, you’ll push your experie...
Film & Television MA
Based in our world-class film school and supported by specialist, award-winning staff, you’ll hone...
Film & Television MA (Online)
Establish your unique voice and develop the skills and knowledge needed to establish an impactful an...
Film BA(Hons)
Immerse yourself in the world of film, where time, space, form and creative ideas translate into mea...
Integrated Foundation Year BA/BSc(Hons)
Explore your creativity and expand your professional skills by entering the creative industries on a...
Post Production & Visual Effects BA(Hons)
Take your first steps in building a career on this industry-focused course, which covers all aspects...
Prosthetic Effects MA
Launch your career in prosthetic effects with this unique course. Working hand-in-hand with world-cl...
Television & Film Production BA(Hons)
Discover how to create everything from high-end dramas with full scale crews through to fast moving ...
Media equipment and facilities
From animation studios and post-production suites to camera, lighting and audio equipment available to hire, our world-class media facilities help students get ready for industry.
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How an online master's in film and television can help you to excel in the industry
17 February 2023
In this article we explore three ways that online postgraduate study can help you to excel in the dy...
Work by Nathan Bedford
A guide to Worldbuilding
31 October 2024
Worldbuilding shapes the sights, sounds, and experiences that draw audiences into a new universe. Bu...
DEATH x DESIGN x CULTURE: Falmouth hosts conference exploring design’s role in death
30 October 2024
2024 welcomed the inaugural DEATHxDESIGNxCULTURE conference to Falmouth.
Dr Kingsley Marshall’s top horror films of the year, and of all time
29 October 2024
The Head of the School of Film & Television talks through his top horror picks for your viewing plea...
Dr Kingsley Marshall on what makes a good horror movie
22 October 2024
I’ve always been drawn to horror; the 1970s ‘Giallo’ movies from the Italian director Dario Ar...
Why Mums Don't Jump: the student animated film breaking health taboos
18 October 2024
The animated short film Why Mums Don’t Jump (2023) made by students at Falmouth University h...
Graduate's seaweed plastic documentary wins recognition at international film festival
15 October 2024
Television & Film Production BA(Hons) graduate Olaf Lawrence’s documentary about seaweed plastics ...
Where Memory Flows: BA Film’s Dr Struan Gray Conducts Research on Rivers as Spaces of Memory in Chile
03 October 2024
Dr Struan Gray, Senior Lecturer on BA Film, has recently returned from a research trip to Chile and ...
The Severed Sun set for world premiere at Fantastic Fest
19 September 2024
The Severed Sun, the debut feature film from director and Falmouth University lecturer, Dean Puckett...
A new life awaits: my personal journey to AI | Dr Kingsley Marshall
18 September 2024
For so much of my life artificial intelligence has only ever been a feature of science fiction: ofte...
More Rookies recognition for animation alumni
30 August 2024
Graduate Gihan Fernando has received some of the highest accolades at the Rookie Awards 2024.
Film & TV master’s students on their placement at Verve Media
09 August 2024
Four students on the Film & Television MA course completed a week’s placement at Verve Media earli...
Falmouth grads meet on set of Netflix’s The Devil’s Star
22 July 2024
Two Film BA graduates - who didn’t know each other during their studies - have started working tog...
'13 Cornish Ghost Stories': new anthology published by three senior lecturers
05 July 2024
'13 Cornish Ghost Stories', a chilling anthology of new Cornish ghost stories hit the shelves on 20 ...
Image credit: Duncan Guymer
Susan Lay’s journey from MA to filmmaking in Cornwall
04 July 2024
Susan Lay studied MA Film & Television, graduating in 2019, and has since gone on to write, produce,...
The award-winning short films by Falmouth’s online filmmakers
19 June 2024
Falmouth’s online Film & Television MA student filmmakers are scooping awards for their films left...
Professor Neil Fox publishes his first book, on music films
18 June 2024
Film BA and Film & Television MA lecturer Professor Neil Fox has published his first book, titled Mu...
Lily Woodcock Animates Her Path to Success at Aardman Studios
11 June 2024
Introducing Lily Woodcock, a BA Film graduate from Falmouth University whose passion for film produc...
Etty Stanley’s ‘Wicked’ career moves
11 June 2024
Now working for Mark Coulier at Coulier Creatures FX after being scouted to work for Disney, we chat...
Interview with 'King Henry' director and Film graduate, Harry Faint
06 June 2024
Hear from Harry Faint - BA and MA Film graduate and director of 'King Henry', a short film focused o...
Industry visit: ARRI visit gives School of Film & Television students a career boost
23 May 2024
ARRI – the global leader in technology for the broadcast, film and television industry – paid ou...