Learn film history and film analysis for careers in arts and entertainment journalism, film commentary, and film reviewing.
Prepare to teach film at the secondary level. Or, like several of our graduates, prepare for Ph.D study in order to teach at the college and university level.
Learn to assemble collections for cinemas, festivals and other institutions.
Gain practical experience organizing and programming events, symposia, film series, or conferences.
Prepare for careers in film production. Shoot films in our department film studios using a full range of camera, lighting, grip, sound recording, field mixing and field monitor equipment. Record and mix your films in our sound studios. Edit them in our editing labs. And screen them in our 4K digital movie theaters with 7.1 sound.
Develop expertise in film history, film theory, film form and global cinema.
Collaborate with leading film studies researchers.
Perform original research and develop skills in film criticism.
Program film series and publish your writing in film journals and magazines.
“ There’s so much freedom with what we can do here. We can do things traditionally or we can be innovative. Everyone’s so willing to work with us on how to best create a product that adds to film history and to film as a discipline. ”
UNCW’s MFA in filmmaking is an immersive three-year terminal degree program that will prepare you to be a complete filmmaker.
This is an intensive, three-year studio-academic experience in the writing of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction.
