Documentary Courses
Back to Documentary ResourcesANIDOX
Viborg, Denmark
ANIDOX is a creative platform for the development and production of animated documentary projects, running a laboratory, a professional training course, a residency program and masterclasses. Bringing together international film professionals to attend seminars and hands-on creative workshops, developing collaborations between animation and documentary creatives.
Goldsmiths - MA in Screen Documentary
London, UK
This MA develops your skills and creative vision in the field of screen documentary production, and your understanding of the historical context and contemporary modes of documentary production, against a background of the wider theoretical issues raised in media production.
London College of Communications - MA Documentary Film
London, UK
You will direct and produce your own film in a high definition professional environment on this highly regarded course. You will benefit from the extensive industry experience, including BBC and Channel 4 broadcast, gallery and festival screenings, of your tutors. You will also learn how to pitch and compete for funding and commissions.
NFTS - Directing Documentary
London, UK
The NFTS has a tradition of enabling documentary filmmakers to find a distinctive voice that both prepares them for the Industry and makes their work a force for changing it. The goal of the course is to give our graduates the tools and the confidence to become successful members of the international documentary community.
NFTS - Documentary Short Courses
London, UK
These industry-renowned courses are aimed at professionals in film and television as a means of furthering their careers. These course are across all NFTS UK Locations as well as some offered exclusively online.
Queen Mary University - MA in Documentary Practice
London, UK
The course is practical, creative, and supports students who wish to become professional filmmakers and/or research academics. This combination of production professionalism and academic excellence is key to promoting intellectual, current, and socially engaged documentary makers.
Royal Holloway - MA Digital Documentary
Surrey, UK
This is an exciting and dynamic time for documentary practice; in recent years there has been a renaissance in documentary, seeing huge developments in both technology and form. Documentary stories are now being told via telecommunications, in cinemas, on TV, and online.
SUMMERDOCS: A Summer School in Documentary Direction
London, UK
After 10 years establishing and developing this innovative Summer Course in partnership with the NFTS the course will continue in partnership with Channel 4. The NFTS offers a summer school where the expertise of professional mentors will help you begin to become the documentary maker you want to be.
UCL - MA Ethnographic and Documentary Film (Practice Based)
London, UK
Run by leading film practitioners from the world of professional media, in conjunction with Open City Docs, the programme offers a choice of three pathways or strands: reportage based documentary, non-fiction and a new VR strand. Training encompasses all the technical issues surrounding the preparation, production, editing and distribution of the visual image.
University Of Sussex - Journalism and Documentary Practice MA
Brighton, UK
This MA is for you if you have a passion for news, current affairs, documentary or any aspect of factual programme-making. It offers a practical training in, and critical engagement with, journalism and documentary-making.
University of Wales - Documentary Film & Television MA
Newport, Wales
This Documentary Film masters degree is all about telling human stories through film. Working with top industry practitioners and alongside BBC Wales’ training scheme It’s My Shout, you will learn the importance of storytelling, self-shooting and single camera 'guerilla' filmmaking.