BA (hons) Film in Dublin Business School, Ireland

BA (hons) Film in Dublin Business School

Do YOU want to direct a film? Write a script? Edit? Become a film critic? Curate a film festival? Take a photograph? Organise an exhibition? Understand Hollywood? Study your favourite director? Consider the relationship between film and television? Film and gaming? Study in a vibrant creative environment? Have a bright future? If your answer is YES then why not study film@DBS?

Aims and Objectives

The BA (Hons) in Film programme has been designed to enable you to understand the study of film as an ongoing exploration of an extraordinarily diverse set of related audiovisual practices. The programme is made up of three interlocking elements, the critical, the practical, and the developmental. 

The Critical 

You have the opportunity to develop an ongoing and deepening relationship with the critical, theoretical, historical, technological and other relevant debates that take film as their starting point. 

The Practical

You will undertake a wide range of practical activities including digital filmmaking, editing and post-production, sound, lighting, digital photography, scriptwriting, and organising film festivals, exhibitions and installations.

The Developmental

The BA (Hons) in Film also helps you develop a very wide range of transferable skills that prepare you for life after graduation.

Career Opportunities

There is a wide range of destinations available to graduates from the BA (Hons) in Film. Recent graduates have undertaken further study at TCD, NUI Galway, Smurfit School of Business, University College London and Filmbase. Other graduates have become freelance film critics, producers, directors and scriptwriters. Other graduates have set up their own production companies. With its wide range of academic, industrial and professional relationships, the BA (Hons) in Film is the perfect platform for a career in the cultural and creative industries.