Filmmaking BA (Hons)

Course Overview - Filmmaking BA (Hons)

**About the course**

Filmmaking has the power to entertain and open our eyes to new perspectives. This course is for you if you’d like to develop your critical and practical filmmaking skills to ignite your creativity.

At Sussex, you’ll learn from our active and innovative film producers and film scholars. On this course, you’ll:


- learn to produce both documentary and fiction films – developing skills in producing, directing, cinematography, editing, scriptwriting and sound


- explore film history and film theory


- take ele...

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Course Information

Study Mode

Full-time

Duration

3 Years

Start Date

22/09/2025

Campus

Main Site

Course Address
Sussex House
Undergraduate Admissions
Falmer
Brighton

Application Details

Course Code

P313

Institution Code

S90

Points of Entry

Year 1, Year 2

Entry Requirements

Scottish Higher

A,A,B,B,B

You will need Scottish National 5 in English at grade B.

Access to HE Diploma

Pass Diploma with at least 39 level 3 credits at Merit or above including 24 credits at Distinction. The Access to HE Diploma should be in Humanities or Social sciences. You must have GCSE (or equivalent) in English at grade 5 (or grade B).

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

32

This score should be from the full IB Diploma.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDD

The BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma would normally be in Creative Digital Media Production ( or the former BTEC level 3 Extended Diploma (QCF) in Creative Media Production). You must have GCSE (or equivalent) in English at grade 5 (or grade B). You should also have a broad range of GCSEs (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.

Extended Project

We take the EPQ into account when considering your application and it can be useful in the summer when your results are released if you have narrowly missed the conditions of your offer. We do not routinely include the EPQ in the conditions of your offer but we sometimes offer alternative conditions that include the EPQ. If you wish to discuss this further please contact Admissions at ug.applicants@sussex.ac.uk

A level

A,B,B

You must have GCSE (or equivalent) in English at grade 5 (or grade B). You should also have a broad range of GCSEs (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.

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Fees and funding

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland £9,250
EU, International £26,250

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