Top academic institution The London Consortium and internationally renowned postgraduate facility The London Film School (LFS) are teaming up to offer the first ever postgraduate degree in film curating.
The MA in Film Curating will be a year-long course running for the first time in October 2010 under the direction of veteran film journalist and academic Nick Roddick. Regular London Consortium and LFS teaching staff will also contribute. The ground-breaking degree, which will draw on the knowledge and experience of a number of industry and festival professionals, aims to provide students with a solid academic grounding as well as direct experience of curating, culminating in a series of film events to be presented by students in the summer of 2011.
The course, which will become a regular part of the London Consortium/LFS syllabus, will involve the academic study of film curating, the film industry, film distribution networks (with particular reference to the rising importance of digital and online distribution) and film festivals. Students will gain direct experience of the Cannes and Rotterdam film festivals.
Read more at http://www.lfs.org.uk/news/2010_filmcurating.php