Toronto Film School, founded in 2001 and part of Yorkville University, delivers intensive 12- to 18-month diploma programmes in film production, acting, writing, video game design and graphic design. Its downtown Toronto campuses place students steps from Canada’s largest production hubs, including Pinewood Toronto Studios.

Vancouver Film School (VFS) is a private entertainment arts school located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1987, it has achieved international recognition as one of the leading institutions for hands-on education in the entertainment arts industry.

Founded in 1964 by the Paris Chamber of Commerce, Gobelins is France’s elite multimedia and animation school, globally acclaimed for its 3D character-animation master’s and short-film residencies. Located in Paris’s 13th arrondissement and a satellite campus in Annecy, it educates over 1,200 students annually.

Italy’s National Film School—formally the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema within Rome’s Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia—was created by royal decree in 1935, making it Europe’s oldest film academy. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture, it admits approximately 80 students annually across eleven specialisations.

Established in 1972 within Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of the Arts, the Steve Tisch School is Israel’s oldest degree-granting film institution. It grants BA and MFA degrees combining theory, screenwriting and hands-on production, with teaching conducted in Hebrew and English.

Founded in 1993 and affiliated with the University of Barcelona, ESCAC is Catalonia’s leading film conservatoire. Its main campus occupies a converted textile mill in Terrassa, offering bachelor, master and postgraduate diplomas taught in Spanish and Catalan.

ECAM, launched in 1994 by the regional government of Madrid, offers three-year diplomas covering eleven film crafts, supplemented by MA programmes in screenwriting and documentary. Its Ciudad de la Imagen campus houses Spain’s first academic Dolby Atmos auditorium.

University of the Arts London (UAL), established in 1986 as The London Institute and achieving university status in 2003, is a public collegiate university specializing in arts, design, fashion, and performing arts.

Toronto Metropolitan University, established in 1948 in Toronto, Ontario, stands as one of Canada's premier public research institutions with over 47,350 students across its urban campus in the Garden District. The university's Image Arts: Film program, housed within The Creative School, represents an internationally renowned Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program that has earned recognition among "The 15 Top Global Film Schools" by The Hollywood Reporter in 2023.