Recommendations for MFA in documentary

[Nidhi Kamath]

Hello folks,

I am Nidhi Kamath a documentary filmmaker from India. I have been making short films on documentary genre since last 9 years. Our team has won at film festivals etc. But I want to get an international exposure and study more. I want to do an MFA in documentary media. I had applied last year to Stanford and Northwestern. But cudn't get in. I had given an interview at Northwestern but I didn't get in. This year again I will be reapplying to these 2 colleges along with 1 yr course in documentary at Columbia school of Journalism.

I was wondering if anyone here can recommend me other good film schools in USA, UK or anywhere else apart from Canada ( can't survive the snow for 6 months ). I want a programme which
1. Good faculty
2. Fully funded course
3. 1- 2 year programme
4. Where I get to learn more about documentary filmmaking and also pitching etc.

Warm Regards
Nidhi

 

[hannahz]

Hi Nidhi, i also applied doc media of NU, how was your application? good luck to u!!

 

[Iron Man]

Duke University also has a documentary program.

Also, only a selected few colleges offer documentary program. So I would suggest keeping as many options open as possible.

Having said that, I would suggest reconsidering Canada. In terms of weather, Northwestern Illinois is as cold as Canada. Columbia is in New York, which also has a pretty cold winter.

 

[Nidhi Kamath]

Hi I applied at Duke University and other 7 colleges in UK. I find the colleges in USA have extremely high competition, high tuition fee and also high application fees. Thank you for your reply

 

[Nidhi Kamath]

Hi Nidhi, i also applied doc media of NU, how was your application? good luck to u!!

Hi by NU you mean which university ?

 

[hannahz]

Hi by NU you mean which university ?

ohh sorry! Northwestern, as you mentioned!

 

[bmk]

ohh sorry! Northwestern, as you mentioned!

Hi Hannah, I also applied! Did you apply anywhere else?

 

[hannahz]

Hi Hannah, I also applied! Did you apply anywhere else?

For documentary program, no...cause only this program is fully-funded hahaha. How about you?

Btw, my application is still "submitted" status

 

[bmk]

For documentary program, no...cause only this program is fully-funded hahaha. How about you?

Btw, my application is still "submitted" status

Mine says the same thing, is it supposed to change to something else? I’m new to this process.

I also applied to Duke’s MFA EDA program!

 

[hannahz]

ne says the same thing, is it

Not sure... maybe it means no one reviewds our application material until now haha.

Good luck! Hope we can update info each other~

 

[bmk]

Not sure... maybe it means no one reviewds our application material until now haha.

Good luck! Hope we can update info each other~

Good luck to you too! I’ll send an update here as soon as I have one

 

[hannahz]

Good luck to you too! I’ll send an update here as soon as I have one

me too!

 

[electro]

Hi Nidhi - super late with this, and I see you have already applied a bunch of places, but Stanford has an excellent documentary programme.

Also! Would love to connect with you. My name is Saksham. I am from Delhi. Went to film school for undergrad in America. Been working on docs in India. currently applying for an MFA outside, now that I actually have a clear understanding of what to do.

 

[Nidhi Kamath]

Hi Nidhi - super late with this, and I see you have already applied a bunch of places, but Stanford has an excellent documentary programme.

Also! Would love to connect with you. My name is Saksham. I am from Delhi. Went to film school for undergrad in America. Been working on docs in India. currently applying for an MFA outside, now that I actually have a clear understanding of what to do.

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