6th–11th
May 2025
across London

Short Courses

In Person, UCL East

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Led by award-winning sound artist Nikki Sheth, learn how to create your own soundscape compositions through this practice-led, audio-based course. Read More

An Introduction to Soundscape Composition (Class Now Full)

Online Distance Learning.

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Aided by ethnographic examples from across the globe, explore the meaning of home and the role anthropology has on understanding identity and belonging. Read More

Anthropology of Home (Autumn)

Apr 28 —
Jun 16

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‘Visual Anthropology and the City’ looks at documentaries on the city starting from the city symphonies of the 1920s to the video diaries of Jonas Mekas in New York and James Benning’s style of ‘Slow Cinema’ in Los Angeles. Read More

Visual Anthropology and the City (Spring)

Mar 5 —
Apr 2

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Aimed at new and emerging documentary producers and directors, this 5-week online course provides a detailed overview of the whole pre-production process, from research, casting, proposal writing, and taster-tape making through to funding and pitching. Read More

Documentary Filmmaking: From Idea to Reality (Class now full)

Mar 22 —
Mar 29

UCL East, Stratford

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Learn the camera skills needed to shoot film in the documentary style. Read More

Shooting Documentary: An Introduction (Class now full)

Apr 7 —
May 26

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This course usually runs twice per year in Autumn & Spring. If you have questions please consult our new FAQs page before contacting us. We have also updated policies for course costs/concessions and bursaries, please see our Terms and conditions. If you would like to: Find out more information about UCL Public Anthropology Short Courses Be updated with info such as future co... Read More

Politics and Poetics of Archival Filmmaking

Apr 8 —
Jun 10

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For documentary filmmakers, film academics and non-fiction enthusiasts looking to further their approach and understanding of non-fiction cinema and its theoretical applications. Read More

Documentary Storytelling (Spring)

Apr 9 —
May 21

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Covering contemporary UK film, French new wave, post-revolution Iranian cinema, and more, this short course explores the interstices between fact and fiction, questioning truth and our positioning towards it. Read More

Within and Beyond Reality (Spring)

Apr 29 —
Jun 3

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A UNIQUE, ONLINE COURSE EXPLORING THE THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS OF VISUAL AND PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF EXPERIMENTAL MULTISENSORY STORYTELLING. Read More

Multisensory Experimental Filmmaking (Online)

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Thu 08 May

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In collaboration with Braquage, an initiative aimed at celebrating film-based practices, the Jocelyne Saab Association offers workshops on these discarded images. The goal is to explore the creative process of Jocelyne Saab in a new light. Read More

Workshop: Dancing with Images and Film: Reassembling Al Alma’ by Jocelyne Saab

May 12 —
Jun 20

UCL East, Stratford

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In just 7 weeks, led by filmmaker Lasse Johansson, students will build the technical and analytical skills needed to complete their own documentary film project. Read More

Summer Film School: May-June with Lasse Johansson

Jun 23 —
Aug 8

UCL East, Stratford & Central London

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In just 7 weeks, led by filmmaker Katharine Round, students will build the technical and analytical skills needed to complete their own documentary film project. Read More

Summer Film School: June-August with Katharine Round

Past Courses