Master Documentary Cinema: Memory, Archive, Creation at Université Bordeaux Montaigne

Programme overview

Professionally oriented parcours treating documentary cinema through creation, unique in France. It is a 2-year, 120 ECTS master run by UFR Humanités.

Faculty: UFR Humanités | Department: Cinéma et audiovisuel | Duration: 2 years | Study mode: full-time; taught in French | Location: Pessac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

What you will study

Documentary creation, memory and archives.

Career pathways

Graduates can work in film and television imaging, production and administration for performing arts, film and audiovisual, film and audiovisual directing and editing and post-production.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Apply for M1 via the national Mon Master platform, after checking the published expectations and calendar. Capacity: 15 places. Recommended licences: licence mention arts du spectacle, parcours cinéma et audiovisuel; licence en études cinématographiques et audiovisuelles. Other qualifications accepted: a licence in another mention, a French state-certified level 6 diploma or a foreign diploma of at least bac+3 (validation of studies required for non-state diplomas).

EUR 255 a year (2026/2027). National registration fee for the Master national diploma in 2026/2027 (full rate, first registration; 0 EUR for students on social-criteria grants). Partial exemption from differentiated fees is maintained for non-EU students for 2026-2027. CVEC and anci Source

Duration: 2 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.monmaster.gouv.fr/

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