National Film and Television School

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The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It has been named in The Hollywood Reporter's annual list of the best international film schools for 16 consecutive years, most recently in 2026. Its alumni have received more than 60 Academy Award nominations and over 100 BAFTA Awards, and in 2018 the school received the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. As of 2026 it had over 500 students and about fifteen hundred a year on its short courses delivered in Beaconsfield and at its hubs in Glasgow, Leeds, and Cardiff. Beaconsfield Studios consists of film and television stages, animation, and production design studios, edit suites, sound post-production facilities, a music recording studio, and four dubbing theaters. The school completed an expansion in early 2017, adding a third cinema and a Television Studio. The BBC stated that the NFTS...

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