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Recent Press

Rated a Top U.S. Film School

by Hollywood Reporter, MovieMaker, and Variety

Alumna Mirta Desir Awarded Prestigious 2025 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Screenwriting

Feirstein graduate among 99 artists statewide recognized for artistic excellence.

Feirstein Named a Top U.S. Film School by The Hollywood Reporter—Again

Brooklyn College’s Graduate School of Cinema is lauded for its facilities, faculty, and affordability.

New Leadership Announced at Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema

The school’s chair, Charles Haine, assumes new role to help streamline operations and strengthen alignment between our academics and administration.

Who We Are

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About the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema

The Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema educates a diverse student body in the art and craft of filmmaking, music making, and storytelling in a hands-on, collaborative environment that mirrors the professional world. The extraordinary faculty and staff made up largely of working members of the film, media, and music industries, encourage students to discover their authentic voices and guide them toward a wide variety of careers.

The only film school located on a working film lot (within Steiner Studios), Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema opened in 2015, the result of a $30 million public-private partnership. With tuition costing one-third of other major film schools, we offer M.F.A. programs in sonic arts, media scoring, and cinema arts (with specializations in live-action filmmaking and digital animation and visual effects), as well as an M.A. program in screen studies.

The Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema is in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and is part of Brooklyn College and the City University of New York (CUNY).