- Degree
- Master of Arts (MA)
- Course location
- Köln
- In cooperation with
- TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences)
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Prospective students may apply for one of two tracks: an international track or a German-language track. The majority of classes and projects are held in English for the entire group. However, for more elaborate writing projects and for classes geared to specific series markets (international or German-language series markets), students may split into two tracks.
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Application deadline
- https://www.filmschule.de/en/studies/ma-serial-storytelling (https://www.filmschule.de/en/studies/ma-serial-storytelling)
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- 3,750 EUR
- Additional information on tuition fees
- Tuition fee for EU students: 2,750 EUR per semester (including study funds)
Tuition fee for non-EU students: 3,750 EUR per semester (including study funds)
One-time registration fee for all students: 400 EUR
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- The MA Serial Storytelling at the ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln is Europe’s first and only international Master’s Programme focusing on collaborative writing for series.
Focusing on both local and international series markets, this intensive two-year Master's degree programme combines story development skills, collaboration techniques ("Writers’ Room"), and the innovative approach of artistic research. Students work with highly acclaimed international guest speakers and scholars, such as Matt Hastings (The Handmaid’s Tale), Bob Konrad (Kleo), Denise Harkavy (The Expanse), Philip Käßbohrer & Matthias Murmann (How To Sell Drugs Online [Fast]), Annette Hess (The Interpreter of Silence, Ku’damm 56/59/63), Tyron Ricketts (Sam – A Saxon), Frank Spotnitz (X-Files, The Man in the High Castle), Hagai Levi (The Affair, In Treatment), Jeppe Gjervig Gram (Borgen, Follow the Money), Pilar Alessandra (On the Page), Laurie Hutzler (Nine Powers), Stanislavs Tokalovs & Teodora Markova (Soviet Jeans), and many more.
The programme is supported by industry partners such as RTL, ZDF/ZDFneo, btf bildundtonfabrik, Network Movie, Series Mania, Seriencamp, and the Film Festival Cologne.