FilmMemory is aimed at students from all over the world with a bachelor's degree (BA) in Audio-visual Arts, Film studies, Communication Studies, Arts, History, Cultural Studies or related subjects such as Archival Studies, Heritage Studies or Museology. Other degrees (of at least EQF Level 6) may be accepted from applicants with a convincing application package and upon completion of an outstanding application assignment. Applicants without such a degree must demonstrate a recognised equivalent level of learning according to national legislation and practices in the degree-awarding countries/institutions.
Whether your Bachelor's degree qualifies for admission will be evaluated by the admissions office. The minimum requirement is a first-cycle higher education degree that corresponds to Level 6 of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). Your degree should, within your national education system, grant access to second-cycle programmes (Master's level, EQF Level 7).
Candidates eligible for scholarships are students who have obtained a primary higher-education degree or can demonstrate a recognised equivalent according to national legislation and practices of the degree-awarding country. While this condition must necessarily be fulfilled at the time of enrolment, the Consortium accepts scholarship applications from students in the last year of their first higher education degree.
FilmMemory will accept a maximum of 24 candidates per edition. The deadline for application is January 20 2026 at 11:59 PM (CET). 👈
The following documents are required for application:
1. Completed and sent application e-form. The application form consists of the elements described below.
2. Final university diploma of previous BA/MA degree(s) and their transcripts of records:
a. A digital copy of your diploma (scan or clear photograph). If the original is not issued in English, Dutch, French or German, please also include an official translation into one of these languages. This can be provided by your school or by a sworn translator. If you have not yet graduated, you may submit an official statement from your institution confirming that you are enrolled in the final year, including your expected graduation date and the title of the degree you will obtain. If you have already graduated but your final diploma is not yet available, a provisional certificate of graduation will be accepted. Please note that only candidates who will graduate by 31 August 2026 are eligible to apply. If the original document is missing, you can upload in a certified copy of the original.
Legalisation of original diploma documents is not required during the initial application phase. However, additional documentation or verification may be requested if any details remain unclear during the admissions phase, or at the time of enrolment.
b. Your transcript of records or diploma supplement. This should clearly document the full curriculum of your study programme, including the grades obtained.
3. Candidates are required a good spoken and written English. The minimum required level of the English proficiency certificates is B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Please note however, that applicants can only prove their proficiency by the following means:
a. Providing one of the following English certificates with the minimum scores listed below, issued within 5 years before the application deadline (from January 20th 2021):
b. Providing a (high school or higher education) diploma from an English taught study programme in Australia, English-speaking Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or the United States of America.
We do not accept Medium of Instruction statements.
While a valid proof of English proficiency is required, the applicantʼs practical command of English will also be assessed during the interview. If the demonstrated language skills are deemed insufficient for successful participation in the programme, the application may not be retained.
4. A Motivation Video
Make a video-selfie of maximum one (1) minute, answering in English the following three questions:
* What does film heritage mean to you?
* Why are you applying to the programme?
* What are your expectations of your future after this master's programme?
The film must be uploaded to YouTube or to a similar platform with an unlisted link (no password!).
5. Preliminary Graduation project proposal – no more than 500 words.
During the final semester, students will work on the FilmMemory Project, a creative graduation project. The ECTS sheet (course description) can be found here, on pages 23-26 of the PDF.
In no more than 500 words, please propose a project you would like to complete during the final semester adhering to one of the formats listed below. This project proposal is not binding but will help the Selection Committee to better understand student's interests and assess creativity. (For more information about the FilmMemory curriculum, including the fourth semester, visit the curriculum section of the website.)
6. Assignment – There are 3 potential options to complete the student selection assignment: A critical written essay, a critical video essay, or a data analytics assignment. Students should choose one of the three options described below:
7. A recent photo of the student (must be a high-definition image with white background)
8. Copy of passport or ID card (EU) with expiration date.
It is highly recommended that the expiration date is 31 August 2026 or later.
9. A residence certificate issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of the application, in accordance with the candidate's municipality normal registration rules OR a certificate from the candidate's place of work, study or training issued by the employer or institution in question.
10. Digital Portfolio - You may have additional documents you would like to show to the selection committee. For example: sample writing, BA thesis, links to other video essays or audio-visual works, details of curatorial, archival or preservation work, etc. If this is the case, then you can make a portfolio and upload it as one (and only one) PDF document. The PDF file can be no larger than 5 MB. This can be achieved with Adobe software, however, a simple online search will guide you to websites or tools that help you to convert files into PDF format and (if necessary) reducing the size of PDF files. The Portfolio should have a title page with the name of the applicant and a table of contents (explaining the structure of the portfolio and the parts it is composed of).
It must be clear that (1) submitting a portfolio is not obligatory, (2) the Selection Committee may or may not take this portfolio into consideration. Crucial information should not be mentioned in this portfolio, but in the CV and motivation letter.
Candidates are subjected to a threefold admission procedure.
Prior to the first ranking of the candidates, the Consortium makes sure that all applications that were submitted prior to the deadline, are complete.
Next, all the eligible candidates are ranked. The assessment, based on the applicable set of criteria (published on this website) is carried out by a Selection Committee. Each application package will receive a mark from 0 to 40. This mark is part of the internal selection procedure and will not be communicated to the applicants.
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) provides scholarships to students from all over the world, but ensures geographical balance (i.e., no more than 10% of the total number of scholarships awarded during project implementation should be awarded to candidates from the same nationality). Therefore, the list of applicants to be invited to the second round of selection will not just consider the marks that were given in the first round, but also the rules regarding scholarships, in particular for applicants expressing a wish to apply for such scholarships.
Considering these two factors (assessment of the application package and scholarship regulations), the Selection Committee makes an absolute ranking list of applicants, and then invites the highest ranked 50 applicants to online videoconferencing interviews to be held from March 9 until March 13, 2026. The interviews, based on the applicable set of criteria (published on this website), are carried out by a Selection Committee. Each applicant will receive a mark from 0 to 40. This mark is part of the internal selection procedure and will not be communicated to the applicants.
Taking into account the results of both rounds of selection, the Selection Committee:
Selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than May 30, 2026.
Non-selected applicants will be notified in writing no later than June 13, 2026.
Enrolled students will sign their “Student Contract”, in which the rights and obligations of the two parties are specified, no later than in the preparatory week of the 1st semester.
The “Student Contract” template used by the Consortium, in which the rights and obligations of the two parties are specified, is herein made available in two versions according to the situation of a self-funded student and of a scholarship student. Its contents may be slightly revised annually, but the updated document will be announced to admitted students prior to their enrolment in the course.
Assessment criteria for the application in general [maximum score 20 points]
Assessment criteria for the 1200-word Critical Written Essay (if applicable) [maximum score 20 points * if students submit the Critical Written Essay, then there can be no score for Critical Audio-visual Essay or for the Film based analytics project]
Assessment criteria for the Critical Audio-visual Essay (if applicable) [maximum score 20 points * if students submit the Critical Audio-visual Essay, then there can be no score for the Critical Written Essay or for the Film based analytics project]
Assessment Criteria for the Film based data analytics project (if applicable) [maximum score 20 points * if students submit the Film based analytics project, then there can be no score for the Critical Written Essay or for the Critical Audio-visual Essay]
Candidates are assessed on the ways in which
Applicants with no (Academic) BA degree can apply for recognition of ‘Previously Acquired Competence’ (PAC) or ‘Previously Acquired Qualifications (PAQ)’. The PAC/PAQ procedure is always handled by the higher education institution that issues the degree / programme for which the candidate makes a PAC/PAQ-request.
To be clear: in this case, you cannot make a PAC/PAQ-request to the FilmMemory consortium or programme, but you should submit such a request to an institute of higher education that has a PAC/PAQ procedure for the BA degree you believe you have all the necessary competences or qualifications for. For instance, applicants that want to obtain an academic BA in Audiovisual Arts through a PAC/PAQ procedure should start their PAC/PAQ procedure at a university or institute which provides such an academic BA.
Note: if an applicant succeeds in a PAC/PAQ-procedure and meets all FilmMemory application requirements he/she is NOT automatically admitted as a student of FilmMemory. A successful PAC/PAQ procedure only means that the applicant fulfils the formal requirements of FilmMemory application.
Thereʼs no possibility for any appeal to the final list of selected applicants, except if based on a specific procedural error by the Consortium in the application process.
Please read the Selection Criteria as well as the Application Procedure carefully before submitting an appeal.
• Candidates who fail to provide the required documents within the established timeframes should not submit an appeal.
• Candidates who followed the Application Procedure and respected the deadlines but were denied selection due to unmet Selection Criteria and have reasons to believe that a mistake has been made during the selection procedure have the right to appeal the Selection Boardʼs decision.
The appeal procedure is concerned with how your proposal was handled in the evaluation and eligibility-checking process. It is not an automatic re-evaluation. Please note that new information or clarifications not in the application will not be taken into consideration. If, after reading the above-mentioned conditions, you still have reasons to believe that a mistake has been made, please send an email to filmmemory@luca-arts.be with all the necessary information. All appeals have to be submitted by the date notified to you. Make sure to provide a correct e-mail address so that you can receive notifications on the status of your appeal. You will be contacted as soon as a decision has been made.
Upon receiving an appeal, the Joint Coordinator of FilmMemory informs the Selection Committee, which answers to the candidate via the application assistant in 30 days from the date of the appeal. FilmMemory provides no oral or written assessment to the applicants about their submitted application materials.
The FilmMemory Consortium is committed to user privacy. Information relating to individuals (personal data) is collected and used in accordance with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) in the current version of the OJ L 119, 04.05.2016; cor. OJ L 127, 23.5.2018, on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data. This website treats personal data according to the policy described in the Regulation mentioned above and provides information about the use of your data in the specific privacy policy statements as described below.
Storing the Personal Data of the Applicants
By submitting your personal data, you agree to its transfer, storing or processing. FilmMemory Consortium will take all reasonable steps to make sure that the data of the candidates is treated securely and in agreement with this Privacy Policy.
Data that is provided to FilmMemory Consortium is stored on secure servers. The transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure and therefore FilmMemory Consortium cannot guarantee the security of data sent to the FilmMemory Consortium electronically and transmission of such data is therefore entirely at your own risk. Data will be stored for the purposes and objectives of the Program and of the institutions involved.
Disclosing Your Personal Data
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), in the context of managing the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees, collects and processes the personal data of some of the candidates. In particular, certain data of the scholarship holders (students and scholars), non-scholarship holders and reserve list candidates is shared with the Agency through the EACEA Mobility Tool and treated according to the following privacy statement.
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