Join your peers this summer on the French Riviera and walk the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France! In this program, students will not only attend the Cannes Film Festival – viewing films before they make their big screen debut and rubbing elbows with prominent film critics, distributors, directors, and producers, but will expand their perspectives on global media and film while taking classes, taught by UGA professors.
Summer 2023
Students will receive six hours of elective credit during the Cannes Film Festival Study Abroad program.
The first course is “JOUR 5590/7590- Critical Writing and Reviewing.” This course focuses on the art of critiquing and reviewing live events, movies and television, while incorporating knowledge of culture, international occurrences and time periods. No pre-req required.
The second course is “EMST4040/6040 – International Film Industry Studies.” For this course, students will research film marketing and the reception of films in various countries, with a focus on the films featured at Cannes. No pre-reqs are required.
The UGA Cannes Film Festival Study Abroad Program is open to university students (including graduate students) in the United States who are interested in and passionate about the film industry.
Though this program allows anyone to apply, strong candidates have an appreciation for the film industry and a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Applications open in August of each year. Applications for Summer 2023 are due Thursday, November 10th, 2022.
To apply, click the “Apply now” button, which will direct you to UGA’s Office of Global Engagement’s StudyAway Portal. If you have any questions about the application process, contact Rebekah Seabolt, Grady’s Global Studies Program Manager, at rryan26@uga.edu.
Nate Kohn, professor, Entertainment and Media Studies and director of the MFA Screenwriting program. Dr. Nate Kohn, Co-Director and Faculty. Dr. Kohn teaches screenwriting, producing for film/television, and qualitative methods; directs the Cannes Film Festival Study Abroad Program and the Cannes Lions Festival Study Abroad Program; associate directs The Peabody Awards; and produces film/television programs.
Contact Dr. Kohn with any questions about the program:
Email: nkohn@uga.edu
Rebekah Seabolt has been Grady College’s Global Studies Program Manager since August 2016. She earned a bachelor of arts in public health from Georgia College and State University in 2011 and a master of arts in public relations from the University of Georgia in 2016. As the distance learning coordinator, Rebekah is the point of contact for all of Grady College’s study abroad and domestic field study programs.
Tel: 706-542-4181
Email: rryan26@uga.edu
Office: Room 255- Journalism Building
Rebekah R. Seabolt, Global Studies Program Manager