Considering the emergent discourses around film education, there has been little discussion to date of "co-creation": that is, how student practical film work might be mediated by, collaborated upon, or even contributed to, by those teachers, instructors, lecturers and practitioners assisting them in the process. This study explores the thorny question of co-creation through a series of case studies, employing an auto-ethnographic approach to reflect upon first-hand experiences of film education at primary, secondary, undergraduate and postgraduate levels.