Can I deduct the cost of making a movie for my film making graduate school class?

[mr_mango]

Thanks! So how would she go about "qualifying" those expenses? To date, her education expenses (and 529 distributions) have been straightforward - tuition, fees, housing, and well under the university's Cost of Attendance, so we haven't had to justify additional expenses, like these. 

[Hal_Al]

Q.  How would she go about "qualifying" those expenses? 

A. Be satisfied, in her own mind, that those expenses were required to complete her degree. 

In TT, enter the expenses as "books and materials not required to be purchased form the school", in the 1098-T section of TT. Or, "Books and course related materials" in the 1099-Q section.