The Department of Theatre and Film engages each student’s creative, technical, and academic abilities through the various disciplines of theatre and film.

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Invitation to the Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster’s Spring Event Series 2021!

 
Organized and moderated by Dr. Stefan Sunandan Honisch, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Theatre and Film.

“Bad year, great movies” – TIFF announces their selections for the 10 best Canadian features and shorts of 2020.

 
Congratulations to Film Production Professor Igor Drljaca, whose short film “The Archivists” gets the nod as a Canada’s Top 10 Film Pick!

Acting & Directing Prof Leora Morris directs and co-adapts “A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Play”!

 
Alliance Theatre's drive-in and streaming production of the holiday classic.
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Film Production Alum Clayton Holmes’ Short Mystery, “Unknown Caller”, Screens at the Toronto Shorts Film Festival.

 
“Every time I start a new film project, I think about my fantastic, formative days in the UBC film program."

Cinema and Media Studies Professor Ernest Mathijs Co-writes “The Quiet Revolution: State, Society and the Canadian Horror Film”!

 
A film study of the Canadian horror film scene.
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