Congratulations to our Class of Spring 2026!

Cloe Romano (She/Her)

Cloe Romano is a film scholar and screenwriter from Rome, Italy. Her work most often focuses on the interplay between comedy and anti-fascist resistance, as well as the pungent political implications proper to animated children's media. She wishes to dive deeper into these avenues in the future, hopefully pursuing a career in education, advocacy, and archival research. In her free time she loves to read, draw, write poems and screenplays, sing and, of course, watch lots of movies!

Ruixin Yang (She/Her)

Ruixin Yang, B.A. in Cinema Studies. She’s an international student from China, and also the VP External for UBC Face Drama Club. Overall, she had a great time at UBC. She wrote quite a few novels and scripts, some of which were entered into contests, while others remain unnoticed on AO3. She created several interactive games and forced her poor friends to provide feedback. She is also passionate about charitable work. Once, by sheer luck, she won an International Student Scholarship and went to the Lotto Center; then she never believed in her luck again. Thanks to the generous support of all the faculty members, even someone like her can graduate successfully. With love and gratitude. -R.Y

Sierra Quinton (She/Her)

Sierra Quinton, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Studies, is a filmmaker, writer, and production designer. UBC has been a place where she has made strong friendships and fostered her academic interests in eco-cinema, post-humanism, post-colonialism, and, particularly, the cinematic representations of mushrooms. She serves as the VP Internal of IndieVision Studios, a filmmaking collective, and is currently production designing the independent feature film, The Sins of Our Father. She looks forward to continuing to learn, write about, and make cinema with and beyond the UBC community.

Lauren Ohh (They/Them)

Lauren Ohh is a Korean-Canadian multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto and Vancouver. Following their graduation from UBC’s Acting program, where they were awarded the Beatrice Johnson Wood Scholarship, Lauren will be spending their summer filming MUSE! Recent theatrical credits: Regarding Old Wollemia (IGNITE!), Big Break (Festival Dionysia), The Last of the Pelican Daughters (UBC), The Very Book Indeed (UBC). Select film credits: Bubbles (VFS), Gnocchi (UBC Naked Cinema), The Haunted Museum (Discovery+). They would like to thank their cohort for their unwavering support; #therealBFAwasthefriendswemadealongtheway 🙂 Lauren dreams of playing the Rivoli with Nirvanna the Band.

Fiona Silvis (She/Her)

Fiona Silvis is an actress from Washington State. Her past studies include classes focusing on Meisner, improv, Shakespeare, and musical theatre. Fiona is graduating from UBC with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting, and her most recent credits include Quincy/Lisa Simpson in Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, 03 in Pyper, and Jamie in the short film Searching. Fiona is also passionate about music and has been playing drums for 14 years with a focus on jazz. Fiona is excited to advance her acting career and hopes to get more experience in screen acting (with live theatre always having a special place in her heart).

Dahlia-Raphael Kerr (They/She)

Dahlia-Raphael is a genderfluid multidisciplinary performing artist from British Columbia. They are graduating from UBC with a BFA in acting and are a recipient of a Centennial Scholars Award. Outside of theatre they are a self-taught mover, dancer and flow artist. They are a co-founder of StoryFreak Collective as well as the unstoppable force behind the drag entity Phoenix HellFire! Dahlia is the creator and performer of the solo autobiographical drag show Hi I'm Phoenix HellFire which premiered at Victoria Fringe 2025 and received runner up for best dramatic solo. Ultimately they are a silly little freak looking to create authentic soul-filled performances that make people feel alive!

Kyle Deslippe (He/Him)

Kyle Deslippe is a Vancouver-based actor and graduate of the BFA Acting program at UBC, where he was awarded the Beatrice Johnson Wood Scholarship in Theatre. Recent theatre credits include Chorus in Antigone (UBC), Gibson/Mr. Burns in Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (UBC) and Dodo in The Last of the Pelican Daughters (UBC), followed by The Servant of Two Masters (UBC) and The Refugee Hotel (UofT). Alongside his acting training, he is also completing a Master’s degree in Business Management at UBC. He will graduate in December 2026 and is seeking opportunities in film, television, and theatre.

Japnaam Kaur (She/Her)

Japnaam Kaur is an actor and spoken word poet. She strives to be a vessel for voices that often go unheard and is passionate about storytelling as a way to foster connection and explore the depths of humanity. She recently performed in Anand: A Soul’s Journey Home (SHM), which also marked her debut as a playwright and director. Her UBC credits include Ismene in Antigone (dir. Jonathan Seinen), Jenny/Marge Simpson in Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (dir. Larisse Campbell), Chorus/Police Officer in The Arsonists (dir. Stephen Heatley), a devised Commedia production, A Servant of Two Masters (dir. Susan Bertoia), and this year’s Naked Cinema project.

Cristian Twist (They/Them)

Cristian is a UBC Graduate in theatre production and design, further solidifying love for the craft. Over the last 6 years of hands-on experience in the wonderful world of UBC stagecraft, having contributed to numerous films and theatre shows spanning the main stage to independent one night shows. Their versatile skill set encompasses roles in audio, lighting, props, stage carpentry, and scenic design.

Jonathan Liu (He/Him)

Jonathan Liu is a recent graduate in cinema and media studies whose research focuses on Chinese cinema, film noir, urban space, affect, and media culture. His completed master thesis “Noir Flâneur as Method: Mapping Postsocialist Affect in The Wild Goose Lake (2019) and Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018)”, examines the intersection of Chinese film noir and postsocialist modernity. He also served on the editing board of Cinephile, UBC’s Film and Media Studies journal, where he helped review submissions, coordinate editorial decisions, and support scholarship in film and media studies.