Featured Alumni

Melody Mangler in "Unknown Caller".

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.”

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BFA Acting Alum Eric Freilich: Alumni Spotlight!

BFA Acting alum, Eric Freilich, now a lawyer, speaks to what his acting degree offered him.

Watchmen

Film Production alum, Gregory Middleton, Emmy – WIN for “Watchmen”.

Best known for his work on “Game of Thrones” and a two-time Emmy nominee, Middleton shot four episodes out of the series’ nine.

BFA Acting Alum Ghazal Azarban

BFA Acting Alum Ghazal Azarbad Creates the “Dear Konstantin” Podcast Following a UBCTF Lineage of “The Seagull” by Anton Chekhov!

The evolution of the podcast began with Ghazal’s involvement in the cancelled, due to the pandemic, production of Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre Company’s production of “The Seagull” where she was playing Masha.

BFA Theatre Design and Production Alum, Kanon Hewitt, Co-Creates “Sen・Nemuri”!

This project received financial support from the National Theatre School of Canada via the Art Apart program.

Sidney Chiu

Congratulations to Alumnus Sidney Chiu on your Alumni Builder Award!

Sidney Chiu has been recognized as the well-deserved 2019-2020 Arts recipient.

I Will Keep Your Light directed by Chelsea Xinyi

UBC Theatre and Film Celebrates Asian Heritage Month! 

In the areas of film and theatre, many scholars, academics, and artists from our department champion their work in Asian and Asian Canadian art. Photo: “I Will Keep Your Light” directed by Chelsea Xinyi.

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Alumni Spotlight with Film Producer Rob Cowan

Alumni Spotlight with Film Producer Rob Cowan (Film and Television, BA, 1980)!

“To this day, there are filmmakers from my years at school that I still stay in touch with and we look fondly back on those days together at UBC.”

L-R: Angie Descalzi, Alen Dominguez, Christine Quintana, Sindy Angel, Alexandra Lainfiesta, Carmen Aguirre. On floor: Pedro Chamale. Photo by Reznek Creative.

BFA Acting Alum Alen Dominguez, Christine Quintana and Co-hort Organize the Inaugural Coyuntura 2020: An International Latinx Theatre Gathering!

Bringing together theatre makers, administrators, and educators to celebrate, recognize, and envision the future of Latinx theatre practice in Canada. Feb 14-16, 2020.