Catch Sarah Shamash’s Short Documentary “From Chile to Canada: Media Herstories” at VIFF!
UBC Theatre and Film congratulates Instructor (and alumna) Sarah Shamash on the upcoming screening of her short documentary, From Chile to Canada: Media Herstories as part of the VIFF Short Forum: Program 1.
Congratulations to Antoine Bourges on the Premiere of “Concrete Valley” at TIFF and VIFF!
UBC Theatre and Film is thrilled to share that Assistant Professor Antione Bourges’ feature film Concrete Valley premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12!
Dr. Shannon Walsh and Dr. William Brown Awarded Public Humanities Research Cluster Funding
The Department of Theatre and Film would like to congratulate faculty members Shannon Walsh and William Brown, who have been named recipients of Public Humanities Research Cluster funding.
Congratulations to our Class of 2022!
UBC Theatre and Film is immensely proud of our Class of 2022. Over the past few years, these graduates have developed their imaginative, technical, and intellectual skills as they prepare to embark on their careers. We cannot wait to see what they do next.
Congratulations to Stefan Sunandan Honisch on being awarded a SSHRC RGDI grant!
UBC Theatre and Film is proud to announce that Honorary Research Associate and Sessional Lecturer Stefan Sunandan Honisch is Co-Director for the project “Facilitating Anti-Ableist Remote Music Making”, which has recently been awarded a SSHRC Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative grant!
Mila Zuo on “Vulgar Beauty” and Chinese Representation in Cinema
In honour of Asian Heritage Month, we are proud to highlight the work of Assistant Professor Mila Zuo. We spoke with Mila about her newest book release, Vulgar Beauty: Acting Chinese in the Global Sensorium, and how it intersects with this year’s Asian Heritage Month themes.
Meet our newest faculty member, Dr. Alessandra Santos!
UBC Theatre & Film extends a warm welcome to our newest faculty member, Dr. Alessandra Santos! Dr. Santos is an Associate Professor in our Film Studies program, and her research area is in Latin American cinema and performance and comparative studies in the hemispheric Americas.
“Embodied Cartographies”: An artist talk and screening with Elizabeth M. Webb
Join artist and filmmaker Elizabeth M. Webb for a keynote lecture on “Embodied Cartographies” and a screening of her hybrid documentary “For Paradise”!
Celebrating Black filmmakers this Black History Month and beyond
In honour of Black History Month, we are proud to highlight and celebrate some of the innovative and groundbreaking Black filmmakers being featured in our classrooms.
Scholar Spotlight: Double SSHRC Grant Award Winner, Dr. Lisa Coulthard
Congratulations on Dr. Lisa Coulthard on receiving two SSHRC Insight Grants! Her research project will explore the rise of true crime media. She is also working on a second project that will compile and study hundreds of distinct post-millennial Hollywood fight scenes.