Announcements

Congratulations to Quelemia Sparrow and UBC Theatre & Film Alumna & Adjunct Professor Lois Anderson, whose essay "Camas Lilies and Lysistrata" has been chosen as the winner of the 2020 Nathan Cohen Award for Outstanding Critical Essay!

Congratulations to Quelemia Sparrow and Theatre & Film Alumna & Adjunct Professor Lois Anderson, winners of the 2020 Nathan Cohen Award for Outstanding Critical Essay.

The 2020 Nathan Cohen Award for Outstanding Critical Essay was judged by New York City-based critic Jose Solis.

TRIC special issue "Performance for/by/with Young People in Canada"

UBC Theatre Studies Alumna Sandra Chamberlain Snider co-edits TRIC special issue “Performance for/by/with Young People in Canada”!

Contributing writers to the issue included UBC Theatre Studies doctoral student Matthew Tomkinson and Theatre Studies PhD alumna Julia Henderson.

Prof Igor Drljaca's Film “The Archivists”

“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!

Leora Morris

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.

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.”

Film Production Alumna Nimisha Mukerji

Applications Now Open for a BFA or Diploma in Film Production.

Applicants to the BFA or Diploma in Film Production program must complete the online UBC application by Jan 15 as well as submit their supplemental materials by Feb 1.

Patrick Pennefather

A NEW Course, Collaborative Prototyping, Available in Winter Term for EVERYONE at UBC!

Taught by Professor Patrick Parra Pennefather in term 2 (Jan to Apr, 2021).

Scenic Design by Luis Bellassi

Apply to the BFA Theatre Design and Production program.

Students wishing to apply to the BFA Theatre Design and Production program must complete the online UBC application by Jan 15. Our application portal for submitting required supplemental materials is now open!

MA and PhD Cinema and Media Studies
GOLDRAUSCH. 2019 Photo. Javier Sotres. L.R. Tebo Nzeku, Gray Clark, Karthik Kadam, Matthew Rhodes, Hannah Everett

Apply Now to the BFA in Acting Program.

Students wishing to apply for the BFA in Acting program must complete an online UBC application by Jan 15. We are accepting recorded auditions this year! Our application portal for submitting auditions & required supplemental materials is now open. Deadline to submit: Jan 15.