Announcements

Theatre & Film Professor Shannon Walsh

Apply to the BFA or Diploma in the Film Production Program.

Students wishing to apply for the BFA or Diploma in Film Production must complete an online UBC application by Jan 15. Our application portal for required supplemental materials will be open by Oct 26. Deadline to submit: Feb 1.

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.

Scholar Strike

ACTING HEAD’S STATEMENT RE: SCHOLAR’S STRIKE

Scholar Strike Canada, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, has called for a two-day strike/teach-in by academics across the country on September 9 and 10.

Jayson McLean

Jayson McLean, In Memoriam

Jayson was a talented and creative technical director and production manager, and an extraordinarily dedicated contributor to the regional theatre community.

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Acting Head’s Statement on UBC Complaints Process Regarding Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination

As part of the Department of Theatre and Film’s actions to combat systemic racism, I wish to make the UBC bullying, harassment, and discrimination complaints process, by which our department is bound, as transparent as possible to all of our students and alumni. Grounds for complaints: In determining the grounds for complaints, all employees and […]

rom “Body and Soul,” by Liliya Ross, a poetic short film made earlier this year.

BFA Film Production Student, Liliya Roys, Wins for her Film, Morpheus Touch!

Each contestant was given a phone to shoot a film that showcased how they celebrated being Canadian.

Cinema and Media Studies PhD Gerrit Krueper virtually presents at the Robophilosophy Conference 2020!

Cinema and Media Studies PhD Gerrit Krueper virtually presents at the Robophilosophy Conference 2020!

This year, the topic of this international research conference is “Culturally Sustainable Social Robotics.”

Rex Theatre, 25 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, opened December 20, 1913.

Cinema and Media Studies Professor Brian McIlroy publishes in BC Studies!

“The Rise of Film Censorship and Regulation of Picture-Houses in British Columbia, 1910-1915”, provides a case study of British Columbia’s governmental approach to the film business in the early 1910s.

Jessie Awards
Statement on Anti-racism and A Call to Action

Statement on Anti-racism and a Call to Action.

The Department of Theatre and Film acknowledges that we have been participants in the oppressive structures that have allowed this state of injustice to remain the status quo.