Program Overview & Highlights

  • Honours 4-Year Program
  • B.F.A.

Bring your vision to the screen. Learn by doing and develop your artistic, technical, storytelling, and professional workplace skills in a highly creative hands-on environment. Study all aspects of scripted and documentary filmmaking, including concept development, screenwriting, producing, directing, cinematography, sound, and editing. This four-year honours degree prepares emerging filmmakers for the realities of the vibrant Canadian film industry.

Create one short film per term
Award-winning and internationally recognized faculty
State-of-the-art film equipment and production facilities

Learn More About Our Program

180
hours of studio time every year
100%
of our graduates are employed within 2 years1
1 (OUGS Fine and Applied Arts, 2020)
1:23
faculty-to-student ratio, ensuring personalized attention from your world-class professors
+60%
of course time is spent in studios

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements:English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60% [70% for Fall 2026])
Minimum Average: 70%

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Grade 12 English
Minimum Average: 70%

Language Requirements

Academic Calendars

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Career Tracks

  • Editor
  • Director
  • Producer, Cinematographer
  • Gaffer
  • Sound Recordist
  • Production Assistant
  • Camera Assistant
  • DIT (Digital Imaging Technician)

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