Film at UBC

04/09/2026

A huge thank you to YOU for supporting our first ever Giving Day! Together, we raised $2210 for the Film Program & Equipment Fund—support that will help Film Production students access the tools and resources they need to bring their stories to life.

We’re so grateful to everyone who donated, shared, and helped spread the word. Your commitment helps to ensure that the voices of emerging filmmakers are heard at a time when authentic storytelling matters more than ever.

Missed Giving Day? There’s still time to give! The page will remain open until the end of the month.

Learn more or donate:

Support emerging filmmakers as they develop their craft and bring new stories to life.

04/08/2026

Today is ! Make your Giving Day gift to the Film Program & Equipment Fund and help students hone their craft and bring their creative visions to life.

Thanks to our matching challenges, your donation today will go even further, unlocking additional support for our students.

Take a moment to read what two of our BFA Film Production students have to say about how this fund will impact future filmmakers.

Donate now: https://givingday.ubc.ca/32770/gd2026/194329/film-program-and-equipment-fund

Thank you for supporting the next generation of storytellers.

04/07/2026

UBC Giving Day is tomorrow! Join the UBC community in coming together for a 24-hour day of giving—supporting the programs and opportunities that matter most to students, alumni, and friends.

This year, the Department of Theatre and Film is raising funds for the Film Program & Equipment Fund, which helps Film Production students access essential equipment, bursaries, and festival submission fees so they can create professional-quality work and gain real-world experience.

Tomorrow only, your gift can go even further:

• The first $500 donated will be matched by Theatre & Film faculty and staff
• When 10 alumni give, an additional $500 gift from Dr. Shannon Walsh will be unlocked

Every gift helps remove barriers and ensures students have the tools they need to bring their stories to life.

Learn more or donate here: https://givingday.ubc.ca/32770/gd2026/194329/film-program-and-equipment-fund

Thank you for supporting the next generation of filmmakers.

03/19/2026

Join us on April 8 for UBC Giving Day 2026!

This year, we’re raising funds for the Film Program & Equipment Fund, which helps Film Production students access essential equipment, bursaries, and festival submission fees so they can create professional-quality work and gain real-world experience.

With rising equipment costs, access to up-to-date cameras, editing software, and sound gear is more important than ever. Your support helps remove barriers and gives students the tools they need to bring their stories to life.

Every contribution—big or small—makes a difference. 🎬

Learn more or donate: https://givingday.ubc.ca/32770/gd2026/194329/film-program-and-equipment-fund

📸: Anton Hing & A***n Kurungode by Yazeid Suhaimi

02/20/2026

The Spring Critical Thinkers Series continues!

On February 27, join us for Producing Sovereignty: Indigenous Cinema and Media and Institutional Contexts in Canada with Karrmen Crey (Simon Fraser University). This talk examines how Indigenous filmmakers and media creators in Canada have navigated and reshaped national institutions, particularly the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, and argues that these negotiations directly shape on-screen content, making institutional analysis a valuable framework for interpreting the representational strategies of Indigenous media texts.

📅 Friday, February 27 @ 3 pm
📍Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

Admission is free and open to the public. See you there!

More info: https://theatrefilm.ubc.ca/events/event/critical-thinkers-series-karrmen-crey/

02/14/2026

This Valentine’s Day, our Film Production and Cinema & Media Studies faculty, staff, and grad students are sharing films about love that break the mold. From q***r desire and messy breakups to cross-cultural longing and quiet devotion, these picks explore romance in all its complexity.

Read the full list: https://theatrefilm.ubc.ca/news/beyond-the-meet-cute-unconventional-valentines-day-film-picks/

📸 Still from Stellar (2022)

02/14/2026

This Valentine’s Day, our Film Production and Cinema & Media Studies faculty, staff, and grad students are sharing films about love that break the mold. From q***r desire and messy breakups to cross-cultural longing and quiet devotion, these picks explore romance in all its complexity.

Head to theatrefilm.ubc.ca (or visit the link in our bio) to read the full list — and drop your own favourite unconventional love story in the comments below!

📸 Still from Stellar (2022)

01/13/2026

This spring’s Critical Thinkers Series, presented by the Centre for Cinema Studies and Cinema Thinks the World, brings leading voices in cinema and media studies to campus from January to May (swipe to see the full schedule).

Join us for the second talk in the series by Dr. Erin Shevaugn Schlumpf (Ohio University): Remnants of Refusal: Feminist Affect, National Trauma. Drawing from her new book (SUNY Press, 2025), Schlumpf explores how films and texts respond to historical trauma through feminist refusal, foregrounding affective states like melancholy, ambivalence, and exhaustion that resist the demand to “move on.” The talk introduces these ideas through a reading of Emily Xiaobai Tang’s Conjugation (2001), set in Beijing during the winter of 1989.

🗓️ Friday, January 16 at 3 pm
📍 Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Free to attend, no need to RSVP

11/27/2025

Celebrating our graduating students today! 🎓 Your hard work, creativity, and dedication have shaped our community, and we can’t wait to see what you do next. Here’s to the Class of Fall 2025!

Read a message from our Department Head, Kirsty Johnston and learn more about the grads: https://theatrefilm.ubc.ca/news/class-of-2025-fall/

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11/12/2025

The next talk in the Centre for Cinema Studies and Cinema Thinks the World's Critical Thinkers Series is coming up on Friday, November 21! Dr. Su-Anne Yeo, Sessional Lecturer at the Department of Asian Studies, presents: "The Trans-Asian Cine-Feminism of Julia Kwan’s Eve and the Firehorse (2005)". Dr. Yeo explores how the film reimagines female imagination and Chinese diasporic experience within the framework of Trans-Asian cine-feminism.

This talk is free to attend and is presented in partnership with Asian Canadian and Asian Migration (ACAM) Studies.

10/27/2025

Join us for the next talk in the Fall 2025 Series by filmmaker Dr. Clément Lagouarde on Friday, November 7! The program will feature three of Clément Lagouarde’s short films: “13 Octobre”, a satirical comedy exploring colonization from the perspective of the gods; “Notre Père” (Our Father), a poignant tribute to a father by his two children—Indigenous expatriates living in France; and “Super Autochtone” (Super Indigenous), which addresses the legacy of residential schools.

Presented by the Centre for Cinema Studies and Cinema Thinks the World, the Critical Thinkers Series features research talks by notable and emerging scholars in Cinema and Media Studies. This talk is free to attend and there is no need to RSVP. Co-sponsored by the Centre de la Francophonie and the Centre for European Studies.

More details: https://theatrefilm.ubc.ca/events/event/critical-thinkers-clement-lagouarde/

10/22/2025

Discover what makes UBC’s Film Production program one of Canada’s leading training grounds for emerging filmmakers. Join our Online Open House on Friday, November 28 to meet our faculty, staff, and current students, hear more about the BFA, MFA, and diploma options, and ask your questions!

Register to attend: https://theatrefilm.ubc.ca/events/event/film-production-program-open-house-2025/