Overview

About the programme

Along with technical instruction, in-depth and constructive critiques, mentoring and extensive hands-on experience, you will develop into a self-aware and mature film practitioner.

The Film and Screen Arts program offered by Emily Carr University of Art + Design provides a theoretical, historical and critical framework within which students master the conceptual and practical skills for producing film, video, moving image, sound and other media works for screens: theatrical, televisual exhibition and distribution platforms such as online, festival distribution, gallery exhibition, and public art presentation. It prepares students for professional practice in film and media, and for graduate work at the university level. Students are encouraged to develop their artistic voice within a context of artistic expression, formal exploration, and engagement with social and political issues. A dual emphasis on studio and critical and cultural studies endows the student with breadth across these areas.

Our priority is critical making, having our students find their voice and produce media works that have informed content and relevant form. We teach our students to have a depth of conceptual understanding and technical facility with decisions around their choice of form and content that best expresses their ideas and stories. Their work is disseminated in the best medium for what they are creating and building toward, be it cinema-based, gallery practice and/or web oriented.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

BYOD Bring Your Own Device

Decolonizing the Screen

Set Design

Special Topics: Aboriginal Stories + Storytelling

Experimental Cinematography

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-01-06 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-10-15 00:00:00
Starting 2026-05-07 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-03-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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PTE Academic

56

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TOEFL^® IBT

84

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Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Vancouver, Canada

Disciplines

Visual Arts Film Studies View 90 other Bachelors in Film Studies in Canada

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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PTE Academic

56

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TOEFL^® IBT

84

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110

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Other requirements

General requirements

The minimum academic requirement for admission to Emily Carr University undergraduate programs is graduation from grade 12 secondary school, with five grade 12 subjects, including English Studies 12 with a minimum grade of 'C', two other grade 12 academic courses and two grade 12 elective courses. The minimum overall grade point average required for admission is 2.5 or C+ or 67%. All elective courses must be grade 12 and can be Ministry Approved, Board Approved or Locally Developed.

If English is not your first language you will need to submit an English Proficiency test.

The portfolio requirements are the same as for applicants from Canada - whether for Foundation Year or transfer student applicants.

Student insurance

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
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Tuition Fee

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International

26139 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 26139 CAD per year during 48 months.
National

5918 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 5918 CAD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Vancouver

1590 - 2686 CAD /month

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Scholarships Information

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