Training
•Bullet: BFA Film Production has trained filmmakers since 1969, with specialization options in documentary, alternative cinema, screenwriting, and producing, culminating in student-created short films in the final year
•Bullet: Admission is portfolio-based: applicants submit a 1-2 minute self-portrait video, a short film or video (3 minutes max) on which they served as a key creative, a background statement, and a resume — there is no performance audition
•Bullet: A parallel three-year Diploma option runs alongside the four-year BFA
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Alumni work has screened at Cannes, Berlinale, SXSW, Sundance, TIFF, IDFA, and Hot Docs
Value
•Bullet: The Rogers Communications Award provides $3,000 annually to a Black or Indigenous student in the program