Holding Ground: Nuit Blanche and Other Ruptures edited by Julie Nagam and Janine Marchessault

BOOK LAUNCH Commemorating the 15-year history of Nuit Blanche, Holding Ground: Nuit Blanche and Other Ruptures is an edited collection by artists, scholars, curators and contributors that considers Nuit Blanche in Canada and abroad. Through personal reflections, dia logues, and projects, the essays and images in this full-colour volume generate a multi-perspectival view of Nuit […]

FilipiNEXT presents Topline: Filipinx Diaspora and Sonic Aspirations in the City

Screening, Q & A, and live performances by creator, Romeo Candido, and lead actor, Cyrena Fiel. Special performance from Alexis Estropia and Gregory Dy Sun (Filipino Student’s Association at York) Topline: Filipinx Diaspora and Sonic Aspirations in the City July 13, 2022 7-9 p.m. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto TICKETS More information: https://filipinext.ca/schedule

Media Arts Spring Showcase

Please join us for our Annual Media Arts Spring Showcase! Featuring student works from every year of the Media Arts BFA program, from interactive narratives, 360VR dome projections, animations and short films.Fourth Year Graduating Students will talk about their works at 5PM, followed by an exhibition tour and premiere screening. The exhibition will be open […]

Media Arts Spring Showcase Launch

Please join us for our Annual Media Arts Spring Showcase! Featuring student works from every year of the Media Arts BFA program, from interactive narratives, 360VR dome projections, animations and short films.Fourth Year Graduating Students will talk about their works at 5PM, followed by an exhibition tour and premiere screening. The exhibition will be open […]

SUNDIAL Premiere

This winter, 16 students participated in a course called: Shooting the Set (Isolation Edition) with course instructor, Ingrid Veninger. Join these students across the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) from Theatre, Film Production, Screenwriting, Media Arts and Studies as they present a very unique collaborative film project entitled SUNDIAL. Even though […]

Nat Taylor Films presents TABIJA (THE WHITE FORTRESS)

In a rundown Sarajevo suburb, Faruk is an orphan who lives with his ill grandmother and spends his days foraging for scrap metal and dabbling in petty crime. One day he meets Mona, a timid teen from a politically powerful and affluent family. As Mona dreams of escaping the overbearing toxicity of her home life, […]

Through the Lens of Co-Showrunner/Executive Producer Annmarie Morais: The Making of The Porter

MASTERCLASS WITH ANNMARIE MORAIS: Co-Showrunner and Executive Producer of THE PORTER (Mondays at 9pm EST on CBC and streaming on CBC Gem) Moderated by Screenwriting faculty: Ingrid Veninger and Howard Wiseman Inspired by real events and set in the roar of the 1920s, THE PORTER follows the journeys of an ensemble of characters who hustle, […]

Media Arts Futures: In Conversation with Evan Narcisse, Writer of Comics, Video Games and Animation

Evan Narcisse works as a writer and narrative design consultant in video games, comic books, and TV, often focusing on the intersection of blackness and pop culture. As a journalist and critic, he’s written for The Atlantic, Time Magazine, Kotaku, and The New York Times, in addition to teaching game journalism at New York University […]

Carrying it with Us: Documenting Black Histories for the Future

Join Open Forum curator/moderator Kerry-Ann James in a special conversation with Selwyn Jacob, producer, and director of over 50 National Film Board films, Sylvia D. Hamilton, a Nova Scotian award-winning documentary filmmaker and writer, and Jennifer Holness, a documentary filmmaker, producer, and writer for a motivating discussion on archiving Black life in Canada through documentary […]

Intercut 2022

Join us for a virtual evening of staged readings and original scenes from upper-year Screenwriting students performed by Theatre students on Thursday, February 10 at 7:30 PM EST. Register here to attend.