Film Arts Certificate (Directing)

About this programme

Students in the the Film Arts Directing Certificate will direct two festival quality films and garner on-screen credits as a director during this dynamic eight-month program. In collaboration with your fellow actors, writers, and directors you’ll also have credits as a director of photography, editor, and producer. You need drive, ambition, a solid work ethic, teamwork skills, and energy to burn in order to succeed in this career path. Our yearly Film Arts Festival screening event is the launch pad for the films that your team will promote and screen worldwide. Langara College Film Arts is an eight-month, intensive, collaborative, and comprehensive program for students wishing to work in today’s film industry as actors, writers, or directors. The development and inspiration for the Film Arts program grew out of Langara's well known Theatre Arts/ Studio 58 program and its successful conservatory approach to training actors and production personnel in theatre. The Film Arts program offers post-accreditation certificates in three streams of study; Writing for the Screen, Acting for the Screen, and Directing for the Screen. Courses in film studies, film principles, and film practice overlap resulting in a creative and collaborative environment in which students will practice their skills with the other creators in each craft area. These overlapping courses are designed so students will develop a dynamic understanding of the film making process. The Film Arts program is for dedicated students committed to imaginative exploration and to honing and upgrading their skills an