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Industry leaders and students share messages of persistence, collaboration, and the healing power of storytelling at 2025 convocation Pride, excitement, and an outpouring of creative spirit filled Meridian Hall recently as Toronto Film School celebrated its Class of 2025 during a pair of convocation ceremonies. Over the course of two ceremonies on November 13, nearly …

If the internet has taught us anything lately, it’s that even simple numbers like 6-7 can spark a surprising amount of cultural imagination – and this term, Toronto Film School’s Acting for Film, TV & the Theatre students are bringing that meme-inspired energy to the stage with a theatrical twist. From December 10-12, TFS’s fifth-term …

For Sophia Cano, acting has always been more than a career aspiration – it’s been a lifeline. Born in Manizales, Colombia and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Cano found solace in every artistic outlet she could access: dance, music, improv, and theatre. When life felt overwhelming, when her family faced health crises, and when her own …

For nine years, Andrew Iddon served in the Royal Canadian Navy as a Naval Electronic Sensor Operator specializing in Surface Weapons and Electronic Warfare, completing two overseas tours and navigating everything from hunting Russian submarines in the Black Sea to conducting operations off the coast of Syria. Today, the Acting for Film, TV & the …

Levi Goethe-Bahlmann discovered his love for storytelling long before stepping onto the Toronto Film School campus. What began as a passion for directing theatre productions in high school has evolved into a multifaceted career in film in which the up-and-coming transgender filmmaker has honed his skills as a producer, director, and actor across countless student …

As the Toronto Blue Jays charge through their historic World Series run, millions of fans across Canada are rallying behind a bold visual identity that captures the team’s championship ambition. Behind that “Want It All” campaign is Adam vanLuttikhuizen, a Toronto Film School and Yorkville University alumnus whose journey from student to Senior Graphic Designer …

Toronto, ON, October 7, 2025 – Toronto Film School, Yorkville University (Ontario campus), and their administrative staff are coming together under one roof at a brand-new, centralized location at 120 Bloor Street East in downtown Toronto. This bold move marks an exciting new chapter of growth, innovation, and service for the Toronto Film School and …

Toronto Film School recently announced Andrés Sevilla as the 2025 recipient of its President’s Award for Teaching Excellence – an annual award celebrating faculty who inspire and facilitate learning in ways that have a positive and sustained influence on our students. Launched in 2024, the award is the highest honour for teaching at Toronto Film …

Toronto Film School once again took centre stage during the Toronto International Film Festival®’s milestone 50th edition this September, celebrating the creativity and storytelling talent of its students and alumni. For the second year in a row, TFS proudly sponsored the TIFF Festival Street Art Market in partnership with TIFF, transforming John Street at King …

Acting for Film, TV & the Theatre student Alia Ettienne has been selected as this term’s recipient of the BMO BIPOC Creative Achievement Award – a quarterly $1,250 bursary that celebrates the creativity and promise of full-time students who identify as Black, Indigenous or a Person of Colour. Created to help foster greater diversity and …

Toronto Film School is seeking Indigenous-identifying students interested in joining its Indigenous Student Advisory Council. Co-chaired by Jessica Gruchy, Manager of Indigenous Partnerships and Engagement, and Deanna McQuarrie, Vice President of Student and Registrarial Services, the Indigenous Students Advisory Council (ISAC) is an up-to-10-member body that was created via a collaborative and consultative process to …

What began as an ambitious five-level concept evolved into a polished, playable – and hard-to-put-down – capstone video game project for this term’s graduating class of Video Game Design & Animation and Video Game Design & Development students. Kynetic Flux drops players into a crumbling futuristic alien city, challenging them to navigate streets once alive …

From the battlefield to the big screen, Class of 2022 Video Production grad Martin Spriggs is proving himself a rising force in Canadian documentary filmmaking. The Gulf War veteran and retired infantryman and paratrooper recently celebrated his first film festival win with his second feature-length documentary, White School Black Memories | A Canadian Soldier’s Story …

Toronto Film School acting students are set to step into the hooves, paws, trotters and claws of the creatures inhabiting Animal Farm when the school’s adaptation of George Orwell’s bitingly satiric novella hits the stage at Native Earth’s Aki Studio next week. Adapted by Canadian playwright Peter Anderson and revised and directed by TFS’s Andy …

Class of 2024 Film Production grad Nico Marneris has been nominated for a 2025 Student Cinematography Award by the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC). The nomination comes in recognition of his work on The Man with the Iron Heart – a TFS FEST 2025 award-winning short film written and directed by his partner and fellow …

When Honey Bunch marks its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, audiences will marvel at its evocative 1970s world – one painstakingly brought to life in large part thanks to Toronto Film School alumnus Heather Hedley. A Class of 2020 Acting for Film, TV & the Theatre grad, Hedley served …

On September 8, Guillermo del Toro’s highly anticipated Frankenstein will make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) – and among the creative talent on screen will be the daring stunt work of a Toronto Film School graduate who has built a thriving career one leap, fall, and fight at a time. …

Without video games, Brandon Marshall isn’t sure he would’ve survived his childhood. Games, he says, were his escape from the relentless bullying he suffered and a lifeline from the abuse he endured. When he played, all that destructive noise from the outside world simply disappeared and whole new realities – ones filled with hope and …

TORONTO, ON, September 2, 2025 – Toronto Film School (TFS) will mark the Toronto International Film Festival®’s (TIFF) milestone 50th edition this month with its biggest lineup of events, activations, and opportunities to showcase student and alumni talent yet. To start, this year’s TIFF lineup features an impressive slate of productions that spotlight the work …

Toronto Film School has been named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s 30 Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada for the seventh year in a row. In compiling this year’s list – which includes world-renowned institutions such as USC, NYU, and the AFI Conservatory, to name a few – MovieMaker Editor-in-Chief Tim Molloy said his …