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Enjoy small class sizes and exclusive networking opportunities. Graduate with the skills employers are seeking in today’s creative professionals.

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Our Diploma Programs

Film Production

Learn from real filmmakers. Shoot your films in our studios with Hollywood-standard equipment.

Writing for Film & TV

Turn your creative ideas into screenplays ready for production.

Acting for Film, TV and the Theatre

Master powerful acting techniques. Qualify for your first ACTRA credit.

Graphic Design & Interactive Media

Become a pro at visual communication.

Video Game Design & Animation

Build worlds and bring characters to life.

Video Game Design & Development

Ace the game creation process from concept to production.

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Bachelor of Creative Arts (BCA)

The BCA Program is offered out of Yorkville University. Level up your business and leadership skills. Qualify for a PGWP.

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Online Programs

On-campus programs are offered through Toronto Film School, Ontario. Online programs are offered through Toronto Film School at Yorkville University, New Brunswick.

Our ONLINE Diploma programs

Video Production Diploma

Plan, shoot, direct, edit and market your own content.

Writing for Film & TV Associate Diploma

Turn your creative ideas into screenplays ready for production.

Graphic Design & Interactive Media Diploma

Become a pro at visual communication.

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The TFS Difference

We Put the “IN” in Industry

Join us on the other side. Learn the inner workings of the trade from masters of the craft. Work on real-world projects. Build your own network of pros. And graduate confident, ready to score that dream job.

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Global Acclaim

We’re recognized as a top film school in Canada and abroad. And rightfully so. Just ask, CourseCompare, Casting Workbook, MovieMaker, Applyboard and more.

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Working, Active Faculty

Here to train you is the cream of the crop of experts in your area of study. Learn from those who are doing it.

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Best of the Best

Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Andrew Barnsley brings over two decades of experience to his role as president of Toronto Film School. He’s executive produced hits like Schitt’s Creek, Son of a Critch, and The Kids in the Hall.

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Real Learning

This is a boots on the ground type of school. Our programs have been designed to prepare you for the realities of working in the creative field. No sugarcoating.

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Industry Insiders

Program advisory committees, business partnerships and other special initiatives will ensure you gain valuable industry exposure.

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Inner Circle Club

Beyond your program’s curriculum, you’ll become part of the Inner Circle Club. A flagship initiative where an industry ace becomes the school’s expert-in-residence every term. Insights, tips, strategies, techniques and more are shared exclusively with the TFS community.

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Career Focused

Your success in the real world is our difference. Become versed in the best strategies for finding work in businesses related to your career aspirations. Receive strategic advice for job interviewing, crafting a resume, and networking.

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Future of Canada’s Film, Television & Video Game Industries Celebrated at 2024 TFS Film Festival  

Toronto, ON, April 25, 2024 – A flock of film, television and video game industry leaders will be on hand at the TIFF Lightbox on Thursday, May 16 to celebrate the future stars of Canada’s creative industries at Toronto Film School’s 2024 Film Festival. “The TFS Film Fest marks a special time of year, as …Read more

Director of TFS’s Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation Wins Lavender Rhetorics Award

Tommy Mayberry, the Director of Toronto Film School and Yorkville University’s Centre for Teaching Excellence and Innovation, was recently awarded with the 2024 Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship. Presented annually by the Conference on College Composition and Communication, the award honours four works (one book, one book chapter or article, one dissertation and …


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Video Game Student Dmytro Salenko Wows Creative Success Award Judges with ‘Mindscape’ Game Pitch

Toronto Film School recently announced Dmytro Salenko as the inaugural winner of its newly launched Creative Success Award. For Salenko, a Video Game Design & Animation student, being selected as the first-ever recipient of the quarterly $2,500 bursary meant the world to him – not only proving that all his hard work and dedication is …


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Film Production Alum Olayinka Jinmi-Ahisu Wins 2024 The Verdict Marketing Case Competition

Class of 2021 Toronto Film School grad Olayinka Jinmi-Ahisu was recently part of a team that took home the first-place finish from The Verdict 2024 – including a cash prize of $10,000! “Winning the competition felt unreal to me,” Ahisu said of The Verdict, an annual marketing case competition presented by IMDOINGIT, which offers Black …


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Film Production Grad William Gauthier’s ‘Each Other’ Wins Big on Festival Circuit

Class of 2023 Film Production alumnus William Gauthier has enjoyed a very successful stint on the festival circuit with his very first short film, Each Other, over the last year. Since its completion in June 2023, Each Other has been selected to 16 festivals in 8 countries around the world, garnering 12 nominations and bringing …


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Acting Grad Monika Monika Lands Role on Bell Fibe Web Series ‘Realm 2’

Monika Monika recently landed a role on Bell Fibe’s Realm 2 – a “dream come true” for the Class of 2021 Acting for Film, TV & the Theatre grad. The web series follows the lives of various hopefuls, whose goals in life are similar, despite the fact that their paths have never crossed. “Working on …


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Video Game Grad Matyas Dudas Lands Programming Job at People Can Fly Studio

Class of 2023 grad Matyas Dudas landed a job at People Can Fly Studio – a global video game development company known as one of the leading Unreal Engine studios in the industry – right after graduating from the Video Game Design & Development program last fall. Since November, Dudas has been working full time …


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