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Established in 2022, the Arthur Hiller Award, named for the filmmaker, is intended to support outstanding racialized and minoritized students pursuing Cinema Studies. This award will give $1000-5000 and mentoring opportunities to outstanding candidates newly enrolled in the Cinema Studies program. Strong preference will be given to student applicants who self-identify as Black and Indigenous. For more information about the Fellowship, please visit Awards and Scholarships.

Established in 1985, this $10,000 award recognizes an outstanding University of Toronto student graduating or has graduated within the last year with a Specialist or Major in Cinema Studies, and is proceeding to further study in film and/or related media. For more information about the Fellowship, please visit Awards and Scholarships.

To apply for this award, applicants must complete the form below and should also:• Prepare a statement on a separate page (maximum one page long) outlining their plans for graduate study in film (course of study, school, length of program, etc.) and email it to cinema.studies@utoronto.ca.• Request two Cinema Studies faculty members to submit letters of recommendation directly to cinema.studies@utoronto.ca no later than the application deadline.

CIN410H1; CIN411H1; CIN412H1; CIN420H1; CIN430H1; CIN431H1; CIN432H1; CIN440H1; CIN450H1; CIN451H1; CIN452H1; CIN460H1; CIN461H1; CIN470H1; CIN471H1; CIN472H1; CIN480H1.

Majors in Cinema Studies require one 400-Level Seminar to complete their program.

Specialists in Cinema Studies require two 400-Level Seminars to complete their program.

Prerequisites: CIN105Y1, CIN201Y1, plus seven FCEs.

Corequisite: CIN301Y1

Priority enrolment is now closed. Once course enrolment begins in July, any student with the prerequisites can enrol in the remaining spaces in the 400-Level Seminars via ACORN. 

The practice of film criticism: studies of examples of journalistic and scholarly critical writing, practical sessions of process writing, and collaborative editing. Course includes regular film screenings. This course is offered biannually.

Prerequisites: CIN105Y1Y - Introduction to Film Study, 1.0 credit in Cinema Studies courses. 

The deadline to submit an application form was Monday, May 29, 2023 at 9:00am. Please email cinema.studies@utoronto.ca to inquire. 

CIN490Y1Y; CIN491H1F; CIN492H1S

Independent research projects are devised by students, supervised by Cinema Studies faculty, and open to Specialist and Major students in the Cinema Studies program. Students must enlist a Cinema Studies faculty to serve as supervisor, and submit a proposal along with a course syllabus to cinema.studies@utoronto.ca to be reviewed by the Undergraduate Committee.

Independent Study does not fulfill the 400-Level Seminar program requirement in the Cinema Studies Major and Specialist programs. 

2023/2024 Independent Study Application Form (Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Summer 2024 courses)