The Cinema Studies Institute emphasizes the study of cinema by focusing on film history, film theory, and film analysis. The Institute offers a limited number of courses in production, though many of our students have found our program useful in preparing them for a career in the film industry. Our regularly offered production-based courses are CIN349H1Y - Screenwriting and CIN369H1 - Critical Writing on Film.
You can read about how our alumni have used their undergraduate and graduate degrees in Cinema Studies to find careers in the film industry and beyond in the following articles:
- Alumni return to share Careers after Cinema Studies
- CSI Alumni Zalika Reid-Benta, Chandler Levack, Phil Leers return for panel discussion
- CSI Alumni Diana Sanchez, Karam Masri and JP Larocque return for panel discussion
- CSI Alumni reveal how they got from here to there
An edited recording of the 2023 Careers after Cinema Studies event is available on YouTube.
Many of our students pursue film related extracurricular activities at the University of Toronto: