Program Overview

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Film Production

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @ UWindsor

Program Overview & Highlights

• Honours 4-Year Program
• B.F.A.

Bring your vision to the screen. Learn by doing and develop your artistic, technical, storytelling, and professional workplace skills in a highly creative hands-on environment. Study all aspects of scripted and documentary filmmaking, including concept development, screenwriting, producing, directing, cinematography, sound, and editing. This four-year honours degree prepares emerging filmmakers for the realities of the vibrant Canadian film industry.

Create one short film per term

Award-winning and internationally recognized faculty

State-of-the-art film equipment and production facilities

Learn More About Our Program

1800 hours of studio time every year

100% of our graduates are employed within 2 years1

1:23 faculty-to-student ratio, ensuring personalized attention from your world-class professors

+60% of course time is spent in studios

What Lancers Are Saying

My first time working on a film set changed me forever. There's so much energy! Creating a short film every semester really pushed me to create something original I can be proud of. I had to learn to manage my time and communicate - skills that are going to help me in my career.

Luis Jimenez

Student
Film Production

Faculty & Staff

Recruitment & Outreach Coordinator

Sheri Lowrie

FAHSS Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator

Sheri Lowrie

FAHSS Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator

Hi, I’m Sheri Lowrie — though you might know me better as your cool Auntie Sheri on campus! I’m here to support you as you navigate your path to becoming a proud Lancer in one of our Faculty of Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences programs.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Language, with minors in Communications, Media and Film, and Sociology. Whether you prefer texting, emailing, a virtual coffee chat, or a cozy conversation on my couch, I’m always here to help you reach your academic goals and make the most of your university experience.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60%)Minimum Average: 70%

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Grade 12 EnglishMinimum Average: 70%

Career Tracks

• Editor
• Director
• Producer, Cinematographer
• Gaffer
• Sound Recordist
• Production Assistant
• Camera Assistant
• DIT (Digital Imaging Technician)

Related Programs

Communication, Media & Film

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

1. ENGL-1010 is required for all FAHSS Majors. Students with 80% or higher in Grade 12 ENG4U (or equivalent) are exempt from this course requirement and will substitute it with an additional course from any area of study.
2. All FAHSS programs require students to take one course with Indigenous content, perspectives, or materials. This can be done at any time during the student’s undergraduate education. See this link for course options:
   Not all Indigenous content courses are offered every term.
3. Students studying within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are encouraged to review the FAHSS Overview page.

Required Course Notes

Required Major Courses

• FILM 1100
• FILM 1900

Recommended Courses

• CMAF 1010
• ENGL 1010

Recommended Electives

• GART 1210
• Electives from: ‘Social Science’, ‘Language’, ‘Science’ or any other subject outside of Film Production

Required Courses

ENGL 1010: Academic Writing

An introduction to the fundamentals of effective writing in academic contexts. Topics may include language, essay writing conventions, critical thinking, research, editing and revising, and academic integrity. (1.5 lecture, 1.5 laboratory hours per week.) (Arts elective only; does not count for credit in the major or minor Fall 2025 Undergraduate Calendar 104 course requirements of any English or English and Creative Writing degree programs.) (Credit cannot be obtained for both ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1001 or GART 1510.)

FILM 1100: Film Production I

A study of the art and craft of film production through lectures and hands-on exercises. A survey of the stages of production, key artistic roles, and concepts of visualization and cinematic storytelling. (2 lecture hours and 1 laboratory hour per week.) (Credit cannot be obtained for both FILM-1100 and CMAF-1120.)

FILM 1900: Film Business and Professional Practice I

A study and practice of behavioural skills such as active listening, conflict resolution, running effective meetings, addressing ethics, etc., relevant to the film industry. A team environment will be used as we study interpersonal dynamics as they relate to roles in film production. (Open only to BFA Film Production majors.) (3 lecture hours a week.)

Recommended Courses

CMAF 1010: Introduction to Media and Society

An overview of major themes, concepts and issues that inform the field of Canadian communication/ media studies. Topics may include: the political, economic, historical, and cultural contexts of communication; new media; policy issues and concerns; representation; the role of media in the social construction of reality and the broad interaction between media and society. (3 lecture hours or 2 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour per week.)

GART 1210: An Introduction into Indigenous Topics

This course introduces students to Indigenous histories, perspectives, and modern realities through an Indigenous lens. The role of colonization is introduced as Indigenous relationships on Turtle Island changed as a result of contact and colonization. This survey course provides a learning opportunity for students to engage in Indigenous pedagogy and worldview as they learn how history impacts the contemporary lives of Indigenous people. Through exploring relationships, this course engages critical reading, writing and thinking skills through course lectures and seminar activities. The history of relations assists in understanding how colonization’s policies and statutory documents thereafter affected Indigenous peoples, such as the Royal Proclamation, Treaties, the Indian Act, the British North America Act (1867), and the Constitution Act (1982). Today, these colonial-state governance documents are a significant part of Indigenous-Crown and Indigenous-settler relations. (2 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour per week.) (Also offered as SOSC-1210.)