AMPD Championed Creativity at Nuit Blanche 2023
York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) champions creativity and positive change at Nuit Blanche Toronto this Saturday, September 23 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. With the theme of ‘Breaking ground’, Nuit Blanche Toronto invites local, national, and international artists to explore ideas centered around the natural world, change, and innovation.
Eight new faces joined the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
The York University School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) welcomes eight new faculty members this fall.
AMPD Alumni Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival
York University's Cinema & Media Arts and Theatre alumni are set to walk the red carpet at TIFF running from September 7 to 17, 2023.
AMPD alum named new imagineNATIVE festival director
Kahstarohkwanoron Lindsay Monture, who graduated York with a bachelor of arts in film and media studies, has been named the new festival director of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, the world’s largest showcase for film, video, audio, digital and interactive media made by Indigenous creators.
York alumni win big at Canadian Screen Awards
During Canadian Screen Week (April 11 to 16), The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television handed out more than two dozens Canadian Screen Awards to York alumni – from the School of Arts, Media, Performance & Design and the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies – recognizing their achievements in film, television and the digital sector.
45+ AMPD alums nominated for Canadian Screen Awards
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television nominated over 45 York University School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) alumni for Canadian Screen Awards across more than 30 different categories.
‘Black Ice’ director, producer join Black History Month screening at York
Oscar-nominated director Hubert Davis and Vinay Virmani (BA 2008), film producer and York alum, attended a special screening and Q-and-A for the critically acclaimed Black Ice at York’s Tribute Communities Recital Hall for Black History Month.
Sort Of Talking About Comedy, Career, and School With York Alum, Fab Filippo
York alumni, Fab Filippo, has much to celebrate as the second season of his and Bilal Baig’s original CBC sitcom, Sort Of, receives even more praise and critical acclaim than the first. The series follows ultra-fahionable Sabi, a non-binary millennial and the youngest in a large Pakistani family, as they search for that “uncomplicated, Rachel McAdams love.”