Picture Yourself Living In Vancouver, Canada

Culture. Creativity. Connections. The Vancouver area isn’t just beautiful, it’s a place that cultivates talent, friendships, and relationships within the film and TV industry. From the trails of Grouse Mountain to the nightlife of Granville Street to the creative and collaborative performance spaces, Vancouver is the place to take the next step in your career.

Picture Your
Career In Only
One Year

The Acting for Film + Television program is effective and concise, taking you from insightful beginner to winning acting auditions for film and television in just one short year. Structured to deliver the skills you need, Vancouver Film School connects you with industry insiders as your instructors. You’ll work with the tools you’ll use in the real world, creating the experience you need to take the next step in your career.

Make Great Connections For Your Future

An education at VFS is more than just the acting classes you take and the experience you earn: it’s the connections you’ll make with your current classmates and with the VFS alumni family. Learn from those in the industry, and connect with VFS grads just like you. They’re out there, doing the work, and they’ll want you right beside them.

CLIMB. Begin the mental, physical, and emotional preparation necessary to enter into the craft of acting. You'll encounter the core principles, including acting technique, camera skills, movement, voice, and improvisation.

LEAP. Elevate your acting techniques, critical sensibilities, and performance range with expert-led acting classes. Experience the technical and creative demands of television auditions.

DIG. Expand your range and presence through improv and collaborations with Film Production. Investigate how your life story informs your performances, enabling you to bring greater truth to your work.

EMERGE. Apply your growing skills to deep scene study and personal monologues. Discover the demands of Sitcom and the high stakes skills necessary for motion capture, green screen, and heightened dramas. Share your work at the end of the term in a live presentation.

FREEFALL. Experience an intense acting workshop that aims to free your impulse to elevate every performance. Voice Coaching sessions will further encourage ease and range in your voice to prepare you for the demands of feature film acting auditions and your introduction to the world of Voice Acting.

HORIZON. Think beyond the school and acting classes and cement the work you’ve accomplished in the year. Shoot your film project and promo reel in studio to showcase your talents. Define how to be the driver of your own career and consider strategies for getting an agent.

Acting core principles. Begin the mental, physical, and emotional preparation necessary to enter
into the craft of acting.

On camera. Experience the technical and creative demands of acting auditions and casting
calls.

Acting audition techniques. Expand your range and presence through improvisation and
advanced skills to master any audition.

Special skills & special FX. Discover the demands of sitcom acting, and the special skills
necessary for motion capture, green screen, and heightened dramas.

We develop your voice acting skills with on-the-mic training. Explore animation and ADR voice coaching sessions to further encourage ease and range in your voice to prepare you for the demands of feature film auditions.

Final project shoot. Shoot your film project and promo reel in studio to showcase your talents,
and learn how to get an agent and drive your own career.

A diploma in Acting for Film & Television

A portfolio showcasing your work

Acccess to VFS Alumni Director and Job Board

A lifetime network

Industry connections that will help guide your career

Accelerated 2- to 3-year diploma, bachelor's, and master's degree pathway options with partnered higher education institutions in Canada and abroad