Film Animation (BFA)

Why study Film Animation?

Discover how to articulate your artistic visions as you master a versatile art form. Concordia’s multidisciplinary Film Animation program provides a solid foundation in the art of creative, independent frame-by-frame filmmaking. Our Fine Arts approach to film animation, taught by international award-winning professor-practitioners, emphasizes artistic cross-pollination, innovation and experimentation.

Our students learn the fundamentals of animated movement, stop motion, under camera animation, storyboarding, drawing, animated documentary, sound for animation, creative compositing and other original approaches to the medium. You’ll graduate with the artistic knowledge and discipline to create festival-ready animated films, think critically about your work and connect to the thriving community of independent artist-animators in Montreal and around the world.

With an Oscar win, eleven nominations, and hundreds of prestigious awards won by past and present faculty and students, we’re proud of the international acclaim our alumni enjoy as directors, producers, editors and designers of the world’s most creative animation.

This program is available for Fall admission only.

Minimum cut-off averages and course requirements

• Quebec CEGEP: DEC
  • Additional information for CEGEP applicants
• High School: C+
  • ACT or SAT is NOT required
  • Canadian curricula course requirements
  • Accepted international qualifications
• International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma: 26
• International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (CP): 4.3/7
  • Additional Career-related Programme (CP) course requirements
• Baccalauréat français: 11
• British system of education (GCE):
  • A-levels: At least two A-level exams CD or
  • AS-levels: At least 4 AS-level exams with equivalent results or
  • BTEC: Level 3 Diploma or Extended Diploma in a related subject area with equivalent results
  • Additional information for British System of Education (GCE) applicants
• University Transfers (internal/external): C

Additional requirements for admission

Applicants must submit additional requirements for admission directly to the department.

• Letter of intent
• Portfolio

Minimum cut-off averages should be used as indicators. The cut-off data may change depending on the applicant pool. Applicants who meet the stated minimum requirements are not guaranteed admission to these programs.

After your degree

Our students have gone on to become some of the world’s leading independent animation filmmakers. Many work with the National Film Board of Canada or with animation studios and visual effects companies around the world. Your degree can also lead to career paths such as:

• Animation Director
• Storyboard artist
• Character designer
• Web animator
• CGI special effects supervisor
• 3D modeller
• Stop-motion, 2D and 3D animator