Vancouver Film School&nbsp;(VFS) is a private entertainment arts school located in&nbsp;Vancouver,&nbsp;British Columbia,&nbsp;Canada. Founded in 1987, it is an internationally recognized institute. The Vancouver Film School has campus locations around&nbsp;Downtown Vancouver&nbsp;and comprises six buildings.&nbsp;

<ul>
	<li>As part of the school&#39;s 20th anniversary in 2007, in August 2006 one million dollars was set aside in scholarships for new students.</li>
	<li>&nbsp;In March 2008, Vancouver Film School and YouTube launched a competition for three full-tuition scholarships for the creators of the three videos submitted and voted as favorites by the YouTube community.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>VFS offers one-year, hands-on production programs, including Film Production, 3D Animation &amp; Visual Effects, Classical Animation, Acting for Film &amp; Television, Digital Design, Entertainment Business Management, Foundation Visual Art &amp; Design, Game Design, Makeup Design for Film &amp; Television, Sound Design for Visual Media, and Writing for Film &amp; Television. The school also runs a four-month Acting Essentials course and a 6-month Digital Character Animation program.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

About

<h3>Off-Campus Accommodation</h3>

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Vancouver Film School&nbsp;helps&nbsp;students find a home away from home. While renting in Vancouver can be expensive, they&nbsp;aim to provide convenient accommodations, allowing you to focus on academic and personal growth.

There Housing Coordinator&rsquo;s well-established connections with landlords in Vancouver will help your search for accommodations that meet your needs and budget. Whether renting your own apartment, sharing with roommates, or living in a homestay, excellent options are available for you to choose from.

Accommodation

Some of the world-famous people who all graduated from this university are listed below:

<ul>
	<li>Magda Apanowicz&nbsp;&ndash; the actor is known for her roles as Andy Jensen on the TV series&nbsp;Kyle XY&nbsp;and Lacy Rand on&nbsp;Caprica.</li>
	<li>Shakun Batra&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Bollywood&nbsp;director of&nbsp;Kapoor &amp; Sons&quot; and &quot;Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu&quot;.</li>
	<li>Neill Blomkamp&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Oscar-nominated screenwriter&nbsp;and director of&nbsp;District 9.</li>
	<li>Anugrah Bohrey&nbsp;&ndash; writer of&nbsp;Best of Luck (2012 film)&nbsp;and Himmat Singh.</li>
	<li>Sara Canning&nbsp;&ndash; series regular (Seasons 1 and 2) on the television series&nbsp;The Vampire Diaries&nbsp;as well as numerous film and television credits.</li>
	<li>Jonathan Cherry&nbsp;&ndash; actor in&nbsp;House of the Dead,&nbsp;Final Destination 2, and many other television and film productions.</li>
	<li>Colin Cunningham&nbsp;&ndash; actor in television and film on both sides of the border.</li>
	<li>Clint Eland &ndash; founder &amp; president of&nbsp;Mercury Filmworks, Canada&#39;s largest privately-owned animation production studio.</li>
	<li>Hanna Hall&nbsp;&ndash; most known for her acting roles in&nbsp;Forrest Gump,&nbsp;The Virgin Suicides,&nbsp;and the&nbsp;2007 remake of Halloween.</li>
	<li>Dave Klein&nbsp;&ndash; cinematographer, best known for working with&nbsp;Kevin Smith.</li>
	<li>Neil Kopp&nbsp;&ndash; producer of&nbsp;Old Joy&nbsp;and director&nbsp;Gus Van Sant&#39;s 2007 film&nbsp;Paranoid Park&nbsp;for which Kopp won a 2008&nbsp;Independent Spirit Award.</li>
	<li>John G. Lenic&nbsp;&ndash; TV producer and production manager best known for his work on&nbsp;Stargate SG-1,&nbsp;Stargate: Atlantis, and&nbsp;Stargate Universe.</li>
	<li>Seth Lochhead&nbsp;&ndash; writer of&nbsp;Hanna.</li>
	<li>Steve Lund&nbsp;&ndash; actor, best known for&nbsp;Schitt&rsquo;s Creek,&nbsp;Haven,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bitten.</li>
	<li>Niall Matter&nbsp;&ndash; actor, best known for&nbsp;Primeval: New World&nbsp;and&nbsp;Eureka.</li>
	<li>Chad Moffitt&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Academy Award-winning&nbsp;animator on&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings</li>
	<li>Lon Molnar &ndash; co-founder, CEO, and senior visual effects supervisor at Toronto-based visual effects studio&nbsp;Intelligent Creatures.</li>
	<li>Scott Mosier&nbsp;&ndash; film producer, editor, and cameo actor who produced the&nbsp;Academy Award-nominated documentary,&nbsp;Salim Baba. He met&nbsp;Kevin Smith&nbsp;and cinematographer Dave Klein at VFS, and since graduating, the three have collaborated on the films in the&nbsp;View Askewniverse.</li>
	<li>Andrew Overtoom&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Animation&nbsp;Director&nbsp;on&nbsp;SpongeBob SquarePants, for which he was nominated for&nbsp;Emmy Awards&nbsp;in 2004 and 2007.</li>
	<li>Emily Bett Rickards&nbsp;&ndash; actress best known for her role as&nbsp;Felicity Smoak&nbsp;on&nbsp;Arrow.</li>
	<li>Stacey Roy&nbsp;&ndash; actor, new media producer, and creator of Whabam Media and WHABAM.tv</li>
	<li>Manford Sidhu&nbsp;&ndash; Bollywood producer, director &amp; distributor. He formed a production and distribution company named White Hill Production &amp; White Hill Music.</li>
	<li>Kevin Smith&nbsp;&ndash; Director of&nbsp;Clerks,&nbsp;Mallrats,&nbsp;Chasing Amy,&nbsp;Dogma,&nbsp;Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,&nbsp;Jersey Girl&nbsp;and&nbsp;Clerks II; Smith dropped out in 1993&nbsp;and was presented with an honorary diploma in 2005.</li>
	<li>Tara Spencer-Nairn&nbsp;&ndash; actor in&nbsp;Corner Gas.</li>
	<li>Jewel Staite&nbsp;&ndash; Canadian-born actress famous for her work on Joss Whedon&#39;s&nbsp;Firefly, and&nbsp;Stargate: Atlantis.</li>
	<li>Emilie Ullerup&nbsp;&ndash; actor in&nbsp;Sanctuary.</li>
	<li>James Wootton &ndash; co-director of&nbsp;My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.</li>
	<li>Amrit Pal Singh&nbsp;&ndash; Illustrator and Visual Artist.</li>
	<li>Pamela Rabe</li>
</ul>

Alumni

Student Services is always there&nbsp;to support students from the time they arrive, right through to graduation. they very well understand the challenges of moving to a new city or country.

They are committed to Student&#39;s&nbsp;Success! they provide guidance on everything from orientation, health insurance, housing, banking, ESL tutoring, study information, social networking opportunities, and more.Following things are taken care by them.

<ul>
	<li>VFS Housing Service</li>
	<li>Student Events</li>
	<li>ESL Support</li>
	<li>Student Counselling</li>
</ul>

Campus

The keys to the VFS educational model are structured intensity and immersion in the industry. Vancouver Film School was founded on the philosophy that&nbsp;one year of concentrated work,&nbsp;which&nbsp;balances industry-led theory and hands-on production, gives students the necessary skills to craft&nbsp;a professional-level portfolio&nbsp;or reel.

<ul>
	<li>VFS offers 15 signature post-secondary programs &mdash; spanning every aspect of the entertainment arts &mdash; that are developed and taught by award-winning industry professionals. Each program&rsquo;s intensive&nbsp;curriculum evolves along with the demands of the industry, and the best, current industry practices.</li>
	<li>Students&rsquo; experiences emulate the professional industry world. Students are physically and mentally&nbsp;immersed in Vancouver&rsquo;s film, animation, game, and design industries&nbsp;that surround our campuses, and benefit from career guidance and expertise from industry mentors, instructors, and&nbsp;guest speakers.</li>
</ul>

Therefore this institute becomes a great recommendation from our side.

Conclusion

Famous faculties worldwide are teaching here :

<ul>
	<li>Michael S. Baser, head of Writing for Film &amp; Television &ndash; writer/producer&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Mark Busse, instructor &ndash; founder &amp; managing director of the industrial brand, founder &amp; host of&nbsp;CreativeMornings&nbsp;in Vancouver, author of &quot;Design School Didn&#39;t Tell You...&quot;</li>
	<li>Stan Edmonds, head of Makeup Design for Film &amp; Television &ndash; key makeup artist on&nbsp;The Butterfly Effect</li>
	<li>Marv Newland, instructor &ndash; animator of 1969 short&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Faculty

A student line of credit is a great option for Canadian students with a valid co-signer.&nbsp;A line of credit is different from a loan because you take money out only as you need it and pay interest only on what you withdraw while you are in school.Following are the option which a student can opt for paying his fees:

<ul>
	<li>Bank of Montreal</li>
	<li>Other financial institutions</li>
	<li>Canada and Provincial Student Loans</li>
	<li>Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP)</li>
	<li>Canada Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP)</li>
</ul>

Financial Aid

British Columbia is the westernmost&nbsp;province of Canada, situated between the&nbsp;Pacific Ocean&nbsp;and the&nbsp;continental divide&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Rocky Mountains. With an estimated population of 5.2&nbsp;million as of 2021, it is Canada&#39;s&nbsp;third-most populous province.

<ul>
	<li>Because of the many mountain ranges and rugged coastline, British Columbia&#39;s climate varies dramatically across the province.</li>
	<li>There are 14 designations of parks and protected areas in the province that reflect the different administration and creation of these areas in a modern context.</li>
</ul>

Location

The interior and central regions of the province have hotter summers, with&nbsp;temperatures in July often reaching 30&deg;C or more. Winters are colder and snowier than in coastal regions. In the north, winters are long and cold with lots of snow, and summers are short.

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