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Current Research Projects
Professor Zryd wrote, edited and contributed to three scholarly books within three years: Hollis Frampton: Navigating the Infinite Cinema, Columbia University Press, 2023; Editor of Hollis Frampton: October Files, MIT Press, 2022; and contributor of “A Short Institutional History of Canadian Experimental Film,” in Moments of Perception, Goose Lane Editions, 2021.
Dr. Taien Ng-Chan is current York Research Chair in Marginal & Emergent Media, Chair of Commission on Art & Cartography at the International Cartographic Association, and Area Head of CMA’s Media Arts Area Head. She is among seven researchers at York U to receive funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to pursue projects that include artificial intelligence, immersive technologies.
Festivals and Awards
Kiarash Dadgar
MFA Kiarash Dadgar’s short film ‘Steak’ has been invited to play at 220 film festivals and has won more than 80 awards.
Matthew Johnson and Matthew Miller
MFA alums Matthew Johnson and Matthew Miller’s Blackberry premieres at the Berlin Film Festival, was released in cinemas worldwide, and received an approval rating of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Alison Humphrey
Alison Humphrey is the recipient of the Governor General’s Gold Medal which recognizes the outstanding scholastic achievements of graduate students in Canada, and considered the highest honour earned by exemplary Canadian scholars throughout every level of academia. Alison Humphrey developed a new form of participatory storytelling called “citizen science fiction,” through Shadowpox, a mixed-reality story world imagining immunization through a superhero metaphor.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Research within the Graduate Program in Film is determined by the proposed projects presented by successful aspirants. Our students complete a thesis and/or dissertation, which then becomes published as "Electronic Theses & Dissertations" and sits as a public document within our institutional repository - YorkSpace.
Learn More
The Graduate Program in Film at York is an exciting environment to pursue innovative, socially engaging, career-ready education. Contact our Graduate Program Assistant to learn more.