Vancouver Film School

Vancouver Film School opened in January 1987 with a single class of six film students and has steadily expanded since. In 2004, VFS opened its first international Admissions office in Mumbai, India and launched one of the first Game Design programs in North America. In 2006, one million dollars was set aside in scholarships for new students as part of the school's 20th anniversary. In 2008, VFS partnered with YouTube to launch a scholarship competition for the creators of three videos submitted and voted upon by the YouTube community. In 2018, VFS announced three "Kevin Smith Scholarships" in Acting, Writing and Film Production covering full-tuition, with Smith personally selecting recipients from over 900 applications. In 2019, the school announced the "Emily Bett Rickards Acting Scholarship," a partnership between VFS and Rickards to fund a full scholarship for both of the school's acting programmes, plus additional partial funding of $250,000 for other students.