Diploma in Arts, lettres et communication : option Cinéma at Cégep André Laurendeau in Montréal, Canada is a diploma in Film & Animation programme. The programme runs for 2 years. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Film & Animation
Duration: 2 years
Language: French
Local tuition: CAD 3,740 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Arts, lettres et communication – Cinéma is a pre-university DEC (500.AG) at Cégep André-Laurendeau centred on filmmaking and media creation. Students write screenplays, shoot and edit films, and explore fiction, documentary, experimental, and animation forms, alongside photography, layout, radio, and interactive web projects; the program also builds critical reflection on media and culture and communication skills across oral, written, and multimedia formats. The page describes purpose-built facilities including a sound console, an amphitheatre, a filming studio, editing suites, and an immersive lab, a personalized course path with electives in the second and third sessions, and the requirement to build a portfolio for university admission. Students may complete a credited placement in a workplace or abroad, and projects are shown through the Intercollégial de cinéma étudiant, campus radio CKVL, professional web platforms, and an end-of-year student festival at Théâtre Desjardins. An international pedagogical stay, potentially with an Indigenous community, is also available. Graduates pursue university studies in fields such as film studies, film production, screenwriting and creative writing, communication, journalism, animation and digital design, game creation, law, and teaching, with some programs requiring additional prerequisites. It suits students focused on filmmaking and audiovisual storytelling who want practice-based, portfolio-building preparation for university media or arts programs.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Prerequisites (préalables), exactly as published on the program's own page: DES (Diplôme d'études secondaires); the program page states no further subject-specific prerequisite beyond the diploma. No minimum grade, interview, portfolio, or language test beyond the general Quebec-college process is stated on the program page. Admission follows the college's general process: apply online through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM) at admission.sram.qc.ca, which handles admission for every Montreal-area Cégep, with the college making the final decision. First-round deadlines are 1 March for Fall (applications open mid-January) and 1 November for Winter (applications open mid-September); where more qualified applicants apply than there are seats, the Cote R (R-score), based on cumulative average, ministerial-exam results and program prerequisites, ranks candidates.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRAM: Fall 2027 entry opens mid-January 2027 with a first-round deadline of 1 March 2027; Winter 2027 entry opens mid-September 2026 (SRAM: 15 September 2026) with a deadline of 1 November 2026. International applicants also use SRAM: the Fall 2027 deadline is 14 March 2027; the Winter 2027 international window already closed 31 May 2026, so the live one is Winter 2028 entry, closing 31 May 2027. Only a handful of technical programmes (Soins infirmiers, Techniques d'éducation à l'enfance, Techniques de travail social, Gestion des opérations et de la chaîne logistique, and one more) admit international students. Admission is not rolling beyond SRAM's rounds. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
