Diploma in Arts, lettres et communication : option Cinéma at College Ahuntsic in Montréal, Canada is a diploma in Film & Animation programme. The programme runs for 4 semesters. Teaching is in French. Tuition is CAD 3,740 per year for local students.
This pre-university program (500.AG) is the Cinéma option within the Arts, Lettres et Communication DEC at Collège Ahuntsic. It combines theory, analysis, and creative practice around film, covering screenwriting, directing, cinematography, and sound design across creation courses taken every session, with a film production completed each term and a final synthesis project in the fourth session. The page describes an exchange trip to Cannes for second-year students and a study trip to the Hot Docs documentary festival in Toronto starting in the first year. Students also take part in a student-run film club and museum visits, and collaborate with the Graphisme program on a cultural magazine. The DEC prepares graduates for university studies in fields such as cinema, communication, journalism, television, public relations, law, and teaching. It suits students who want to build a critical and cultural understanding of film, experiment with varied creative techniques, and take part in discussions and analysis of cinema and art.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The program page sets no course prerequisite beyond a Diplome d'etudes secondaires (DES). Under the College's general regulation R-11, applicants may also qualify with an equivalent Diplome d'etudes professionnelles plus the required upgrading courses, or with training and experience the College judges sufficient, provided they hold eligible citizenship or immigration status. Applicants whose Secondary 5 language of instruction was not French must pass the College's own French-language test. No portfolio, audition or interview is stated as an admission condition on the program page. Admission is processed through SRAM.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service régional d'admission du Montréal métropolitain (SRAM): Collège Ahuntsic's own site confirms it follows SRAM's standard three-round system for Fall entry and two-round system for Winter entry, which for the current cycle puts the Fall 2027 equal-consideration date at 1 March 2027 and the Winter 2027 equal-consideration date at 1 November 2026 (applications opening 15 September 2026), with later rounds in late April, late May and late November while seats remain. International applicants apply through the same SRAM portal; SRAM's system-wide window for Fall 2027 international entry runs from 15 March 2026 to a firm closing date of 14 March 2027, with no winter international date published for the college. Admission is rolling round to round until each round's seats are filled. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
