Diploma in Arts, lettres et communication : option Cinéma at Collège de Maisonneuve in Montréal, Canada is a diploma in Film & Animation programme. The programme runs for 4 semesters. Teaching is in French. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,150 per year (CAD 3,740 per year for local students).
Arts, lettres et communication – option Cinéma (500.AG) is a pre-university program at Collège de Maisonneuve leading to a Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC) over four terms, focused on filmmaking within the broader Arts, lettres et communication program. Students begin working with a camera in their first term and go on to write, shoot, and edit their own short films, completing a full film project each term alongside additional exercises; the curriculum also introduces photography and documentary filmmaking and covers both sides of the camera, sound design, and visual effects. Teaching is delivered in small groups with technical support from dedicated staff, and students can take part in a campus film club and attend film festivals in Quebec and abroad. Described opportunities include placements and involvement with film festivals such as a multi-day placement at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), participation as a juror or student programmer at Montreal documentary and Quebec cinema festivals, and student screening events held each term. Students build a portfolio intended to support applications to university film programs. It suits students planning to pursue cinema, film production, or related media studies at university, combining a general pre-university education with practical filmmaking training.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Arts, lettres et communication, option Cinéma (500.AG), states no specific secondary-level prerequisite course: "Aucun préalable". Admission still rests on the DES (Diplôme d'études secondaires) or training judged equivalent, on holding or completing any programme prerequisites (none for this option), and on passing whatever tests or particular conditions the college sets; the programme page directs applicants to the SRAM for current details. Applications go exclusively through the SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca) and are not run as a competitive, capped-average process for this option. The programme is open to international students, who follow a separate process. No portfolio or interview is stated. International applicants must additionally meet Collège de Maisonneuve's own requirement of French at level B2 in all four skills (TEF, TCF tout public, CIEP or Bright-langue; no numeric threshold is published).
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Quebec/Canadian) apply through SRAM (admission.sram.qc.ca): for Fall 2027 entry the first-round deadline is 1 March 2027, with later rounds assessed while seats remain; for Winter 2027 entry SRAM opens 15 September 2026 and the first-round deadline is 1 November 2026. International applicants also apply through SRAM: the Fall 2027 file-completion deadline is 14 March 2027, and Collège de Maisonneuve's own page sets a 31 August deadline for Winter entry — the Winter 2027 occurrence (31 August 2026) has passed, so the next one is 31 August 2027, for Winter 2028 entry. Admission is not open-ended; later applicants are placed only while seats remain. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
