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BRITISH COLUMBIA
A LEADING CREATIVE HUB
British Columbia features a creative cluster of world-class
film, television, visual effects, animation, and post-production
companies. With the right mix of technology and talent,
British Columbia has earned its reputation as one of the
world’s leading creative media centres.
“We were looking to expand based on the great talent pool that’s in Vancouver,
which is at a very high level.”
Greg Grusby, Industrial Light and Magic
Our thriving creative industries include everything
from writing, casting, production, post-production,
and distribution of films to animation and visual effects.
A rich pool of creative talent can support major
feature-length projects — both on screen and online.
As an established industry with strong links to
Hollywood and other entertainment centres, our
creative industry has a deep well of talent, research,
and training.
If your business requires creative media or innovative
companies developing leading-edge entertainment
technology, British Columbia is the right place to be
— it’s where creative opportunities can take off.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
•• Cost effective tax incentives for VFX/Animation/Film
and Television/Post Production
•• Skilled labour force
•• Strategic west coast location
•• Low corporate and personal income taxes
•• Cost-competitive
•• Green, low-cost power
•• Excellent public infrastructure
•• High quality of life
The advantages
of British Columbia’s
creative industries
British Columbia’s film, video, and digital media
content creators have built a dynamic creative cluster
that generates outstanding productions and wins
international awards for its innovation and quality.
Ideal location
Our strategic location on Canada’s west coast places us
in the same time zone as studios in California, and only
a three hour flight from LA, making it easier to develop
efficient and convenient working relationships during
business hours.
Top talent
British Columbia is home to a dynamic, highly skilled,
and multicultural pool of creative and technical talent.
Skilled and experienced storytellers, artists, engineers,
and producers live and work here.
Large, established infrastructure
Vancouver has a million square feet of studio
space within minutes of downtown and Vancouver
International Airport. British Columbia studios can
handle more than 40 productions simultaneously.
Workers are experienced with the largest movie
productions, from set construction and casting
through to post-production and visual effects.
Escape from Planet Earth, copyright Rainmaker Entertainment and The Weinstein Company
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Thriving creative nexus
British Columbia’s film, television, and animation
producers enjoy strong relationships with other
industries. This fuels a collaborative and open-minded
approach to projects, resulting in innovative, marketleading productions.
Business advantages
British Columbia’s business climate is good for the
bottom line, with one of the lowest corporate tax rates
in the G7, no provincial payroll taxes or corporate capital
tax, and the lowest personal income tax in Canada for
individuals earning up to $122,000. British Columbia
welcomes the creative industries with a variety of
special tax credits and incentives.
Liveability
Our welcoming cities and communities are one of the
main reasons that British Columbia is a global magnet
for the world’s top talent.
Vancouver is instantly recognizable for its spectacular
location: a city on the ocean with majestic mountains
just 20 minutes to the north. Chosen by the Financial
Times’ fDi Magazine as the top large city in the Americas
and the third most livable city in the world by the
Economist Intelligence Unit in 2015, Vancouver is also
consistently rated a top destination for travelers.
Other cities and towns in British Columbia have their
own distinct character and demographics. No matter
where you live, you will find safe, clean, and welcoming
communities.
“British Columbia has a highly skilled workforce and excellent infrastructure, on
the same time zone as Hollywood but with a lower cost base. It is a great place to live,
with spectacular scenery on the doorstep, and a great cultural scene. An influx of bright
young programmers, gamers, special effects creators, and animators has been attracted
to this new creative hub.”
Liz Shorten, Managing Vice President, Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA)
Take advantage of targeted incentives
Canada and British Columbia offer tax credits, exemptions, and deductions to encourage business investment
and innovation. The Province of British Columbia offers two tax credit programs to stimulate film and television: the
Film Incentive BC tax credit and the Production Services tax credit. These incentives provide exceptional cost-savings
for domestic and international producers who are conducting physical production, digital animation, visual effects,
and/or post-production work in the province.
Incentive
Qualifying Entities
Tax Credit Rate
Film Incentive B.C.
Canadian owned and controlled
production companies that have
a permanent establishment in
B.C. The production must also
have qualifying levels of Canadian
content.
Basic tax credit: 35% refundable tax credit on the qualified
B.C. labour expenditures related to the production
Regional tax credits: An additional 12.5% is available for
principal photography that is conducted outside of the
designated Vancouver area
Distant Location tax credit: An additional 6.0% is available for
principal photography that is conducted in distant locations in
British Columbia
Training tax credit: Applies to B.C.-based individuals registered
in an approved training program. The tax credit is capped at 3%
of the corporation’s qualified BC labour costs
Digital Animation, Visual Effects and Post-Production (DAVE)
tax credit: 17.5% refundable tax credit on eligible labour costs
directly related to digital animation, visual effects and eligible
post-production work
Production Services Tax Credits
Domestic and international
production companies. There is
no Canadian content requirement.
Basic tax credit: 33% refundable tax credit on the qualified B.C.
labour expenditures related to the production
Regional tax credit: : An additional 6.0% is available on principal
photography conducted outside the designated Vancouver area
Distant Location tax credit: An additional 6.0% is available
for principal photography conducted in distant locations in
British Columbia
Digital Animation, Visual Effects and Post-Production (DAVE)
tax credit: 17.5% refundable tax credit on eligible
labour costs related to digital animation, visual effects and
eligible post-production work
British Columbia
New Media Tax Credit
Resident investors who provide
investment capital into Venture
Capital Corporations or Eligible
Business Corporations
30% refundable tax credit for individuals to a maximum
of $60,000 annually
British Columbia Interactive
Digital Media Tax Credit
Taxable Canadian corporation
with permanent establishment
in British Columbia in the business
of developing interactive digital
media products
17.5% of eligible salary and wages
Federal Canadian Film or
Video Production Tax Credit
Canadian-controlled production
companies
25% of qualified labour costs for an eligible Canadian production
Federal Film or Video
Production Services Tax Credit
Canadian-controlled production
companies and production
companies with a permanent
residence in Canada
16% of qualified labour costs for an eligible production
The Scientific Research and
Experimental Development
Tax Credit
Canadian-controlled private
corporation
35% of investment tax credit on up to $3 million of qualified
expenditures and 15% of qualified expenditures over the
$3 million threshold
AdvantageBC International
Business Activity Program
International businesses registered
in the International Business Activity
program and with the AdvantageBC
society
Full refund of British Columbia taxes paid on qualifying
international business activities (75% for income earned on
qualifying patent activities)
“British Columbia is rich with animation and effects talent, and we look forward to
further enhancing the production staff in our Vancouver facility.”
Randy Lake, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Sony Pictures Imageworks
STRONG INDUSTRY SUPPORT
British Columbia is committed to providing a
competitive environment for the film, television,
and animation industry.
Industry-led associations work hand-in-hand with
government to provide a wide range of support,
including marketing events, forums for investors
and producers, and award celebrations.
Creative BC is an independent non-profit agency
created and supported by the Province of British
Columbia to build the capacity of B.C.’s creative sector
which includes its film, television, digital and interactive
media, music, and magazine and book publishing
industries. The agency administers the Province of British
Columbia’s tax credit programs for film and television
production, provides development and export
marketing funding, prepares sector profiles on the
creative industries, and markets B.C.’s creative content
producers and production capabilities at home and
abroad. For more information, visit www.creativebc.com.
DigiBC (The Digital Media and Wireless Association
of BC) fosters community, networking, and partnerships
in the digital media industry by providing its members
with market intelligence, first notice of business
opportunities, and promotional support. Digital media
has a strong symbiotic relationship with the North
American film and TV sector. DigiBC is a membersupported non-profit organization, established by
the government of British Columbia.
The governments of British Columbia and Canada
strongly support international initiatives to provide
easy access to markets, talent, and financing.
They have negotiated key agreements such as:
•• North American Free Trade Agreement, providing
duty-free access to Mexico and the United States
•• Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade
Agreement (CETA), providing ambitious new market
access opportunities and clear rules for European
and Canadian businesses
•• Co-production agreements with the UK, China,
Japan, Mexico, and more than 50 other countries,
allowing clear rules for a co-productions and
easier co-operation between the countries
•• The Canada Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA),
Canada’s first free trade agreement with an Asian
trading partner, which covers virtually all aspects of
Canada-South Korean trade, including trade in goods
and services, investment, government procurement,
non-tariff barriers, environment and labour
cooperation, and other areas of economic activity
DHX STUDIOS
ATOMIC CARTOONS
Dedicated to creating the highest quality original
entertainment that kids love and parents approve,
DHX Studios creates worlds and experiences that go
beyond television to online, games, toys, mobile —
wherever kids and families are spending time. DHX
Studios Vancouver is home to two state-of-the-art
facilities that consistently produce top quality 2D and
3D animation. From initial concept design to post
production, creativity and quality is at the heart of
everything they do. The studio’s portfolio of properties,
for audiences from preschoolers to teens, includes
Teletubbies, Inspector Gadget, Kate & Mim-Mim,
Slugterra, Degrassi: Next Class, Make It Pop, Super
WHY!, and Dr Dimensionpants.
Award-winning Atomic Cartoons, a Thunderbird Films
company, is a full-service animation studio located in
Vancouver’s busy Animation District. Atomic Cartoons
creates, produces, and finances animation for distribution
across multiple channels. Atomic Cartoons is an artist’s
studio that includes some of Canada’s most creative
animators, directors, producers, and writers. Adept at
multiple genres and animation styles, Atomic Cartoons
is recognized internationally as one of the leading
animation studios in North America. Since its founding
more than 16 years ago, Atomic has worked for clients
such as Marvel Animation, Cartoon Network, Nelvana,
Warner Bros., and Walt Disney to name a few. Notable,
too, is Atomic’s success with its homegrown shows;
award winning international hit Atomic Betty, preschool
production Nico Can Dance, and the high seas comedy
Pirate Express. Other work includes Little Charmers,
Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, Rocket Monkeys, Johnny Test,
Ella the Elephant, and Transformers Rescue Bots.
With over a million square feet of studio space,
British Columbia has the capacity to support
productions ranging from the biggest blockbuster
movies to small-scale independents and production
services. British Columbia’s film industry has won
awards in the heart of the entertainment industry,
at the Academy Awards in Hollywood.
An experienced and committed local crew base of
over 25,000 provides services at the level offered in
Hollywood, including outstanding acting talent, set
construction, filming locations, post-production, and
video effects. With expertise and talent developed
over many decades, they are capable of handling
every aspect of production for more than 40 projects
simultaneously.
FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION
With more than 60 world-class studios, , including
some of the largest in North America, a full range of
production equipment, support services, experienced
cast and crew, production and post-production
companies, British Columbia is one of the top three
international full-service production centres in
North America.
The industry also includes a dynamic group of B.C.owned and controlled companies who are experienced
with co-productions, co-financing, and servicing
agreements and have created a wide range of creative
content that is distributed, licensed, and broadcast to
audiences around the world.
Based on B.C. tax credit certificates issued during
2014/15, production companies spent approximately
$2 billion on a total of 287 domestic and international
productions. British Columbia has the locations, the
facilities, and — most importantly — the people to bring
it all to life. With skilled crews, technicians, and creative
experts, British Columbia’s extensive talent pool is the
foundation of a thriving industry sector.
British Columbia’s film and television production sector
has matured over several decades to become a vibrant
and important part of the west coast entertainment
world. A favourable tax structure, an experienced and
committed crew base, and a tradition of support and
cooperation among business, government, labour, and
the community keep British Columbia competitive.
BRITISH COLUMBIA FILMMAKERS
RECOGNIZED FOR OSCARS AND EMMYS
British Columbia has earned an international
reputation for the quality of its filmmaking, digital
animation, visual effects, and post-production. Many
of our industry members have been nominated for,
and received, such prestigious awards as Oscars for
outstanding motion picture production and Emmys
for outstanding television production.
The 2015 Oscars saw two B.C. artists receive
nominations for “Best Visual Effects.” These included,
Pitt Meadows, B.C. native Cameron Waldbauer, who
was nominated for for his work as a special effects
supervisor on X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Nicolas Aithadi, was one of four people in the team
nominated for their work creating the loveable Groot
character for Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy.
Aithadi works for Yaletown’s MPC Vancouver and this
will be his second Academy Award nomination as he
was previously nominated for 2010’s Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows Part 1.
“The fact that we had two special effects from
Vancouver representing the top 10 films in the world
— that says a lot,” Walbauer said.
A Vancouver mathematician, Robert Bridson, won an
Academy Award in 2015 in the scientific and technical
category for his work that enabled thrilling scenes in
movies including The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
and Avatar.
A team from MPC Vancouver also won the visual effects
Oscar in 2013 for Ang Le’s film Life of Pi.
B.C. has also received numerous Emmy nominations
and awards. Three Vancouver VFX Studios were
nominated for Emmys in 2014 for Outstanding Special
and Visual Effects including Scanline VFX for their work
in creating the computer generated White Walkers in
Game of Thrones and Artifex and Zoic for their work on
the FOX series Almost Human.
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Industry Profile
VANCOUVER, B.C. IS A LEADER FOR GLOBAL
VFX AND ANIMATION STUDIOS
Vancouver has the largest cluster of the world’s top VFX
and animation studios and is continually attracting new
international powerhouses to set-up studios in the city.
Sony Pictures Imageworks opened its new global
headquarters in Vancouver, B.C. in 2015 and employs a
staff of over 700, making it the largest studio in the city.
The studio has been working on such features as
Pixels, Hotel Transylvania 2, and Disney’s Alice in
Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass. Forthcoming
projects include Suicide Squad, Storks, Angry Birds,
The Smurfs, and Ghostbusters.
Sony Pictures Imageworks joins the likes of other major
international companies including Method Studios, MPC,
and Industrial Light and Magic, who have all opened up
permanent studios in Vancouver.
Double Negative, one of the world’s largest providers
of visual effects and animation for film with facilities in
London and Singapore, also opened a new state-of-theart studio in Vancouver. Some of the productions that
have been worked on include Misison Impossible: Rogue
Nation, Jupiter Ascending, and Godzilla.
Award-winning Australian-based visual effects and
animation company, Animal Logic, is currently ramping
up staff for its new 45,000 square foot studio which
opened in 2015. They will be working on the new Lego
Movie sequel in 2016.
“Animal Logic Vancouver is a significant expansion of our
global capabilities while being the perfect complement
to our operations in Sydney and Los Angeles, and I’m
excited that we’re doing so in such a fantastic city and
with such incredibly talented crew.”
Narah Nalbandian, Chairman and CEO, Animal LogicVFX
PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE
British Columbia’s film and television industry has the
resources to facilitate production, with state-of-the-art
equipment and every production service at the ready.
•• Locations — With an unsurpassed range of natural
beauty, as well as rural and urban settings that can
play quaint, gritty, or post-modern contemporary,
British Columbia’s natural and built scenes offer
locations of immense scope and diversity.
•• Studios — Our studio facilities include purpose-built,
warehouse conversion, FX, and broadcast stages with
building facades, in-house effects capabilities, and a
full range of production amenities.
•• Equipment — A state-of-the-art selection of camera,
grip, and electrical equipment, audio-visual and
multimedia services, production support services,
production offices, labs, and post facilities are just
some of the end-to-end capabilities that make British
Columbia a one-stop centre for production.
•• Post-production and visual effects — With a
world-class hub of digital production expertise and
facilities, our post-production and VFX sector is adept
in handling every stage of the production process,
from concept, to pre-visual, to field production, up
to post and delivery of the final edit.
Visit www.CreativeBC.com for a full list of location and
production services and contacts to help get your
production started.
VISUAL EFFECTS
British Columbia’s VFX studios have won an international
reputation for quality production and state-of-the-art
facilities for design, models, miniature, in-camera, and
digital effects. The thriving industry now counts key
industry players among our production community,
including:
•• International post-production leaders that have
chosen to base many of their visual effects projects in
British Columbia, such as Industrial Light and Magic.
•• Groundbreaking visual effects companies based in
British Columbia such as Sony Pictures ImageWorks,
The Moving Picture Company, Digital Domain,
Double Negative, and Image Engine.
•• Dozens of other specialist service providers,
such as Gener8, developers of 2D-to-3D feature
film conversion.
DIGITAL ANIMATION
While British Columbia has long been home to a
number of talented and prolific local animation
companies, our reputation as a world centre for digital
animation production has been enhanced in recent
years with international companies such as Sony
Pictures Imageworks establishing production studios
here. British Columbia offers a world-class infrastructure,
depth of creative talent, film-friendly environment,
and expertise in animation and digital media.
British Columbia’s film and animation credits include
well-known names such as Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs, Life of Pi, and Escape from Planet Earth, as well
as children’s favourites Atomic Betty, Ella The Elephant,
Rocket Monkeys, Endangered Species, Storm Hawks,
Slugterra, and Dr Dimension Pants. Industry experts
estimate that over 80 per cent of U.S. productions with
animation content, including computer generated
special effects, have been at least partly produced in
British Columbia.
Merging technology and imagination, designers,
writers, animators, and directors transform an unlimited
variety of visualizations into art forms that showcase
innovative digital and creative arts to astound the
senses. Recognized by many prestigious awards
and nominations for their innovative work, British
Columbia’s animation industries are creating computer
animations for television and direct-to-video, longform CGI for feature films, commercials, and interactive
entertainment.
Rovio
ANGRY BIRDS LANDS IN VANCOUVER
Finnish game studio Rovio Entertainment has
landed in British Columbia as it expands into
animated feature films, naming Sony Pictures
Imageworks’ Vancouver studio as its lead
animation house. The Vancouver studio is
expanding its footprint and talent base, with
work for Warner Bros. Edge of Tomorrow and
The Amazing Spider Man 2 bringing its growth
to the peak of its 22-year history. The studio also
recently expanded its Vancouver presence by
moving about three dozen staff members from
Los Angeles, explaining that tax incentives make
British Columbia an attractive draw.
INCENTIVES FOR DIGITAL
ANIMATION, VISUAL EFFECTS,
AND POST-PRODUCTION
The Digital Animation, Visual Effects and
Post-Production tax credit (DAVE) provides
an additional incentive to create digital
visual effects, animations and post-production
in British Columbia: a tax credit of 17.5 per cent
of qualifying labour costs to production
companies employing British Columbia talent.
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Education and research institutions
DRAW FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA’S
RICH WELL OF ARTISTIC TALENT
The creative centres of British Columbia are a magnet
for talent, attracting creative minds in record numbers.
With a permanent community of A-list talent, Vancouver
offers a great advantage for studios locating here. Access
to this vast talent pool draws digital media, film, and
television producers to do business in British Columbia.
ACCESS LEADING-EDGE
TRAINING AND RESEARCH
British Columbia’s educational institutions are engaged
in digital media and motion picture production,
providing outstanding facilities, training, and research
services to the private sector. A steady stream of new
graduates and innovation flows into the sector from
our prolific educational programs and research centres.
Each year, 3,000 graduates from British Columbia’s
post-secondary programs enter the media industry.
“Vancouver has close proximity to Los Angeles, which is still the centre of the
entertainment industry. It’s where our clients are often based, and where the studios
launch the big tent-pole feature films. We’re in the same time zone as Los Angeles, and
that enables us to work collaboratively and efficiently with the creative talent both here
and there.”
Rick Mischel, Sony Pictures Imageworks
Major educational institutions
Centre
Program/Initiative
The Centre for Digital Media,
Vancouver, B.C.
20-month Masters of Digital Media Program for creators,
practitioners, and senior management
University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C.
Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre
Imager Laboratory
Magic Lab
Simon Fraser University,
Vancouver, B.C.
School of Interactive Arts and Technology
7th Floor Media
Praxis Centre for Screenwriters
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, B.C.
Intersections Digital Studios
Capilano University, Bosa Centre for Film and Animation
North Vancouver, B.C.
School of Motion Picture Arts (recently received $30.5 million
towards construction of a state-of-the-art film centre)
Vancouver Film School,
Vancouver, B.C.
A top international post-secondary digital media, animation, and film school,
with recruitment offices in Mumbai, Mexico City, Taipei, and Seoul
Art Institute of Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C.
Media arts programs in film, digital design, and music
Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts),
Vancouver, B.C.
Academy-Award winning animator/director Lee Mishkin was the founding
program director in 1995. Ranked #1 in Western Canada and #11 in the world
according to Animation Career Review for the “Top 100 Schools for Animation,
Gaming and Design.”
British Columbia Institute of Technology,
Burnaby, B.C.
Broadcast and Media Communications — Television
Radio Arts and Entertainment
Digital Animation
Centre for Arts and Technology,
Kelowna, B.C.
Certificate and diploma programs in animation,
digital filmmaking, and digital media design
Pacific Design Academy, Victoria, B.C.
Motion Picture Production Program
Selkirk College, Nelson, B.C.
Digital Arts and New Media Program
Pacific Audio Visual Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Film and Digital Arts Program
Langara College,
Vancouver, B.C.
Digital Film Production Program
Film Arts Program
Gulf Islands Film and Television School, Galiano Island, B.C. Film and Television Production Program
Lost Boys School of Visual Effects,
Vancouver, B.C.
Extensive VFX programs and 98% graduate placement rate.
Centres of Excellence
Centre
Program/Initiative
The Centre for Digital Media
In addition to providing graduate degrees, CDM students work with
businesses and organizations on accelerated collaborative projects to
develop ideas and prototypes
Imager Laboratory @ UBC
An interdisciplinary research group working to advance the science of
computer graphics, computer animation, visualization, haptics, and human
computer interaction
Intersections Digital Systems (IDS)
@ Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Offers collaborations with industry and other educational institutions
in a stereoscopic 3D projection system, 3D printers, 3D scanners, and a
20-camera Vicon motion capture system
Vancouver Film School
Rated the world’s best VFX/animation school by the CG student awards
for several years
Graphics, Animation and New Media (GRAND) @ UBC
A multi-disciplinary research network and commercialization engine
targeting complex issues in digital media to find user-centred solutions
Total international and domestic productions
in B.C. based on tax credit certifications issued
in 2014/15
April 1 2014 – March 31 2015
Approved Tax Credit
Certifications
#
B.C. Budget ($ Cdn)
Production Credits
Over 25,000 people in film, television, and animation
production and post-production studios market
their products and services to the world from British
Columbia. Join them in a thriving creative environment
where talent and resources build success.
FILM INCENTIVE BC
Direct to DVD
2
$2,223,712
Feature Film
20
$14,155,359
Mini-Series
1
$685,847
Movie of the Week
50
$88,851,107
TV Pilot
3
$2,681,188
TV Program
20
$11,244,989
TV Series
40
$230,767,550
Total FIBC
136
$350,609,752
PRODUCTION SERVICES TAX CREDIT
Direct to DVD
11
$36,005,243
Feature Film
53
$658,141,847
Mini-Series
1
$3,539,708
Movie of the Week
11
$45,612,146
TV Pilot
12
$46,072,328
TV Program
3
$6,311,372
TV Series
55
$871,077,483
Web Based/Other
5
$5,545,482
Total PSTC
151
$1,672,305,609
TOTAL
287*
$2,022,915,361
*These productions may have been completed in a different fiscal year than what is
reported.
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These recent titles were recently made in whole
or in part in British Columbia:
Feature films:
•• Star Trek Beyond (2015)
•• Deadpool (2015)
•• Warcraft (2014)
•• Night of the Museum 3: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
•• Tomorrowland (2014)
•• The Age of Adaline (2014)
•• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
•• Preggoland (2014)
•• Black Fly (2014)
•• Fifty Shades of Grey (2013)
•• Marvel’s Avengers Assemble ( 2013)
•• Godzilla (2013)
•• Iron Man 3 ( 2013)
•• Life of Pi ( 2013)
•• Hotel Transylvania (2012)
•• Elysium (2012)
•• Chronicles of Riddick (2012)
•• Ender’s Game (2012)
•• Man of Steel (2012)
•• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
•• The Twilight Sage: Breaking Dawn (2011-2012)
TV Series, Pilots, and Movies of the Week:
•• Bates Motel
•• Motive
•• The X-Files
•• Arrow
•• Man in the High Castle
•• Once Upon a Time
•• Supernatural
•• The Flash
•• iZombie
•• Strange Empire
•• Continuum
•• Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever
•• Descendants
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Actsafe BC — working safely in the arts
Canadian Media Producers Association
BC Producers’ Branch — a non-profit trade
organization for over 75 British Columbia
companies engaged in the production and
distribution of television, feature film, and digital
media content
Creative BC — supports and stimulates
British Columbia’s creative sectors
The Digital and Media Wireless
Association of BC (DigiBC) —
industry association for digital media
Motion Picture Production Industry
Association of British Columbia (MPPIA) —
a member-based non-profit organization
promoting British Columbia’s motion picture
production sector
National Film Board of Canada
Pacific & Yukon Centre — provides resources and
supportive environment to the film and video
community
Reel Green — provides information and
resources that promote positive environmental
practices in British Columbia’s film and television
production industry
Telefilm Canada Western Region —
provides services to the feature film, television,
and new media industries
CONTACT
Ministry of International Trade
999 Canada Place, Suite 730
Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada V6C 3E1
Phone: 604 775-2100
Fax: 604 775-2197
Asia.Pacific@gov.bc.ca
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication at
the time of writing; however, the programs referred to, and data cited, are
subject to change.
All figures are in Canadian dollars.
Printed: January 2016
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Front cover inset images (top to bottom): 1. Escape from Planet Earth, copyright Rainmaker Entertainment and The Weinstein Company,
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