Regional news

B.C. government to up film, TV tax credits

Changes to the domestic and service production tax credits will be included in the 2025 budget legislation.

Le cyclone de Noël passes $2M at the box office

The film, inspired by the KOTV-produced series L’oeil du cyclone, released theatrically on Nov. 8.

Sask. producers bullish on local production despite LED wall loss

Operator Volume Global will be removing the virtual production space from the John Hopkins Regina Soundstage next summer.

Quebecor Fund, CMF allocate $1.76M in production funds

A total of nine series will receive production support for original Quebec-based IP.

Cameras roll on Nish Media’s Indigenous-led Pitago Stop

The series, co-directed by Jason Brennan and Sonia Bonspille Boileau, follows the daily lives of employees at a roadside rest stop.

Tasha Hubbard wraps scripted directorial debut Birth of a Family

The B.C.- and Alberta-shot feature adapts Hubbard’s documentary of the same name.

Production

SODEC supports production for 13 projects from emerging creatives

The selections span nine short fiction films, three short documentaries and one feature documentary.

Canal Vie greenlights cosmetic procedure docuseries

The series will take audiences behind the scenes on a variety of cosmetic surgeries.

Six screenwriters selected for PSP’s 2025 Scripted Series Lab

The seventh iteration of the Scripted Series Lab is run by showrunner-in-residence Nelu Handa.

Family Law, Re: Uniting lead UBCP/ACTRA Awards winners

The awards were handed out at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom on Nov. 23.

SODEC invested $142.6M in cultural sector in 2023-24

SODEC supported 345 projects in the audiovisual sector with a total $88.3 million.

Shayne Putzlocher’s feature debut shooting in Regina, Thailand

The film follows a married couple as they travel to Thailand to make a documentary about a folk legend.