Important Update to B.C.’s Motion Picture Tax Credit Programs On March 4, 2025, the Minister of Finance announced the following budget proposal to British Columbia’s Motion Picture Tax Credit Programs, subject to the approval of the legislature: Increase the Film...
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British Columbia at Reeperbahn 2024
Canada House returns to Hamburg and Berlin, Germany this September for the 2024 edition of the Reeperbahn Festival and Conference. This year, Canada will take over Uwe (formerly Kukuun) once again for two full days of showcases on Thursday, September 19, and Friday, September 20 starting midday and running right through until midnight. B.C. will have two artists present at Canada House: Jesse Roper of Victoria, BC and Hotel Mira of Vancouver, BC.
Canadian companies attending Reeperbahn will have the opportunity to partake in two days of pre-events in Berlin on Monday, Sept 16 and Tuesday, Sept 17. On the Monday, CIMA has partnered with the Embassy of Canada to Germany in Berlin and MMF Canada, to present an afternoon of business events. On Tuesday, Canadian delegates are invited to participate in the Berlin Experience, a full day of business events organized by the Reeperbahn team. In Hamburg, Canadian companies will get the chance to participate in a Meet the Canadians matchmaking session, in conjunction with Reeperbahn, with German industry.
Creative BC is proud to be among the supporters making this trade mission possible including CIMA, Alberta Music, Manitoba Music, M for Montreal, Music BC, MusicOntario/Ontario Creates, Music New Brunswick, Music PEI, Paper Bag Records, SaskMusic, Quebec Creates/SODEC, and funders Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR), the Government of Canada (through the Canada Music Fund), Ontario Creates, the Embassy of Canada to Germany in Berlin, the Radio Starmaker Fund, and Stingray Music. Learn more here.
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