Creative BC is accepting applications for IDFA Forum 2023 via the Passport to Markets program, which provides travel support to B.C.-based film, TV, digital media, media producers, sales agents and book publishers. These creative media professionals are able to access...
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Creative BC opens second round of funding for Indigenous filmmakers and creatives across British Columbia, supported by Rogers Group of Funds
Today, Creative BC launches the second round of the Rogers Indigenous Film Fund (RIFF) Program that will invest $200K into early development projects by Indigenous filmmakers across British Columbia. Part of a $1 million multi-year fund supported by Rogers Group of...
Call for Entries: American Film Market 2023
Creative BC is accepting applications for the American Film Market 2023 via the Passport to Markets program, which provides travel support to B.C.-based film, TV, digital media, media producers, sales agents and book publishers. These creative media professionals are...
Telus Originals Pitch Window Intake Extended
The annual TELUS originals Pitch Intake Window is now open and the deadline has been extended to October 15, 2023. TELUS originals is committed to supporting locally-reflective, social-purpose documentaries and docuseries in regions across B.C. and Alberta. They are...
SXSW Sydney 2023 B2B Program Expression of Interest Request
Canadian Heritage, in close collaboration with Global Affairs Canada Trade Commissioner Service in Sydney, Australia, is recruiting a delegation of up to 10 Canadian companies in the audiovisual sector (screen) and interactive digital media (video games, VR, AR,...
British Columbia at Content Canada 2023
Creative BC is supporting a delegation of producers to attend Content Canada 2023 via the Racial Equity Screen Office. This initiative will support these producers to maximize opportunities and exposure at the event with pre-festival preparation, facilitate...
Update: Impacts of Motion Picture Industry Negotiations on B.C.
Three U.S. industry-related guild contracts are being negotiated this summer. With one for the Directors’ Guild of America recently completed, negotiations are ongoing between employers and the two remaining unions, both of which are now on strike – the Writers Guild...
New Kootenay Regional Film Sector Study to Explore Attracting Film Production, Establishing Local Film Studio Spaces and Sector Development
Work has begun on the new Kootenay Regional Film Sector Study, after being awarded $35,000 in funding by the Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC) in July 2023. Last year, film-related production spending was $3.62 billion in British Columbia, but the...
Call for Entries: imagineNATIVE 2023
Creative BC is accepting applications for imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival 2023 via the Passport to Markets program, which provides travel support to B.C.-based film, TV, digital media, media producers, sales agents and book publishers. These creative media...
Call for Entries: MIPCOM CANNES 2023
Creative BC is accepting applications for MIPCOM CANNES 2023 via the Passport to Markets program, which provides travel support to B.C.-based film, TV, digital media, media producers, sales agents and book publishers. These creative media professionals are able to...
Portable Electric Achieves B-Corp Certification
Reel Green™ Vendor, Portable Electric, a leading manufacturer of portable and mobile battery energy storage systems and e-Chargers, announced in July 2023 that it has officially become a certified B Corporation, marking a significant milestone for the company and the...
Pacific Screen Writing Program: Scripted Series Lab Open for Applications
At the core of the Pacific Screenwriting Program, the Scripted Series Lab is a full-time 15-week curriculum that polishes and prepares candidates for an entry-level writer position on a series. Every year, up to six committed writers receive the necessary support to...
British Columbia at MIP Africa 2023
Creative BC is supporting a delegation of producers to MIP Africa 2023 via the Black Screen Office Black Creators Festival Initiative sponsored by Telefilm Canada. This initiative will support these B.C. producers to maximize opportunities and exposure at the event...
Creative BC insights show that 2022 production spending by film and television projects in B.C. is over the estimated $3.6B mark in B.C.
Creative BC insights show that 2022 production spending by film and television projects in B.C. is over the estimated $3.6B mark in B.C. These figures are steady with, if slightly above, 2021 numbers for original film and television production activity. British...
Clean Energy Power Tie-Ins Program – Applications Open for 2023/24
The Power Tie-ins Program is a granting program delivered by Creative BC for Reel Green™’s Clean Energy Committee. The Committee is investing up to $2,500 in electric grid tie-in projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in high-volume filming areas. The tie-in...
Study: In a Divided World, Canadian Film Has the Power to Unite
REEL CANADA study reveals two-thirds of Canadian students say that watching Canadian films in class provides them with a sense of Canadian pride Research commissioned by REEL CANADA, a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting Canadian films in schools (in...
Impacts of Industry Negotiations on B.C.
Three U.S. industry-related guild contracts are being negotiated this summer, with one for the Directors' Guild of America recently completed, and the remaining two negotiations leading to strike action for both the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors...
Reel Green™ Vendor Spotlight: Scriptation
Reel Green™ Vendor, Scriptation, is an Emmy® Award winning, script-reading and annotating, must-have app for productions (directors, cinematographers, producers, and writers) to go paperless on set. With 9 different features, Scriptation can elevate your script taking...
April 2023 Clean Energy Battery Workshop Highlights
At the beginning of April, Reel Green™ hosted our second Clean Energy Battery Workshop, in partnership with IATSE Local 891, MBS Equipment Company Canada and Bridge Studios. There were around 70 industry and...
Green Good News Stories
Reel Green™ is collecting information about positive green experiences and green accomplishments to better tell the story of the sustainability progress in the motion picture industry in British Columbia. If you are a sustainability coordinator, crew member, film...