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+1 604 736 7997
filmcommission (at) creativebc.com
BC Film Commissioner
Deputy Director
Film Production Services for Producers, Execs, Crews, and Creatives
For
The CW’s “Riverdale”
For
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
For
Netflix’s “Lost in Space”
For
Versatile Media
We’re Here For You.
Contact us for a FAM tour across live action, virtual, animation, vfx, and post production capabilities.
Find Space
Stage and studio space management matrix with up-to-the-minute availabilities across B.C.’s 2.5M+ sq. ft.
Book A Consultation for Custom Matchmaking Services
Expert location services for all large and small film production needs.
Go Green
A leader in environmentally sustainable production through industry’s Reel Green™ initiative.
Permits, contacts, and best practices from our 22 municipal film offices.
Access 100s of Vendors
More than 250+ expert vendors and suppliers for every need.
Get A Script Breakdown
Tailored location packages and familiarization tours.
Hire Talent
From seasoned cast and crew experts to workforce development programs.
See What’s Filming
Updated regularly.
Thousands of locations across B.C. with A World of Looks™.
Access Digital Solutions
World-leading animation, VFX, and post production infrastructure and talent.
Discover Business Intelligence
Economic impact and trends.
Explore our Regions
Discover dynamic filming jurisdictions across the province with expertise from our eight Regional Film Commissions.
B.C.’s motion picture industry is underpinned by its government commitment to incentives, services, and policies that together ensure B.C. delivers high value to visiting productions. The Province’s financial investment contributes to sustain and grow both foreign and domestic production activities through competitive labour-based tax credit programs. Productions that choose to film regionally enjoy increasingly competitive incentives.
The programs are administered by a team of service-oriented analysts within a dedicated, provincially funded agency, Creative BC, which acts more broadly as a catalyst for the creative industries and bridges government with the motion picture industry. The programs combine with B.C. Film Location Policy to reflect the government’s business-friendly position with collaboration and support that starts with an attitude of “yes” for industry’s needs.
- No production cap
- No corporate cap
- No annual cap
- No sunset date
- No B.C. spend limit under PSTC
- Bonus incentive for digital animation, VFX, and post production activities
- Bonus incentives for filming and animation in remote locations
Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC)
The PSTC is available to both domestic and international producers and has no Canadian content requirements.
Tax Credit Value
Basic 36%
Major Production 2%
Regional 6%
Distant Location 6%
DAVE 16%
* NEW proposed rate. For productions with a principal photography start date after September 30, 2016 and before January 1, 2025, the Basic PSTC rate is 28%.
For productions with a principal photography start date before October 1, 2016, please contact Creative BC for more information.
Productions with only VFX and/or post-production work done in B.C. can access Basic PSTC and DAVE Tax Credit, if eligible.
Productions filming principal photography in B.C. can access Basic, Regional, Distant Location and DAVE Tax Credits, if eligible.
Film Incentive British Columbia (FIBC)
The FIBC is available for domestic productions that are Canadian owned and controlled and have qualifying levels of Canadian content.
Tax Credit Value
Basic 40%*
Regional tax credit 12.5%
Distant Location 6%
DAVE 16%
Training 30%
Scriptwriting 35%
*NEW Proposed rate. For productions with a principal photography start date after September 30, 2016 and before January 1, 2025, the Basic FIBC rate is 35%.
For productions with a principal photography start date before October 1, 2016, please contact Creative BC for more information.
For scriptwriting Expenditures Incurred after February 20, 2018.
See also: Canadian Tax Credit Programs
The Government of Canada also offers two federal tax credit programs for film and video production. These programs provide an additional tax credit of 16% on the Canadian labour costs of service productions shooting or completing post-production in Canada and 25% for domestic productions. These programs are co-administered by the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) and the Canada Revenue Agency.
Sony Imageworks
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
Doane Gregory/Netflix © 2022
THE ADAM PROJECT
HBO/DNEG
WESTWORLD
Netflix
ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE
RICARDO HUBBS/NETFLIX © 2021
MAID
The CW
RIVERDALE
THE CW
THE GOOD DOCTOR
Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix © 2022
KEEP BREATHING
Netflix
OUR PLANET
Warner Bros. Discover/DNEG
GODZILLA
Marvel
BLACK PANTHER
Disney+
PETER PAN AND WENDY
We gratefully acknowledge the unceded ancestral territories of over 200 distinct First Nations and 34 language and cultural groups upon whose homelands British Columbia’s motion picture industry works and lives.
Contact the BC Film Commission for World-Class Service
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