Film Commissions
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The Columbia Shuswap Film Commission is a full-service film commission representing British Columbia's Columbia Shuswap region.
Our services include scouting, accompanied surveys, script breakdown, community liaison services, and more. We maintain a comprehensive locations database in conjunction with Creative BC.
We are pleased to assist film producers and production companies in finding ideal locations and services within the CSRD. Send us your script or script requirements, and we will respond promptly with a link to a location package prepared specifically for your project.
The Columbia Shuswap region is situated at the northern edge of the Kootenay and Okanagan valleys, stretching west from the Rocky Mountains along the British Columbia-Alberta border to the centre of the province. It encompasses three national parks - Yoho, Glacier and Mount Revelstoke - and the Columbia Mountains, including the Purcell, Selkirk and Monashee ranges.
The landscape is spectacular and varied, offering high alpine mountain peaks, gorgeous small towns, untamed wilderness, lush green valleys, isolated lakefront properties, beaches, and picture-perfect farms. Communities in our region include Revelstoke, Golden, Salmon Arm, Sicamous and also Anglemont, Blind Bay, Carlin, Celista, Deep Creek, Falkland, Field, Mica, Ranchero, Scotch Creek, Seymour Arm, Sorrento, St. Ives and Tappen.
The Columbia Shuswap is located roughly half way between Vancouver and Calgary on the Trans Canada Highway and is easily accessible via airports in Kelowna, Kamloops, and Calgary.
- Production Support -- a full range of location services, production expertise and information resources for producers and production companies doing business in BC
- Tax Administration -- economic initiatives designed to encourage all aspects of motion picture production in BC
- Development Programs -- support for traditional and digital media production activity
- Production Registration -- online registration for projects filming in BC to enable Creative BC to assist with production-related issues
- Industry Expertise -- quality service, information and advice
- Location Resources - gateway to a network of local permitting agencies, regional film offices and other resources that support filming throughout the province
- Reel Green -- information and resources that promote positive environmental practices in BC's entertainment production industry
Phone: 604-730-2732
Email: view contact list
There are 3 filming zones in BC.
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is in the Distant Location Zone.
Tax Credits:
- Federal
- Provincial
- REGIONAL
Also:
- Production Services Tax Incentives
- Digital Animation Visual Effects Tax Incentive
- Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit
- Canada Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit
For more in-depth information go to:
http://www.creativebc.com/programs/tax-credits/index
The Thompson-Nicola Film Commission is a full-time, full-service film commission representing the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, in the interior of British Columbia, Canada.
Desert, canyons, grasslands, mountains and resorts are a few of our BC locations.
The Thompson-Nicola Film Commission office is situated in the City of Kamloops.
Our services include:
- free scouting
- accompanied surveys
- location-script breakdowns
- community liaison services
- permit assistance
- ftp sites dedicated to your projects
- local crew
- production support
- awesome and great looking film commission staff
When you film on Vancouver Island, you can take advantage of attractive tax credit schemes from both Federal and Provincial Governments.
Brief Overview of the Film Incentive BC Program (FIBC):
- 33% of qualified BC labour expenditures - basic PSTC tax credit (35% domestic)
- Plus 6% of qualified BC labour expenditures - regional tax credit (12.5% domestic)
- Plus 6% of qualified BC labour expenditures - distant regional tax credit
- Plus 17.5% tax credit for digital animation or visual effects when you post in nearby Vancouver