Film Industry

• Lethbridge collaboration aims to boost film industry in southern Alberta

  The City of Lethbridge and Economic Development Lethbridge have teamed up to make filming in the city easier.

  Entertainment

  Sep 17
  
• Toronto’s Olivia Chow heads to U.K., Ireland on trade mission

  Mayor Olivia Chow is scheduled to meet with production companies and broadcasters to encourage Canadian content production through agreements with the U.K. and Ireland.

  Canada

  Jul 6
  
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• U.S. President Donald Trump’s film tariffs could leave Calgary productions hanging

  Proposed tariffs on films made outside of America are putting a dark cloud over Calgary's vibrant filmmaking industry — which is the fourth-largest of its kind in Canada.

  Entertainment

  May 5
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• Trump threatens tariffs on movies, but experts say it may not be so simple

  U.S. President Donald Trump has set his sights on Hollywood, threatening tariffs and other policies to discourage companies from making films abroad.

  U.S. News

  May 5
• Trump wants non-U.S. movies to face 100% tariff. Who could it impact?

  Incentive programs for years have influenced where movies are shot, increasingly driving film production out of California and to other countries with favourable tax incentives.

  Consumer

  May 5
• Filming begins in Fredericton on Stephen King-based short film

  A Fredericton-based production began filming an adaptation of Stephen King's 'Last Rung on the Ladder'. It's one of the last to get filming rights through a Stephen King program.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2024
• Canadian entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and partner found dead in Caribbean

  Reports say the multi-millionaire founder of film software company Softimage and his partner died 'in tragic circumstances' near the luxury resort they owned in Dominica.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2023
• Manitoba film industry hoping for production surge after months of actors’ strike

  SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative deal with Hollywood Studios on Wednesday - ending the longest strike ever for film and television actors.

  Canada

  Nov 12, 2023
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• Alberta film industry ready for action after SAG-AFTRA strike ends

  News of the end of the actors strike reached jubilant film and television workers in Alberta.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2023
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• Finn Wolfhard, Patricia Arquette, Harmony Korine films bound for TIFF

  TIFF says 'Dicks' centres on a pair of identical twins who conspire to reunite their divorced and deranged parents, played by Nathan Lane and Megan Mullally.

  Entertainment

  Aug 3, 2023