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Game of Thrones storms the Emmys and Veep retains comedy crown
Airing on ABC and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards took place last night to honour the very best examples of television entertainment throughout the last year. Most expectations were met as HBO’s powerhouse series Game of…
Saskatchewan increases per-production incentive payment cap
Saskatchewan in central Canada has increased the amount of money it will offer to eligible productions seeking filming incentive support. The Creative Saskatchewan Investment Fund will now offer up to CAD 600,000, a sharp increase from the previous limit of…
AMC to film sequel to The Making of the Mob and new docudrama The West
American cable channel AMC has commissioned docudrama series The Making of the Mob: Chicago as a follow-up to The Making of the Mob: New York. The channel is also backing The West, a separate docudrama tracing the history of America’s…
TV drama of comic book Wynonna Earp to film on location in Calgary
A new TV drama based on the comic book character Wynonna Earp is set to film on location in Calgary. The Alberta city is currently best-known for the TV version of crime drama Fargo, which has filmed two seasons locally.…
Alaska cancels filming incentive tax credit
Alaska has cancelled its filming incentive programme and will redirect the funds elsewhere in the economy. For the past few years the state has offered a base 30% filming tax credit that specifically rewarded productions shooting in remote areas at…
Fargo TV series films fake snow against mild Calgary winter
The production team on the new series of the TV adaptation of Fargo have had to adjust to this year’s mild Alberta winter by using fake snow to create the iconic mid-western setting. Season Two of Fargo is set a…
Nova Scotia changes filming incentive from tax credit to funding programme
Nova Scotia in eastern Canada is set to change its filming incentive. From July, the province plans to switch its existing tax credit to a 25% funding programme applicable to all Nova Scotia production expenses. The new programme is modelled…
HBO series Lewis and Clark prepares for Alberta and British Columbia filming
New HBO miniseries Lewis and Clark is in pre-production for a scheduled summer shoot in southern Alberta, Canada, and then later in Vancouver and also Georgia. The second series of the acclaimed TV version of Fargo is among the current…
Alberta anticipates boosted production industry with new film studio
Alberta in western Canada is aiming to boost its production industry with a new film studio. Work started last November on the Calgary Film Centre, a build that could help the city attract more shoots like the TV version of…
Northwest Territories in Canada launches pilot filming incentive programme
A pilot filming incentive programme has been launched in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT) in a bid to boost regional production. Positioned north of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, the province has hosted several documentaries and the drama series Arctic Air.…
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Calgary Film Centre
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Alaska
Alaska has cancelled its filming incentive programme and will redirect the funds elsewhere in the economy. For the past few years the state has offered a base 30% filming tax credit that specifically rewarded productions shooting in remote areas at…
Alberta
Alberta has become the sole filming location for all three seasons of FX's crime series, Fargo. The province was also featured in the Academy Award winning The Revenant. A period survival story, The Revenant follows a hunter seeking revenge on…
Canada
Canada remains a top international filming location, with Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal as the main production hubs rivalling the likes of New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles. Generous provincial filming incentives are a key element of Canada’s overall success, as…
Filming in the Calgary region of Alberta, Canada
Calgary lies in southern Alberta, one of Canada’s western provinces. The city and its wider region hosts 80% of the province’s entire filming activity and is the fourth-largest production jurisdiction in Canada. Recent productions include Christopher Nolan’s Inception and TV…
Northwest Territories, Canada
Boasting spectacular scenery near the top of the world, the Northwest Territories are situated in north-west Canada, with Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east. Although dominated by arctic tundra, the region also offers pristine lakes, forests, mountains…
Yukon
Yukon straddles the Arctic Circle in north-west Canada, with British Columbia to the south and the US state of Alaska to the west. There’s a limited crew base and a series of incentive programmes for TV shows, features and documentaries. Yukon’s Film Location Incentive offers a 25%…