International Industry Initiatives
We want to do business with you!
British Columbia is now the third largest motion picture hub in North America and delivers to the best in the industry. As the economic development agency for BC's creative industries, our strategic aim is to capitalize on 40 years of collaboration and development within film and television to expand that success across all industries in our sector.
Creative BC works to grow our province's partnerships and global positioning as an integrated, global centre of creative excellence in which doing business is easy for our international partners.
We welcome you to explore all of the following resources and to contact us with your international inquiries.
Contact Us: International Partnership Inquiries
- Connect with BC-based associations and companies in motion picture, music + sound recording, book + magazine publishing and interactive + digital media.
- Close to 60 countries have audiovisual co-production treaties and memorandums of understanding with Canada. Learn more about which countries are currently participating and how you can apply.
- International productions are offered the Production Services Tax Credit and the Digital Animation, Visual Effects and Post-Production tax credit. Learn more here.
- Creative BC is the provincial film commission and we support 8 regional film commissions outside the lower mainland, giving incoming productions access to expert motion picture film commission su...
- Become familiar with the resources and supports available to incoming motion picture productions in British Columbia.
- Discover resources assembled by Creative BC to help you orient to doing business within our province and advice for permits and international crews.
