BC FILM COMMISSION
201 - 865 Hornby Street
Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 2G3
Susan Croome
BC Film Commissioner
Julie Bernard
Manager, Production Location Services
Gordon Hardwick
Manager, Community Affairs
(604) 660-2732
(604) 660-4790
info@bcfilmcommission.com
www.bcfilmcommission.com
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With almost twenty-five years experience, the BC Film Commission connects your production with local producers, post and ancillary services, and will help you tap into the provinces professional and natural resources. The BC Film Commission is here to make your job easier, and offers these free services to producers; script breakdown, scouting & surveys, ongoing support, and photo library. |
BC FILM
2225 West Broadway
Vancouver, B.C., V6K 2E4
Robert Wong - Tax Credit Program
Liz Shorten - Marketing Programs
Lodi Butler - Dvlp/Prod. Financing
(604) 736-7997
(604) 736-7290
bcf@bcfilm.bc.ca
www.bcfilm.bc.ca
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BC Film provides seed capital for film and video projects having significant British Columbia components. A full range of programs supporting development, production and marketing is available. Dramatic, animated and documentary films, and television programs that are owned and controlled by B.C. companies, may be eligible. International treaty and interprovincial co-productions may also be eligible.
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BC INSTITUTE OF FILM PROFESSIONALS
1385 Homer Street
Vancouver, B.C., V6B 5M9
Susanne Redlig
(604) 291-6525
(604) 294-6812
info@bcifp.com
www.bcifp.com
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The purpose of the BC Institute of Film Professionals is to serve as a centralized provincial body for the film and television sector that will provide advice, guidance and standards for human resource, training and related issues.
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CANADA CUSTOMS AND REVENUE AGENCY
Canada Customs and Revenue Agency - Pacific Region
Client Services Division
Suite 503, 333 Dunsmuir Street
Vancouver, B.C., V6B 5R4
When goods enter Canada temporarily for use on a film production.
Cara Foxton,
Trade Services Officer.
(604) 666-0879
(604) 666-7027
www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca
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CONSUMER TAXATION BRANCH
Vancouver Office Taxpayer Services
(604) 660-4524
1-877-388-4440
www.rev.gov.bc.ca/ctb
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Generally, producers of motion pictures are considered to be performing a service, and are the consumers of all film and other tangible personal property used in B.C. for producing motion pictures. To learn whether the social service tax must be paid, visit the Consumer Taxation Branch Web site (refer to Bulletin 76).
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GOODS AND SERVICES TAX
Canada introduced the Goods and Services Tax (GST) effective January 1, 1991.
1-800-959-5525.
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Virtually all Canadian production costs (goods and services), other than employee payroll and certain basic groceries, are subject to the 7% GST. To learn about possible refunds and all other GST-related information, call 1-800-959-5525.
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CANADIAN CONSULATE TO LOS ANGELES
For further information on filming in B.C:
550 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA, 90071-2627
Jennifer Price
(213) 346-2763
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NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
200 - 1385 West 8th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C., V6H 3V9
Al Parsons,
Marketing & Sales Manager,
BC & Yukon
(604) 666-3838
1-800-267-7710
(604) 666-1569
a.g.parsons@nfb.ca
www.nfb.ca
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Telefilm Canada was established to support independent Canadian production. The corporation administers a number of programs, and will invest in projects that meet the CAVCO requirements for Canadian content. Telefilm Canada also invests in co-ventures and twinned production packages. Participation in official co-productions is normally limited to the Canadian portion of the budget, although the corporation may calculate its investment on the total production budget if the project is a Canadian majority co-production, or the project originating in Canada is shot in French. Applicants to all funds must generally be Canadian-owned and controlled production, distribution or foreign sales companies.
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IMMIGRATION
For information regarding Work Permits Procedures for Obtaining an Employment Authorization for Film and Television Industry Foreign Workers.
(604) 687-7083
(604) 666-7731
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca
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Workers' compensation is provincially legislated in Canada. The Workers' Compensation System makes regulations which control job safety and health, and provides compensation benefits for the worker in the event of an industrial injury or disease. In return, the employer cannot be sued, and the costs of industrial injury and disease are fairly shared.
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