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Thank you to the businesses and organizations that actively support the Film Commission!

Investing in the Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission is an economic driver to the communities we live in, creating jobs, business innovation and training opportunities. Connect Your Business With a Booming Industry!

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As a non-profit film commission, we play an indispensable role in the economic development of the Greater Victoria region.

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Our sponsors help in developing film production in the region, and form a growing network of industry services .

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This investment in creative sector economic development creates jobs, business innovation and training opportunities.

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Canada, due to its international reputation as a hospitable filming location, plus significant tax incentives for industry stakeholders, has the nickname “Hollywood North” and contributes more than $7 billion annually to the Canadian economy.

Production volume for B.C.’s film and TV sector reached $3.3 billion in the 2020-21 fiscal year – up 13 per cent from the previous year’s $2.9 billion, according to the Canadian Media Producers Association’s (CMPA) Profile 2021 report

-Business Intelligence B.C.

Following the extraordinary success of 2020, when the Film Commission brought over $55-million in direct spending to the Capital Regional District (CRD)

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Benefit from direct spending on local products and services, economic development in the Capital Regional District.

Godzilla (2014) Warner Bros. Pictures

To put things into perspective, a TV movie in Victoria with a budget of $2.4 million will spend around $45 thousand on hotels, $898 thousand on below-the-line labour (crew), and $445 thousand on local services such as production supplies, equipment, and transportation. A larger scale film with a production budget of $22 million will spend approximately $88 thousand in location fees, $188 thousand in set construction materials, and $27 thousand in office supplies.

  • After joining the VISFMC, Unity Office Equipment reported a 30% increase in business due to film productions.
  • Disney’s The Descendants booked 560 rooms.
  • Godzilla booked almost every room at two Langford hotels while filming.
  • Gourmet Detective and the Last Resort (TV movies) booked over 3,000 room nights.<
  • The VISFMC filled more than 32,500 beds in 2015.

Filmed Here:

  • Reginald The Vampire (2022)
  • Rescued By Ruby (2022)
  • American Dreamer (2022)
  • Big Food Bucket List (2022)
  • MAID (2021)
  • Apex (2021)
  • Twilight Zone (2020)
  • Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
  • SEE (2019)
  • Murdoch Mysteries (2017)
  • Deadpool (2015)
  • Moosemeat & Marmalade (2015)
  • Disney's Descendants (2015)
  • Kid Cannabis (2014)
  • The Girl In The Photographs (2015
  • The Boy (2014) Netflix
  • Godzilla (2014) Netflix
  • Graceland (2014)
  • 2012 (2009)
  • In The Land Of Women (2006)
  • X-Men: Last Stand (2006)
  • Fierce People (2005)
  • The Keeper (2004)
  • The Dead Zone (2004)
  • White Chicks (2004)
  • X2 (2003)
  • The Core (2003)
  • Smallville (2001-2017)
  • Cats & Dogs (2001)
  • Final Destination (2000)
  • Scary Movie (2000)
  • Lake Placid (1999)
  • Better Than Chocolate (1999)
  • X FILES (1997)
  • Excess Baggage (1997)
  • Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996)
  • Little Women (1994)
  • Intersection (1994)
  • Knight Moves (1992)
  • Bird On A Wire (1990)
  • Year Of The Dragon (1985)
  • Hot Pursuit (1987)
  • April Fools Day (1986)
  • The Changeling (1980)
  • Harry In Your Pocket (1973)
  • Vixen! (1968)
  • Commandos Strike At Dawn (1942)
  • Convicted (1938)
  • Woman Against The World (1936)
  • Fury And The Woman (1936)

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“This $8-million plus production received a very significant amount of support from film Victoria. A huge thank you to Kathleen who assisted us in navigating some tricky issues at a very busy time. ”

Christian Bruyere, Producer

American Dreamer (2022)

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