What’s New in Ontario

New Poll Shows Strong Support for Film & Television Production in Ontario Yesterday, FilmOntario held its inaugural Lobby Day at Queen’s Park. Industry leaders from the screen-based industries – including representatives from unions, production companies and studios – met with MPPs, ministers, party critics and political staff to highlight the recent [...]

Thank you to all who came out to one of the best-attended AGMs in recent memory on Tuesday at the Four Seasons! Remember there are two important pieces of business coming out of Tuesday’s meeting: Fill out your member survey. Sign up to participate in our Queen’s Park Day on November [...]

FilmOntario released a new video celebrating the film and TV production industry in Ontario. This video shines a spotlight on how valuable the film and TV industry is to the economy, the outstanding content that is produced here, and how Ontarians feel about this successful industry. Watch it below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrVfo_YXn5A

As part of our work with the Minister’s Film and Television Advisory Panel, FilmOntario has prepared the following report on studio infrastructure gaps and needs. While noting that studios in and around the City of Toronto are currently operating at capacity, FilmOntario provides three recommendations for the province in Ontario to [...]

FilmOntario supports the recent calls by ACTRA Toronto for all players in the screen-based industries to join in a discussion about how best to address harassment, bullying and discrimination in the workplace. We commend the steps that individual organizations have taken to date to ensure safe, harassment-free workplaces. Addressing these issues [...]

There are some amazing Ontario productions getting the spotlight at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The economic impact of Ontario production is significant ($1.7 billion in annual expenditures), and it is great to see these features at TIFF this year: Alias Grace: A layered historical drama based on of Margaret Atwood’s [...]

On Monday, April 11, at an event at William F. White, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Eleanor McMahon announced that Ontario's film and television industry contributed almost $1.7 billion to the provincial economy, the third year in a row production levels have broken the previous record, and the sixth consecutive year [...]

FilmOntario has been participating in the Government's consultations on the 2017 Provincial Budget, with a continued focus on ensuring the stability of the province's film and television tax credits. In our written submission, we asked the government to do the following: 1. Maintain its commitment to stable tax credit rates; 2. [...]

Thank you to all the members who attended our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, November 30 at the Ritz-Carlton. We covered a lot of important business (review our 2016 Accomplishments here) in the first part of the meeting and then were pleased to hear from the Honourable Eleanor McMahon, Minister of [...]