Film & Video
Winnipeg, Manitoba has rapidly developed a reputation as desirable locales for filmmakers from Canada and abroad, part of which is due to the Manitoba Film and Video Production Tax Credit.
The 2004 provincial budget provided three changes to the Manitoba Film and Video Tax Credit Program. The program has been extended for three years until March 31, 2008. The three changes are:
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a frequent filming bonus, which provides an additional five per cent on top of the existing 35 per cent labour credit on the third project a company shoots in a two-year period;
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a five per cent rural and northern bonus for companies that shoot at least 50 per cent of their project 40 kilometres outside the City of Winnipeg; and
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removal of the tax credit restriction on companies that are affiliated with corporations that hold CRTC broadcast licences.
During 2002-03, Manitoba films accounted for $86 million in production, and in 2003-04 Manitoba films accounted for almost $110 million. A small sample of more recent (2003-2006) films made in Winnipeg are as follows:
- Shall We Dance
- The Stone Angel
- The Saddest Music in the World
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- Falcon Beach
- A Bear Named Winnie
- Elijah
- Category 6: Day of Destruction
- The Good Life
- Capote
- Lucid
- You Kill Me