Old film news still good

This Ottawa film industry-related story broke earlier this month, but it's definitely worth revisiting the following article in Playback:

"Ottawa sees $83 million in film and TV production, by Etan Vlessing, Playback

"Overshadowed by Toronto and Montreal, Ottawa last year posted $83 million in film and TV production activity, the Ottawa-Gatineau Film and Television Development Corporation reports.

That translated to around 600 shooting days and $23 million dropped directly into the local Ottawa economy in 2010.

“These numbers are modest compared to Montreal and Toronto’s film activity, but our production value is greater than some US states and is increasing every year,” Roch Brunette, general manager of the Ottawa-Gatineau Film and Television Development Corporation, said in a statement."

playbackonline.ca/2011/05/10/ottawa-sees-83-million-in-film-and-tv-production/

Checking with a similar article posted in January 2011 by the Canadian Media Production Association (www.cftpa.ca), "the Canadian film and television production industry showed limited growth from 2008/09 to 2009/10, with an overall increase in production volume from $4.8 billion to $4.9 billion."

The actual number is $4,921 million. $1,900 million of that comes from Ontario, putting this province at the top of the 2010 statistics chart. British Columbia (curiously including Yukon, NWT and Nunavut) and Quebec come in second and third, with Alberta and Nova Scotia rounding out the top five list.You can read the entire PDF document which includes specific feature film production stats by province at www.cftpa.ca/newsroom/pdf/profile/Profile2010Eng.pdf

"Production companies spent a grand total of $903.35 million filming on-location in Toronto in 2010", $726.47 million coming from major productions, according to the Toronto Film and Television Office (www.toronto.ca/tfto/).

The Montréal Film and TV Commission site (ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=4497,7006316&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&playMovie=false) doesn't seem to freely offer up this info - for now.


Thanks for checking in.