Quebec sees big boost in foreign filming
Quebec in eastern Canada has seen an almost 30% increase in the number of foreign productions filmed in the province.
By Nick Goundry 8 Aug 2018
Quebec in eastern Canada has seen an almost 30% increase in the number of foreign productions filmed in the province.
Twenty-three international projects spent CA$383m locally through the course of 2017, according to figures recently released by the Quebec Film and Television Council.
Major shoots in 2017 included superhero follow-up X-Men: Dark Phoenix – which spent CA$80m in the province – and TV drama Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, both of which used Montreal as a base.
Montreal regularly doubles for locations around the world. Old Montreal in the centre of the city offers architecture that’s several hundred years old and is a convenient stand in for European settings.
Quebec’s production data does not include spending from foreign shoots on local post-production work, which the QFTC says has grown by 27% annually over the past nine years.
Earlier this year, Scanline VFX opened a new office in Montreal and a few weeks later Technicolor announced plans to open a facility in Quebec under its Mill Film brand.
See KFTV's production guide for more on filming in Quebec.
Image: Amazon Studios
Major shoots in 2017 included superhero follow-up X-Men: Dark Phoenix – which spent CA$80m in the province – and TV drama Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, both of which used Montreal as a base.
Montreal regularly doubles for locations around the world. Old Montreal in the centre of the city offers architecture that’s several hundred years old and is a convenient stand in for European settings.
Quebec’s production data does not include spending from foreign shoots on local post-production work, which the QFTC says has grown by 27% annually over the past nine years.
Earlier this year, Scanline VFX opened a new office in Montreal and a few weeks later Technicolor announced plans to open a facility in Quebec under its Mill Film brand.
See KFTV's production guide for more on filming in Quebec.
Image: Amazon Studios
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