
Celebrating Ontario
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ONTARIO CREATES SUPPORTED FILMS SCREENING AT TIFF 2023
- FILMS ON THE HORIZON
- A PRODUCER’S GUIDE TO SHOOTING IN ONTARIO
- ONTARIO GREEN SCREEN, STRATEGIC PLAN
- FILM AND TV PRODUCTION STATISTICS (2022)
- SHOOTING IN ONTARIO
- ONTARIO MUSIC
- ONTARIO GAMES ON STEAM
- PODCAST
- RESEARCH FUNDED BY ONTARIO CREATES
- BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BULLETINS
ONTARIO CREATES SUPPORTED FILMS SCREENING AT TIFF 2023

FILMS ON THE HORIZON
![]() | A Mother Apart | |
![]() | All the Lost Ones | |
![]() | Better Days | |
![]() | Coven
Production Company: Storyline Entertainment Inc. | |
![]() | Cynara | |
![]() | Fidelity | |
![]() | I Used To Be Funny | |
![]() | Longing Production Companies: Scythia Films and Current Flow Entertainment Producers: Daniel Bekerman, Alexander Vinnitski, Neil Mathieson Director: Savi Gabizon Distributor/Sales: Sales Agent - The Solution Lisa Myles (lisa@thesolutionent.com) and Myles Nestel (myles@thesolutionent.com) | |
![]() | My Animal | |
![]() | Queen of the Deuce Production Companies: Storyline Entertainment Inc., Exile Films Producers: Ed Barreveld, Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki Director: Valerie Kontakos Distributor/Sales: Cinephil Olivier Tournaud (olivier@cinephil.com), +971 50 5626 001 Noted festival selections: DOC NYC, Thessaloniki International Film, Maine International Film Festival | |
![]() | Queen Tut | |
![]() | Warrior Strong
Production Companies:
Darius Films and Cause and Effect Productions | |
![]() | We Forgot To Break Up Production Company: Motel Pictures Inc. Producer: Nicole Hilliard-Forde Director: Karen Knox Distributor/Sales: Northern Banner (Canada) (mpaszt@ravenbanner.ca) | |
![]() | Humane Production Company: Humane Productions Inc. | |
Spirit in the Blood Production Companies: Junafilm, Elevation Pictures Producers: Verena Gräfe-Höft, Noah Segal, Kari Hollend Director: Carlin May Borgstrom Distributor/Sales: Elevation Pictures (Canada), Protagonist Pictures (Worldwide) |
Check out the Ontario Film Commission’s new resource! The Producer’s Guide to Shooting in Ontario offers productions an overview of our film commission services, provincial and federal financial incentives, our unique locations, infrastructure, talented workforce and Ontario Green Screen—a handy tool for anyone considering Ontario for live action, VFX, animation or post-production.
We look forward to welcoming your next project to Ontario!
We are proud to present the Ontario Green Screen 2023-2027 Strategic Plan. Ontario Green Screen (OGS) is made possible through a partnership between Ontario Creates, industry, and municipal partners, representing all aspects of the industry across the province. Collectively, we have a shared passion to facilitate sustainable production practices.
We created the OGS Strategic Plan in collaboration with the OGS Advisory Committee and industry subject matter experts. This plan lays out specific, measurable and timely goals for the initiative, over the next four years:
- We commit to fostering an engaged, diverse, inclusive, and collaborative community that advances and enables sustainable production practices.
- We commit to informing and educating Ontario’s film and television industry stakeholders about sustainability best practices.
- We commit to creating a framework to effectively measure and report on environmental impacts and industry-wide progress.
- We commit to delivering resources, tools, and initiatives to empower individuals to incorporate sustainable strategies and protocols that will help reduce the negative environmental impacts of film production across Ontario.
FILM AND TV PRODUCTION STATISTICS (2022)
Ontario’s Record Breaking 2022 Production Statistics have been released!
Find them here: https://www.ontariocreates.ca/assets/images/research/statistics/eng/2022-film-and-television-production-statistics-backgrounder-final.pdf

SHOOTING IN ONTARIO
VISIT THE ONTARIO FILM COMMISSION WEBSITE
ontariofilmcommission.ca
Introducing six great reasons to film in Ontario
https://digitallibrary.ontariocreates.ca/DigitalLibrary/FinancialIncentives.aspx
ONTARIO MUSIC
Each month the Ontario Music Office curates a new playlist featuring recent releases and classic tracks from Ontario artists.
Wanna hear more? Listen to these selected playlists:
PODCAST
Ontario Creative Industries In Conversation is an ongoing conversation among decision-makers in the creative industries and it is also a podcast! If you’ve missed a session or want to share what you’ve learned with a colleague, here’s your chance! https://www.ontariocreates.ca/research/podcasts
RESEARCH FUNDED BY ONTARIO CREATES
Ontario Creates participates in research that supports the development and growth of the cultural media industries. In addition to Ontario Creates-commissioned initiatives, research project funding is provided to industry trade organizations and other stakeholders. https://www.ontariocreates.ca/research/research-funded-by-ontario-creates