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The Tax Credit Deadline Indigenous Canadian Filmmakers Can’t Miss

February 17, 2026February 17, 2026The Bottom LineCAVCO, Indigenous Productions, Tax Credit Deadline

When you have to rely on the tax credits to balance your budget (most do), a single missed date can leave you with a hole in your budget that you will never be able to

Regulation on Screen: What Canadian Filmmakers Can Learn from Alberta’s Media Laws

January 14, 2026January 14, 2026The Bottom LineAlberta, Canadian Film Laws, Consideration, Media Laws, Rules, tax credits

Alberta is an increasingly popular destination for major and indie film shoots alike. Its sweeping landscapes and large amounts of available space has seen it feature in many big budget productions in recent years. However,

The Final Window for Inuit-Led Feature Films in Canada

January 13, 2026January 12, 2026The Bottom LineCanada, Films, Inuits

Inuit feature films are not some symbolic category. They determine who owns narratives, who is a rights holder and who is making money several years after being published. At this time, few Inuit creators and

Everything You Need to Know About the Upcoming DCU TV Show Lanterns

December 24, 2025December 23, 2025The Bottom LineAaron Pierre, DCU, Kyle Chandler, Lanterns, Nathan Fillion

If there’s one thing you can be sure of, it’s that Superman’s overall summer box office success put a lot of minds in Warner Bros. at ease, none more so than its writer and director,

Seasons of Reflection: The Canadian Films That Capture Autumn’s Quiet Power

December 23, 2025December 22, 2025The Bottom LineAutumn, Canada, Canadian, Fall, Film

When the maples begin to redden and the light softens toward evening, a mood arrives that many films capture but few explain. This article invites attention to how Canadian filmmaking uses the season’s textures –

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Before His Hit Show Silo, Graham Yost Delivered One of the Best of the TV Shows of the 2010s

December 17, 2025December 15, 2025The Bottom LineGraham Yost, Justified, Silo

There is an overabundance of streaming services in this modern era of movie and television consumption, each of which is vying for the precious time of consumers within the market. While HBO is the network

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