THUNDER BAY—The quantity and value of feature films and TV series being produced in northwestern Ontario pales in comparison with the amount of work in the northeastern part of the province.
The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) is currently supporting no fewer than three TV series and six feature films under production in the northeast, mostly in the Sudbury area.
The total value of the recent Heritage Fund investments in that region is almost $12 million.
In the Thunder Bay area, NOHFC's recent announcement of funded projects includes no TV series but three feature films with a total investment of about $1.5 million. The fund is also providing about $90,000 to three other film productions, including two in Thunder Bay and one in Sioux Lookout.
Current Northern Ontario Heritage Fund-supported TV and Film Productions
- Sudbury: $3 million to New Metric Media for season 2 of TV series "Bad Blood"
- Sudbury/North Bay/Sault Ste. Marie: $3 million to High Park Entertainment for Netflix TV series "V Wars"
- Parry Sound: $2.7 million to DCTV Rescue for TV series "Northern Rescue"
- Sudbury: $500,000 to Jordan Barker Films for feature film "Stranded"
- Sudbury: $500,000 to Foundry Films for feature film "Goalie"
- Sudbury: $500,000 to Darius Films for feature film "Killing Daniel"
- Sudbury: $500,000 to Now Entertainment for feature film "Self Storage"
- Sudbury/Whitefish Lake First Nation: $500,000 to Nite Falls Studios for feature film "Fall Around Her"
- North Bay: $500,000 to Sandbay Entertainment for feature film "Noel en boite"
- Thunder Bay: $686,000 to Circle Blue Media for feature film "Angelique's Island"
- Thunder Bay: $500,000 to Father of Cain Productions for feature film "Skin and Bones"
- Thunder Bay: $340,000 to Imaginarium Studio for feature film "The Days of Destitute"
- Thunder Bay: $48,000 to Franco Finn Films for production of documentary "One Woman's North"
- Thunder Bay: $5,000 to Fire Song Films for feature film "Fire Songs"
- Sioux Lookout: $43,000 to IMPACT Arts for feature film "Autumn Springs"
Tbnewswatch requested a breakdown of the NOHFC support for film and tv production.
According to information provided by the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, since 2013 the Heritage Fund has dispersed $104 million to 155 projects across northern Ontario. The ministry said this has leveraged more than $500 million in direct economic activity in the north.
In the Thunder Bay area specifically, funding since 2013 has totalled about $2.5 million for eight projects, leveraging about $7.5 million in direct economic activity.
