Newfoundland and Labrador - a rare find

Film and Television

Newfoundland and Labrador has long been known for scenic vistas and old-world charm. Today a wide range of television series, features, and shorts are shot in the province. Those that shoot here come to love it. Our real and authentic locations, along with our creative culture and helpful nature, endear all who visit. Just watch what Jason Momoa has to say about his experience filming Frontier here: Watch

Locations

The province is larger than New Zealand and has 17,000 kilometres of coastline. From rocky coastline to sandy beaches, there have been many features shot where the land meets the sea. The province also has one of the most advanced indoor model ocean facilities in the world perfect for safely filming intense simulated ocean situations.

The Film Development Corporation is available to discuss your location needs and connect you with local location scouts.

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Newfoundland & Labrador Film Development Corporation
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Programs

Newfoundland and Labrador Equity Fund

This program provides funding in the form of equity to productions with a majority Newfoundland and Labrador ownership. Coproductions between local companies and international producers are eligible for the program. The equity program is available to both television and feature-length productions and there is support available for both development and production.
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Newfoundland and Labrador Film Tax Credit

This program is a provincial corporate tax credit based on a calculation of eligible labour limited to the lesser of 25% of the total eligible budget or 40% of the total eligible labour expenditures. At least 25% of salaries and wages paid by the corporation with respect to the project must be paid in the province to eligible employees. Applicants must have permanent establishment in the Province.
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Newfoundland Independent Filmmakers Co-operative (NIFCO)

NIFCO is a co-operative with an entrepreneurial heart: the revenue generated from our state of the art post production facility is re-invested into our filmmakers. Based in the heart of Downtown St. John’s, NIFCO provides television and film producers with the full range of post-production services as well as equipment rentals. For more on their facilities, services and rates visit www.nifco.org.

Canada Feature Film Fund

Through the Canada Feature Film Fund, Telefilm Canada supports all stages of a feature film – from development, to production and post-production, to marketing to audiences both at home and abroad.

Canada Media Fund (CMF)

This fund is a collection of programs both for Canadian and international producers. Together, Canada’s coproduction treaties and the CMF’s financing provide opportunities for Canadian producers and their international counterparts to share resources and talent to tap into new markets. Producers can benefit greatly from working together on the international front.

Atlantic Studios Cooperative (ASCO)

ASCO, established in 2004, provides professional motion picture and television productions in Newfoundland and Labrador with the best lighting and grip equipment available. ASCO is a non-profit co-operative with producers and technicians as members. Their professional, service oriented staff ensures all productions needs can be met. Visit www.atlanticstudiosco-operative.ca for their equipment rental catalogue.

Featured Productions

Featured Productions

Son of a Critch

A coming-of-age story set in St. John’s, Newfoundland of 11 year-old Mark, much older on the inside than his 11 years, who uses comedy to win friends and connect with people in his limited world.

Astrid & Lily

High school is hard enough when you’re different, but when outcast BFFs Astrid and Lilly accidentally crack open a portal to a terrifyingly quirky monster dimension, it gets a lot more complicated.

The Missus Downstairs

How well do you know your neighbours? Or perhaps the better question is — how well do you WANT to know your neighbours. The Missus Downstairs explores the blossoming and unique friendship between John — an up-and-coming advertising creative — and his nosy and somewhat crafty downstairs neighbour Mildred.

Adventures of Gary and Lou

Gary Wheeseltin is retiring after a lifelong career in journalism. He wants to put his feet up and relax, stay close to home and play it safe. His next door neighbor, an energetic young blue monster named Lou, has other plans. Young audiences get to follow some of their adventures as they learn it’s never too late to try something new and together discover fun things to do in St. John’s, NL.

Hudson and Rex

Detective Charlie Hudson (John Reardon), a cunning Major Crimes detective for the St. John’s Police Department, teams up with an unusual partner – Rex (Diesel vom Burgimwald), a former-K9 German Shepherd, whose heightened senses keep Charlie hot on the trail of his suspects. Together they’re able to unravel even the most puzzling of crimes, ensuring the truth is revealed and justice is served. With Charlie’s deft detective work and Rex’s keen canine senses, this crime-fighting duo is unstoppable.

SurrealEstate

SurrealEstate

Realtor Nick Roman and an elite team of specialists handle the cases that no one else can: haunted and possessed houses that literally scare would-be buyers away. Creator George Olson. Stars Tim Rozon, Sarah Levy, Adam Korson. Co-produced by Blue Ice Pictures and Take the Shot Productions.

Little Orphans

Three sisters who reunite at a wedding become entangled in a complicated web of family secrets. Starring Emily Bridger, Rhiannon Morgan, Marthe Bernard. A Telefilm Talent to Watch film 2020. Winner of Whistler Film Festival’s 2020 Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature.

Rock Solid Builds

Though they might be building right on the edge of the world, there’s no task too extreme for third-generation builder Randy Spracklin and his team behind Newfound Builders.

Now, curious viewers looking to see what it takes to pull off the stunning — and often daring — projects that Spracklin’s team takes on in one of the most scenic pockets of Newfoundland can watch the action unfold on HGTV’s newest renovation program, Rock Solid Builds.