Filmmakers have a long history of working in Nova Scotia—Evangeline, shot here over 100 years ago, was one of the first movies made in Canada. But in recent years, the province’s natural beauty and historic charms that might appeal to cinematographers were augmented by the film tax credit, which appeals to the producers who are writing the cheques. The tax credit was introduced in 1995, and as you can see in this animated timeline, by no coincidence at all that’s when local filmmaking took off.
Scrolling through the timeline can be a bit fussy, because software. When you zoom into one movie, swipe left and right (on a tablet) or use the arrows on your keyboard (desktop) to go to the next. Spacebar will zoom you back out on desktop, and pinching is supposed to but doesn’t always work on tablets. If you type some text in the “filter events” box at the upper right, that seems to make pinching to zoom out work. A bit better. And if you notice we forgot to include a movie or TV production, please mention it in the comments.
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Reversible Errors, 2004. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382944/
*Editor’s note: Added, thank you!
Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale (1994). Pretty sure it was filmed, in part, in Cape Breton.
*Editor’s note: Added, thank you!
The Real Howard Spitz with Kelsey Grammar http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120900/
*editor’s note: added, thank you!
Ice Castles 2010 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1411276/
*editor’s note: Added, thank you!
Trudeau, Ambulance Girl, several of the Tom Selleck Stone movies and there are many more on my list. We need to keep film alive in our province.
*editor’s note: Added, thank you!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_Nova_Scotia
Plus George’s Island
*editor’s note: Added, thank you!
“Lexx, The Dark Zone” series, Salter Street and TiMe Films, employed people for over seven years in Halifax, 1995-2002. It began as four movies, directed by Paul Donovan.
“Calm at Sunset”, 1996, Boys Next Door Productions. Daniel Petrie, director.
“Bag of Bones”, an A&E mini-series based upon the Stephen King novel. 2011, Sennet Entertainment.
Beyond TPB, there have been many TV series made here that aren’t mentioned. The children’s shows at DHX Media alone would make a good list.
*editor’s note: added, thank you! And we will work on adding the children’s shows.
Pre Tax Credit, explains the rating I guess… http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087130/
*Editor’s note: don’t worry, this film is on there!
I worked on a few shows that I don’t see on the list:
Summer hood
Just Buried
The Trollope Series
The Corridor
Editor’s note: we added all of those except The Trollope Series, could you give us some more information on that one? Thanks!
Midday Sun dir/writer Lulu Keating 1989, Red Snapper Films. shot in Zimbabwe
La Veuve de Saint Pierre 2000 was shot in Louisbourg
Le Secret de Jerome 1994 en Baie St. Marie
and so many short and episodic projects
*Editor’s note: added, thank you!
1992- Mary Silliman’s War ( retitled The Way of Duty)
*editor’s note: added, thank you!
Shattered City, The Real Howard Spitz, Beethoven’s Treasure Tales
*editor’s note: added, thank you!
Add New Waterford Girl
*Editor’s note: don’t worry, this film is on there!
If You Could See What I Hear 1982 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084117/?ref_=…
*editor’s note: added, thank you!
Vampire Bats 2005 starring Lucy Lawless
*editor’s note: added, thank you!
Homeless to Harvard with Thora Birch (2003)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338109/
*editor’s note: added, thank you!
It’s Kirsten Dunst not Kristen.
Baby- Farra Fawcett 2000
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The Scarlet Letter
The Neptune Factor-1973; South Pacific,1942-1981;Siege (Self-Defense)-1983;Stations-1983; King of Friday Night-1985; CODCO-1986-92; Life Classes-1988; The Vacant Lot-1989; Blizzard Island-1990; Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story- 1992; Cadillac Girls-1993; Lifeline to Victory-1993; Black Harbour-1996-99; One Heart Broken Into Song-1999; Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111-2000; Call Me Fitz-2010-13; Relative Happiness-2014; Seed-2013-14; and Mr. D-2012-15.
1996 WARRIOR SONGS- performance film with Yo Yo Ma; 1999 LOYALTIES-documentary, Winner of The Canada Award; 2000 THE VOICE SET FREE- documentary. 2004 WORDS OF MY PERFECT TEACHER- feature documentary; 2006 REGARDING: COHEN feature documentary; 2008 GENERATION XXL-documentary. All from ZIJI Film & Television Ltd.