Ontario has the third largest entertainment sector in North America, after California and New York, attracting film productions from across Canada and around the world. Recent OMDC-supported projects include Barney's Version; Resident Evil: Afterlife; Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie; Cairo Time; and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
Foreign feature film spending in Ontario is $160 million/year.
High-profile feature films recently shot in Ontario include The Thing, Red, Saw 7 3D and
Dream House.
OMDC-funded Splice earned one of the highest grossing opening weekends
ever for an English Canadian film.
The OMDC Film Fund fosters production and development of
films in Ontario.
Since 2005, more than $17 million has been invested to support 134 domestic Ontario feature film projects.
The OMDC and the City of Toronto maintain a full-time marketing presence in Los Angeles, to attract production to Ontario.
Resident Evil: Afterlife, a Canadian-German co-production, was completed, shot and posted in stereoscopic 3D in Ontario, which is emerging as a cutting-edge centre of 3D production and technology. Worldwide box-office receipts for Resident Evil: Afterlife have topped $280 million, making it the most successful production in Canadian feature film history.
Website - Resident Evil: Afterlife: http://www.doncarmody.com/