Ottawa Film Office
The Ottawa Film Office focuses on the continued development, retention, competitiveness, and enhancement of the city’s film and television industry.
Production Resources
Whether you're looking to partner with an Ottawa-based production company, need to rent equipment, or wondering where to stay, Ottawa has all the resources you need to make your production successful. Please note the list of companies is provided for informational purposes only and does not imply endorsement or support. Hotels with an asterisk (*) offer preferred industry rates - contact our office for details.
Crew Database
Find and join local talent
Algonquin College
School of Media and Design Programs:
Broadcasting Television and Streaming Video
Music Media and Film Foundations
Behind the Scenes of A Film and Media Production Documentary:
CBC Ottawa’s Creator Network
Article: Creator Network seeks young storytellers with a passion for making videos
Do you love making videos and online content? Do you have a unique and compelling visual story to tell?
CBC Ottawa's Creator Network is looking for young digital storytellers from diverse backgrounds to produce original video content to air on CBC. They want creators to tell stories through their own lens, and they will license and pay for the content.
Check out some of our pieces so far: https://www.cbc.ca/news/topic/Tag/Creator%20Network%20Ottawa
Digital Arts Resource Centre
DARC (formerly SAW Video) is a not-for-profit, fully cycle media art center that supports artists through every stage of their career with equipment, training, mentorship, programming, grants, and residencies.
DARC's extensive inventory of more than 300 pieces of equipment and state-of-the-art facilities allows artists to grow their practice and advance their careers.
Workshops are offered year-round in-person and online and cover a wide range of topics from video editing and filmmaking basics, to more experimental courses like Making Music for Live Coding and History of Chinese Cinema. Additionally, the online member portal is populated with on-demand workshops for artists to take at their own pace.
DARC also offers grants and residencies like the Media Art Production Fund, the Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance, and the Expanded Practice Residency. Members have access to monthly grant-writing office hours, and technical support is available every Wednesday.
Whether you’re learning with DARC, using their equipment or facilities or exhibiting in their space you can do it all with DARC.
Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival
Digi60 is a not-for-profit grassroots filmmakers’ festival with almost 20 years of history in the Ottawa area, creating opportunities for new and emerging filmmakers to screen their work in a supportive, constructive peer environment while supporting their growth and professional development as filmmakers through workshops, panels and mentorships.
Directors’ Guild of Canada in Ontario
The Directors Guild of Canada Ontario (DGC Ontario) is a provincial labour organization representing more than 3,000 key creative and logistical personnel working in the screen-based industries in the areas of direction, assistant direction, design, production management, locations, accounting and post production.
To learn more about pathways to Membership, please click the links below:
Joining as an Associate/Full Member
Please visit www.thewiderlens.ca to meet the Ontario production community’s most authentic artisans, craftspeople, and operational specialists.