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The Music Industry Initiatives program supports initiatives that grow and develop British Columbia’s music ecosystem. Successful projects will build the capacity of B.C.’s music industry through training, collaboration, and creating new industry and business opportunities.

📅Supports activities and expenses between January 1, 2026 and October 31, 2027.
🎵 Open to applications from individuals, collectives, companies, and organizations.
🍁 Applicants may be located anywhere in Canada, but must be active in B.C.'s music industry.

⚠️ Deadline: Rolling until October 30, 2026, or until all funds are allocated.

➡️ Attend an upcoming info session: June 11, 2026, 3:00pm – 4:00pm (MS Teams)

🔗 See more details below and on the Creative BC website: https://creativebc.com/funding-programs/music-sound-recording-programs/music-industry-initiatives/

Congratulations to Vancouver Film Studios on being named Film Studio of the Year at the Global Production Awards! 🎥🏆

This recognition highlights the strength of B.C.'s world-class film industry - from exceptional crews and creative talent, to the studios and infrastructure that continue to attract productions from around the globe.

May 31 is the Canadian Screen Awards! 🏆

British Columbia talent is being recognized across film, television, documentary and animation categories at this year’s awards. Congratulations to all of the B.C. nominees heading into Canadian Screen Week!

➡️ Highlighted nominations include:

• Hudson Williams (HEATED RIVALRY) — Best Lead Performer, Drama Series
• THE TRACK — Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary
• ARTHUR ERICKSON: BEAUTY BETWEEN THE LINES — Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary
• BLUE HERON — Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction, Original Screenplay and more
• WRONG HUSBAND | UIKSARINGITARA — Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction and more
• ALLEGIANCE — Best Direction, Drama Series, Best Lead Performer, Drama Series and more
• THE ASSEMBLY — Best Factual Series, Best Direction, Factual

🔗 See the full list of nominees on BC Creates: link in bio!

📸 Photo credits:
Hudson Williams by YannPlouin / Canadian Screen Awards
Still from BLUE HERON (dir. Sophy Romvari)
Still from SWEET SUMMER POW WOW (dir. Darrell Dennis)
ALLEGIANCE (CBC)

May 31 is the Canadian Screen Awards! 🏆

British Columbia talent is being recognized across film, television, documentary and animation categories at this year’s awards. Congratulations to all of the B.C. nominees heading into Canadian Screen Week!

➡️ Highlighted nominations include:

• Hudson Williams (HEATED RIVALRY) — Best Lead Performer, Drama Series
• THE TRACK — Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary
• ARTHUR ERICKSON: BEAUTY BETWEEN THE LINES — Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary
• BLUE HERON — Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction, Original Screenplay and more
• WRONG HUSBAND | UIKSARINGITARA — Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction and more
• ALLEGIANCE — Best Direction, Drama Series, Best Lead Performer, Drama Series and more
• THE ASSEMBLY — Best Factual Series, Best Direction, Factual

🔗 See the full list of nominees on BC Creates: link in bio!

📸 Photo credits:
Hudson Williams by YannPlouin / Canadian Screen Awards
Still from BLUE HERON (dir. Sophy Romvari)
Still from SWEET SUMMER POW WOW (dir. Darrell Dennis)
ALLEGIANCE (CBC)

May 31 is the Canadian Screen Awards! 🏆

British Columbia talent is being recognized across film, television, documentary and animation categories at this year’s awards. Congratulations to all of the B.C. nominees heading into Canadian Screen Week!

➡️ Highlighted nominations include:

• Hudson Williams (HEATED RIVALRY) — Best Lead Performer, Drama Series
• THE TRACK — Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary
• ARTHUR ERICKSON: BEAUTY BETWEEN THE LINES — Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary
• BLUE HERON — Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction, Original Screenplay and more
• WRONG HUSBAND | UIKSARINGITARA — Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction and more
• ALLEGIANCE — Best Direction, Drama Series, Best Lead Performer, Drama Series and more
• THE ASSEMBLY — Best Factual Series, Best Direction, Factual

🔗 See the full list of nominees on BC Creates: link in bio!

📸 Photo credits:
Hudson Williams by YannPlouin / Canadian Screen Awards
Still from BLUE HERON (dir. Sophy Romvari)
Still from SWEET SUMMER POW WOW (dir. Darrell Dennis)
ALLEGIANCE (CBC)

May 31 is the Canadian Screen Awards! 🏆

British Columbia talent is being recognized across film, television, documentary and animation categories at this year’s awards. Congratulations to all of the B.C. nominees heading into Canadian Screen Week!

➡️ Highlighted nominations include:

• Hudson Williams (HEATED RIVALRY) — Best Lead Performer, Drama Series
• THE TRACK — Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary
• ARTHUR ERICKSON: BEAUTY BETWEEN THE LINES — Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary
• BLUE HERON — Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction, Original Screenplay and more
• WRONG HUSBAND | UIKSARINGITARA — Best Motion Picture, Achievement in Direction and more
• ALLEGIANCE — Best Direction, Drama Series, Best Lead Performer, Drama Series and more
• THE ASSEMBLY — Best Factual Series, Best Direction, Factual

🔗 See the full list of nominees on BC Creates: link in bio!

📸 Photo credits:
Hudson Williams by YannPlouin / Canadian Screen Awards
Still from BLUE HERON (dir. Sophy Romvari)
Still from SWEET SUMMER POW WOW (dir. Darrell Dennis)
ALLEGIANCE (CBC)

🎬 From Burnaby bus loops and rainy mall parking lots to SXSW acclaim, filmmaker Emma Higgins @emmaaverage is carving out a bold new space in genre storytelling.

In our latest feature, @emmaaverage reflects on the deeply personal journey behind her debut feature SWEETNESS (@sweetnessthemovie)- a darkly funny coming-of-age thriller exploring loneliness, fandom, and the messy emotional terrain of adolescence.

Rooted in B.C. alt culture and shaped by years working across the province’s film and music industries, Higgins is part of a new wave of filmmakers telling fearless, distinctly personal stories.

🔗 Read the full interview on BC Creates: link in bio!

📸Photo Credit: Behind the scenes from SWEETNESS, courtesy of Emma Higgins.

🎬 From Burnaby bus loops and rainy mall parking lots to SXSW acclaim, filmmaker Emma Higgins @emmaaverage is carving out a bold new space in genre storytelling.

In our latest feature, @emmaaverage reflects on the deeply personal journey behind her debut feature SWEETNESS (@sweetnessthemovie)- a darkly funny coming-of-age thriller exploring loneliness, fandom, and the messy emotional terrain of adolescence.

Rooted in B.C. alt culture and shaped by years working across the province’s film and music industries, Higgins is part of a new wave of filmmakers telling fearless, distinctly personal stories.

🔗 Read the full interview on BC Creates: link in bio!

📸Photo Credit: Behind the scenes from SWEETNESS, courtesy of Emma Higgins.

🎬 From Burnaby bus loops and rainy mall parking lots to SXSW acclaim, filmmaker Emma Higgins @emmaaverage is carving out a bold new space in genre storytelling.

In our latest feature, @emmaaverage reflects on the deeply personal journey behind her debut feature SWEETNESS (@sweetnessthemovie)- a darkly funny coming-of-age thriller exploring loneliness, fandom, and the messy emotional terrain of adolescence.

Rooted in B.C. alt culture and shaped by years working across the province’s film and music industries, Higgins is part of a new wave of filmmakers telling fearless, distinctly personal stories.

🔗 Read the full interview on BC Creates: link in bio!

📸Photo Credit: Behind the scenes from SWEETNESS, courtesy of Emma Higgins.

A film’s soundscape is an active agent in storytelling with the ability to heighten emotion, advance the plot through off-screen cues, or even speak when visuals cannot.

More than just recording what happens on set and mixing it together, the Sound Department handles designing, layering, and molding audio so that every moment feels authentic.

🔗 Read the latest Creative Pathways™ blog post to explore key roles and why sound matters on set: https://creativepathwayscanada.com/layers-of-reality-the-sound-department/

📚 May is Short Story Month - the perfect time to discover a new collection.

From sharp satire and speculative fiction to emotionally rich character studies, these six collections from B.C. authors showcase the power of storytelling in a short form.

Featuring works by Clea Young, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Shashi Bhat, Téa Mutonji, Maria Reva, and Joshua Whitehead.

🔗 Read more on BC Creates: link in bio!

Sunk City Festival (@sunkcitynanaimo) returns to Nanaimo this May long weekend!

Taking place from May 15-17 in downtown Nanaimo, Sunk City Festival showcases underground music while celebrating local talent and shared community spaces.

Hosted across multiple venues on the unceded lands of the Snuneymuxw Nation, the festival highlights the depth of the region’s creative scene, with food, beverages and artist merchandise available on site.

🔗 For more information, visit our upcoming events calendar (link in bio!)

📸 Photo Credit: Sunk City Festival 2025 / @moonbean_music

Reel Green™ is partnering with @BCEFFestival to celebrate #OceanWeekCanada 🌊

Join us in Sidney, B.C., for a screening of three Canadian short films exploring our connection to water, wildlife, and the future of our planet.

📅Sunday, May 31, 2026
⏰4:00 – 6:00pm PDT
📍Star Cinema, 9840 Third St, Sidney, BC V8L 3A7
🎟️$13 – Link in bio

#ReelGreen #BCFilmCommission #CreativeBC #BCFilm #CanadianFilm

Image: Still from PENGUINS OF THE POINT (2025).

🎬 British Columbia has received three nominations at the 2026 Global Production Awards, recognizing excellence across the international screen production industry.

• Reel Green™ - Sustainability Initiative
• Vancouver Film Studios — Studio of the Year
• Vancouver Island South — Emerging Location

These nominations highlight the province’s growing global reputation in sustainability, infrastructure, and production excellence. Winners will be announced May 18 in Cannes, France.

🔗 Learn more: https://buff.ly/CRkv9Ir

🎬 Vancouver-born producer Lucy McNulty (@lucymcnultyy) is building momentum as one of the most exciting emerging voices in Canada’s independent screen industry.

From award-winning shorts to international festival premieres, McNulty’s work is rooted in bold, character-driven storytelling that embraces complexity, discomfort and dark humour.

In our latest interview, she reflects on producing, risk-taking, building Strange Company Productions (@strangecompanyproductions) and bringing B.C.-grown stories to the global stage.

🔗 Read more on BC Creates - link in bio!

📸 Photo Credit: Still from HOW BRIEF (2026), and behind the scenes on the set of HUNTING MATTHEW NICHOLS (2024)

🎬 Vancouver-born producer Lucy McNulty (@lucymcnultyy) is building momentum as one of the most exciting emerging voices in Canada’s independent screen industry.

From award-winning shorts to international festival premieres, McNulty’s work is rooted in bold, character-driven storytelling that embraces complexity, discomfort and dark humour.

In our latest interview, she reflects on producing, risk-taking, building Strange Company Productions (@strangecompanyproductions) and bringing B.C.-grown stories to the global stage.

🔗 Read more on BC Creates - link in bio!

📸 Photo Credit: Still from HOW BRIEF (2026), and behind the scenes on the set of HUNTING MATTHEW NICHOLS (2024)

B.C. talent is Cannes-bound! From May 12-20, 2026, British Columbia delegates will attend the Marché du Film at The 79th Cannes Film Festival @marchedufilm.

Nine delegates received support to attend through Creative BC’s Passports to Markets program, championing cinematic excellence, expanding B.C.’s global talent, and celebrating this year’s most compelling films.

📅 On May 15, at the Canada Pavilion, there will be a panel titled “Create With Canada,” featuring Creative BC’s CEO, Prem Gill, as a panelist for the first Info Session. Moderated by @telefilm_canada, the sessions will provide professionals with the opportunity to meet and ask questions to key players from the Canadian audiovisual industry.

Learn more about the B.C. presence on BC Creates through the link in our bio!

Reel Green™is offering free Carbon Calculator training for all film industry professionals in British Columbia & Canada.

Derived from one of the motion picture industry’s leading carbon calculators, albert, Reel Green™ has adapted a carbon calculator for productions in B.C. to use.

Calculating the carbon footprint of your production is an important step in understanding the impact of film production. Having consistent data and metrics from the industry can help organizations like Reel Green understand priority areas for sustainable practices as well as help productions understand and measure their carbon impact.

📅 Date: Thursday, May 28
⏰ Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm (PT)
🔗 Register: visit @reelgreenca for more information!

Open to all members of the motion picture industry!