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Making a film in Canada? Film Industry Services from Canada Revenue Agency provides information for non-residents who provide services in the film and television industry in Canada, including non-resident actors and behind-the-scenes personnel.

Canadian film tax credits: The Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office co-administers the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) and the Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC). The objective of the CPTC is to encourage Canadian programming and to develop an active domestic production sector. This fully refundable credit is available at the rate of 25 per cent of the qualified labour expenditure (QLE) of an eligible production. The PSTC is designed to enhance Canada as a location of choice for film and video productions employing talented Canadians as well as, strengthen the industry and secure investment. The PSTC is available at a rate of 16 per cent of qualified Canadian labour expenditures.

CFPTA: The Canadian Film and Television Production Association is a non-profit trade association representing almost 400 Canadian production companies involved in television, film and interactive media. Their goal is to promote and stimulate the Canadian production industry.

American copyright info: Copyright Website. If you are in the U.S.A. and you write, produce music, or are an artist or photographer, visit "the Internet's first and premiere Copyright Registration and Information Resource". "Launched in 1995, the Copyright Website strives to lubricate the machinations of information delivery by providing transparency to a particularly opaque and obtuse area of intellectual property. Whether you want to protect your own work by using our Copyright Wizard to file a Copyright Registration with the US Copyright Office, or check out the legal hijinks of the movie, recording and software industries", this is the place to be!

Find out about the Music Industry at Music Business: Producer, with the dirt on record labels, music lawyers, producers, and more. Includes record labels and companies guide, info on making money with your music, articles and interviews.

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a federal cultural agency with a mandate "to produce and distribute and to promote the production and distribution of films designed to interpret Canada to Canadians and to other nations." Filmmakers can partner with the NFB to direct or co-produce a film, obtain support, and distribute their film. The NFB also has programs for emerging filmmakers.

Pacific AV Institute: Audio Engineering, Film, Game Design and Entertainment Business School. Pacific AV Institute is a fully accredited post-secondary school in Vancouver, BC Canada. Learn sound engineering, music recording and production, film-making, computer graphic design, and game design and production in world class commercial studios.

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