Film

Hamilton is a city with a cinematic soul. It’s a city and location that is adaptable and diverse, gritty and beautiful, and offers resources for film crews that include Hamilton-based film businesses (please select 'Hamilton' as your location), a wide range and great quality of hotels, accommodations and restaurants, and by filming here you can access tax credits.  To help you visualize and hear why other productions choose Hamilton, watch our documentary style video on Reasons to Film in Hamilton.

Hamilton is the second busiest film location in Ontario and hosts hundreds of productions every year who come here because of our location, wide range of neighbourhoods and architecture, small town feel with big city backdrops, diverse rural landscapes, and our people. This make Hamilton the perfect place for those looking to open or expand your film business. To help you visual what Hamilton has to offer with our variety locations and incentives for your film business, watch our ‘Hamilton Film Sizzle Reel - Film, Locate and Expand here!’ for inspiration.