Sudbury: Your Northern Basecamp
Scenery
Sudbury's downtown includes heritage buildings and modern multi-level offices. Streets can be cheated to show almost any time period, with graffiti-covered alleys, clean sidewalks, or industrial landscapes. Unique destinations like Science North or the underground mine at Dynamic Earth offer something different, and lakes, forests, and cliffs are all within a few minutes drive of virtually any downtown location.
Residential homes from the turn of the century compliment neighbourhoods from the 60s, 70s and 80s, along with a some larger modern homes overlooking the boreal forest. Sudbury can double for virtually anywhere in the world -- and out of it, too.
Crew
Sudbury is home to a diverse and growing base of skilled technicians and filmmakers that help keep production costs low - some of which with over 20 years of experience supporting the industry's two-decade rise in Northern Ontario. Our crews are qualified, versatile, and eager to work on your next project.
Connect with Set Designers, Key Grips, Gaffers, Hair and Makeup Artists, Transport Captains, Location Managers, Line Producers, Production Managers, and more; many of our emerging and established crew can be found on CION's Crew Database.
Infrastructure
Film your vision at the Northern Ontario Film Studios (NOFS), the region's first production studio that has hosted countless projects since 2012. With a 16,000-square-foot single-span main stage floor, on- and off-site production offices, department rooms, and a craft kitchen, NOFS is a one-stop-shop for incoming producers.
Sudbury also has Northern Ontario's largest equipment rental facility, with William F. White International Inc., a Sunbelt Rentals company, providing professional equipment and expertise to projects of all sizes. Upcoming studio developments, including White Owl Film Studios just 20-minutes from the city, aim to increase producer access to state-of-the art facilities in the North.
Resources in Sudbury
Local Incentives
Employment Land Community Improvement Plan (CIP)
Film and television infrastructure projects can receive a Tax Increment Equivalent Grant (TIEG) to offset the increase in property assessment and municipal property tax based on the completed project. The TIEG will subsidize 100 per cent of the municipal portion of the increase in property assessment and municipal property tax. Grants will be available for a three, five, seven or 10-year period based on scoring.
Greater Sudbury Animation Partnership (GSAP) at Cambrian College
GSAP offers a non-repayable funding opportunity for animation and game design projects being developed in the Greater Sudbury region. Delivered through Cambrian College's department of Applied Research, the funding unlocks 500 hours of student time to assist with project development. A $2,500.00 investment from the partner organization is required to unlock a funding voucher valued at $12,500.00, for a total project budget of $15,000.00.
Production Facilities and Services
Film-Friendly Hotels
Special offers available at select hotels -- connect with film@greatersudbury.ca for details!
- Comfort Inn Sudbury Regent Street
- Comfort Inn Sudbury East
- Best Western
- Cambrian Residence and Conference Centre
- Canada's Best Value Inn
- Collège Boréal Residence and Conference Centre
- Clarion Hotel
- Econo Lodge Sudbury
- Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott
- Hampton Inn
- Hilton Garden Inn Sudbury
- Holiday Inn Sudbury
- Homewood Suites
- Legacy Suites
- Microtel Inn & Suites Sudbury
- Moonlight Inn Suites
- Northbury Hotel and Conference Centre
- Norvic Motel
- Quality Inn Sudbury
- Radisson Hotel
- Sage Executive Suites
- Super 8 Motel
- The University of Sudbury Residence
- Towneplace Suites by Mariott
- Travelodge Hotel
- Travelway Inn
Resources
Vendors
For productions requiring major construction, this established Canadian supplier rents compact, aerial and heavy industrial and construction vehicles and equipment, with outlets all over Northern Ontario (available in North Bay, Timmins, and Kapuskasing).
Inventory includes a complete array of film and television lighting, grip equipment and an extensive fleet of crystal sync generators. We also carry a wide range of remote heads and cranes, camera cars and related specialty, state-of-the-art production equipment and expendables able to accommodate any size production in Northern Ontario.
Fully stocked sound equipment rental house, serving some of Sudbury’s most high-profile productions.
Parhelion Productions is a testament to a well-run and meticulously organized media production company. We operate with precision and dedication, ensuring that every aspect of our services is executed seamlessly. One key element of our commitment to excellence is our comprehensive insurance coverage, providing both our team and our clients with peace of mind in every project we undertake.
The Sudbury outlet of the longstanding go-to rental house has supplied lighting and grip equipment to some of the area’s most high-profile feature and TV productions.