Why Film Here?
Canterbury is one of a few international destinations where you can film the ocean and the mountains (Southern Alps) on the same day. Providing ease of access to the most diverse landscapes in the country within an hour’s reach from an international airport and New Zealand’s newest and second largest commercial centre.
Top Reasons
The city has achieved international acclaim for its creative and clever urban design, evidenced by inspiring street art, new architecture, and a range of new retail, hospitality, innovation, arts and entertainment precincts.
Within an hour from the city, productions can be filmed at a sea port, wheat fields, alpine environments, on braided rivers, surf breaks, rolling hills, farm plains, lakes, geographic rock, historic buildings, English gardens, sleepy little town centres, sheltered bays and so much more.
- Canterbury is the largest region in the South Island and at the centre is New Zealand’s newest and second largest city - Christchurch
- Christchurch is the gateway to the picturesque South Island- 5 hours south of the Tasman, 3 hours east of the West Coast, 6 hours north of Queenstown
- Ease of access in and around the city, to all of Canterbury, to the South Island and New Zealand
- Internationally connected
- Stable weather
- Off season destination, just in time delivery for Northern hemisphere markets
- Talented and innovative film crew
- Infrastructure with capacity, such as quality hotels, restaurants and transport
- Affordable accommodation
- Outstanding lifestyle
- Three large tertiary providers and a number of private training establishments delivering screen related education programmes
- Studios and land capacity to build a large-scale studio campus
- Trust and confidence in the lack of corruption
- English as the business language
- Access to a workforce of scale in manufacturing, software, engineering and construction
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We are here to help you and your next project. If you need access, have any questions or just want to start a conversation on how we could collaborate as the screen office, get in touch now.
