Why Film Here?
In Waitaha Canterbury, the ocean, mountains and urban streets are never far away. Diverse landscapes will help tell your stories, and our people will too. Our city, Ōtautahi Christchurch, is just 20 minutes from an international airport. There's plenty more why - come find out.
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.
No story is ever the same. In Canterbury, productions can be filmed at a sea port, in wheat fields, in alpine skies, on braided rivers, surf breaks, rolling hills, wide-open plains, lakes, historic buildings, modern streets, green spaces, sleepy 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 - Ōtautahi Christchurch
- Christchurch is the gateway to the picturesque South Island- five hours south of the Tasman, three hours east of the West Coast and six 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, we'd love to chat. Get in touch with us at the email below.
