Film Scout - Kingston as a Filming Location

With its immaculately preserved heritage and picturesque landscape, Kingston is certainly not camera shy.  Dubbed the "New Orleans of the North," film crews from around North America and all over the world come to Kingston to frame its classical look for television and cinema.  The Ontario Film Development Corporation (OFDC) has deemed Kingston as one of Ontario's premiere heritage locations for period films. 

For more information on obtaining filming permits, road closures and assistance in scouting locations, please contact Connie Markle by email, phone 613-544-2725 ext. 7221 or toll-free at 1-866-665-3326. 

Kingston Location Credits

The Rawside of... The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir (2008)
Director: Liz Marshall
After ten years and thousands of shows, Canada's best bar band called it quits in 1995.

The Death of Indie Rock (2008)
Director: Rob Fitl
An indie rock trio tries to make it big in Montreal.

Chris & John's Road Trip (2007)
Directors: Patricia Bourgeois, Jennifer Markowitz
Chronicles the crazy antics of culture aficionados and OUTtv personalities Chris & John as they travel from city to city on a summer-long road trip adventure.

Hockeyville (2006)
Director: Don Spence
Hockey fans from across the country vie for the title of Canada's most passionate hockey community in a CBC reality show.

A Criminal Mind: The Life and Times of Edward Greenspan (2005)
Director: Barry Avrich
A powerful film based on the life of controversial criminal lawyer Eddie Greenspan.

(Un)Sister (2003)
Director: Lisa Hall
An auto-biographical non-narrative film about one girl's experiences with finding and losing a sister.

Feast of All Saints (2001)
Director: Peter Medak
Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression.

Vendetta (1999)
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Based on a true tale of power, corruption and murder, Christopher Walken stars in the story of the largest lynching in American history...

The Blue Hermaphrodite (1996)
Director: James S. Bailey
A hip and savy look at sex, sexuality, gender and pop culture that is more graphic than Dr. Ruth and more intelligent than porn.