Film
A warm and friendly location for your next film production.
Medicine Hat is Alberta’s newest, film-friendly city with an abundance of scenic views and accessible amenities.
Our community’s landscape is anchored by the mighty South Saskatchewan River, carved coulees, and rolling prairies. Wildlife thrives along the river’s edge and in park spaces, as well as school yards and backyards. The sun rises and sets in glorious displays of color and stars light up the night sky. Our city is a beautiful, natural sight to see.
Sector Spotlight
The Alberta Film and Television Tax Credit offers a refundable Alberta tax credit certificate on eligible Alberta production and labour costs to companies that produce films, TV series, and more.
Known as the "Oasis of the Prairies", Medicine Hat is a mid-sized city with 65,000+ residents, allowing for the enjoyment of significant amenities without the lengthy commutes and hassle.
We're ready, willing and able to provide assistance with all city matters, traffic permits, location scouting and service information to ensure your production rolls along smoothly.
Come and film idyllic scenes of small-town Alberta complete with a variety of historic and modern buildings and beautiful natural scenery.
Medicine Hat and the surrounding areas offer a number of natural set locations from arid prairie to river cutbanks and dense forest - suitable for numerous scenes and needs.
Our downtown core offers several scenic locations that juxtapose historic brick buildings with modern murals and graffiti, providing a unique mix of locations and looks
“Medicine Hat is an undiscovered gem of wonderful, picturesque locations that photograph beautifully – a great backdrop to any movie!”
Laszlo Uhrik
Locations Manager, AB411 Film Location Services Inc.
Whether you're looking to film a movie complete with scenes of rural life, a TV show based in a historic downtown district, or a short film centered around dynamic nature scenes, Medicine Hat has locations for your project. With a history dating back to the late 1800s, our location along the South Saskatchewan River, and our close proximity to the Cypress Hills, Medicine Hat offers you the opportunity to find a suitable location for many different settings. Meanwhile, our we're ready to provide assistance when it comes to location scouting, securing filming permits, and securing necessary services throughout your shoot on location in our city.
Unique filming locations throughout Medicine Hat and the surrounding region include:
- The Saamis Teepee - the world's tallet teepee standing over 215'
- The scenic twists, turns, and cutbanks along the South Saskatchewan River
- Nearly 100 buildings and locations designated as historic sites
- A complex network of coulees and prairie canyons
- A historic downtown core filled with unique brick buildings and beautiful murals
- Surrounding prairie and farmland, perfect for rural scenes
- And much, much more!
The perfect setting, from any angle.
With its iconic cutbanks and river, historic downtown buildings, a ski hill and the World’s Tallest Tepee, Medicine Hat's invaluable assets make it a flawless backdrop for your next production.
You're in Good Company
Medicine Hat welcomed Crowsnest Films to shoot and produce three commercials for connectFirst Credit Union.
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The City of Medicine Hat acknowledges that we live and work on treaty territory. The City pays respect to all Indigenous Peoples and honours their past, present and future. We recognize and respect their cultural heritages and relationships to the land. Medicine Hat is situated on Treaty 7 and neighbour to Treaty 4 territory, traditional lands of the Siksika (Blackfoot), Kainai (Blood), Piikani (Peigan), Stoney Nakoda, and Tsuut’ina (Sarcee) as well as the Cree, Sioux, and the Saulteaux bands of the Ojibwa peoples, and homelands of the Métis Nation District 2 Battle River Territory. Learn more.