News release

Film Production Announced

Nova Scotia Business Inc. (Dec. 2004 - Nov. 2022)

Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) announced a newly approved production through the Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund today, Dec. 10.

Documentary television series produced for APTN, Merchants of the Wild - Season 2, produced by Little Bear Big Wolf Pictures and Merchants of the Wild 2 NS Corp., has been approved for a funding commitment of $31,554 based on an eligible Nova Scotia expenditure of $121,360.

During the series, six Indigenous adventurers embark on the journey of a lifetime, as they spend 25 days on the land, paddling birch bark canoes through the Mi’kmaq territory, Unama’ki (Land of Fog), also known as Cape Breton.

More details about productions approved for incentives through the Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund are available on the NSBI website at http://www.nsbi.ca/filmfunding

Quick Facts:

  • adventurers participating in the series represent various nations across Turtle Island
  • most of the series was filmed within the Mi’kmaq district of Unama’ki (Cape Breton)
  • many elders who participated were from Potlotek, Eskasoni and Waycobah
  • also collaborating were the Canada Media Fund and Buck Productions
  • much of the content was captured in the Mi’kmaq language

Additional Resources:

For more about the application process, eligible costs and guidelines, go to http://www.nsbi.ca