09/15/2025
Wow, this was one of the best and most fun projects I have ever had the pleasure to work on and now to be nominated for an award feels even better.
A Free Man (Un Homme Libre) was the largest film project Fort McMurray has seen so far. It was a multimillion-dollar production that came from Quebec and filmed mostly in Fort McMurray. This project had over 40 locally paid actors, 7 paid local film crew and a lot more money put into the community for local food, transportation, locations, permits and many other services.
Matt Salem was their main contact on this project with help from Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo Economic Development & Tourism. He created a curated list of contacts for everything the production needed and personally recruited the extras and crew. He also created a website landing page for filmmakers looking to come to the region to film.
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