BC Film Industry

• Hollywood North looks East in bid to diversify amid U.S. uncertainty

  Amid trade uncertainty and tariff threats from the United States, B.C.'s film industry is casting its eyes across the Pacific as it looks for new production partners and projects.

  Economy

  Jul 18, 2025
  
• ‘More chaos and uncertainty’ from Trump over film industry tariff, B.C.’s minister says

  Spencer Chandra Herbert said regardless of what happens, the province is going to keep standing up for B.C. and the jobs the motion picture industry creates in the province.

  Economy

  May 5, 2025
  
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• B.C.’s film industry optimistic despite tariff uncertainty

  The locations are also the centre of the industry's new Cineventure Campaign, which guides visitors to locations where their favourite series and movies were shot.

  Economy

  Mar 7, 2025
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• Eby tells B.C. film sector ‘we’re in your corner’ as California mulls tax credit hike

  California is looking at almost doubling the film credit it offers to TV and film productions. Will B.C. be able to stay competitive?

  Environment

  Oct 29, 2024
• ‘Nerve-wracking’: B.C. film, TV industry feeling 100-day impact of Hollywood strike

  Shawn Williamson, a producer at Brightlight Pictures, said his business has "effectively completely shutdown" 100 days into the writers strike in Hollywood.

  Entertainment

  Aug 9, 2023
• ‘Coyote’ takes home best feature, best performance awards at Whistler Film Festival

  The film about a widower asked to take care of a grandson he didn't know he had took home the $35,000 Borsos award for best Canadian feature.

  Entertainment

  Dec 5, 2022
• B.C. district council for Directors Guild of Canada issues strike notice

  The guild says the key issues include wage differentials as the minimum wage increases, as well as wage increases that are retroactive to expiry of the last collective agreement.

  Entertainment

  Apr 26, 2022
• ‘I understand the mission’: Actor Jesse Lipscombe on Black representation in film

  Jesse Lipscombe, who lives in Vancouver, is known for his starring role in the 2017 comedy-drama, It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway. 

  Perspectives

  Feb 2, 2022
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• Okanagan film industry rebounds after COVID-19 took top billing

  The 2021 film and television production schedule keeps expanding with both new projects and new companies coming to film in the Okanagan.

  Economy

  Apr 8, 2021
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• Okanagan film industry continues to grow through ongoing pandemic

  The Okanagan Film Commission says movie producers created around $48 million in economic impact in the region last year.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2021