Okanagan Film

• Okanagan filmmakers celebrated at Okanagan Screen Awards

  The Okanagan Society of Independent Filmmaking is rolling out the red carpet for the second annual Okanagan Screen Awards.

  Lifestyle

  Feb 18, 2024
  
• Okanagan filmmakers challenged to create in 48-hour film competition

  The project is part on an international competition that is making its debut in Vernon, B.C., that challenges participants to write, shoot and edit a short film in 48 hours.

  Lifestyle

  Aug 10, 2023
  
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• Okanagan talent comes together to make comedic short film

  Co-created by Carly Fawcett and Cam Woodman, the short comedy delivers laughs in a mockumentary style.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 30, 2023
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• Sculpture commemorates creation of Okanagan documentary film

  The Quails Gate Estate Winery is celebrating the release of a documentary filmed on the property and it unveiled a new sculpture to commemorate it.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2022
• Shakespeare Kelowna Theatre Society makes pandemic pivot to film

  "It was really important, I think, to keep Shakespeare going."

  Lifestyle

  Jan 18, 2022
• 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
• Kelowna, B.C., theatre actor makes pandemic pivot, keeping creativity alive one film at a time

  "Creativity is creativity, and as long as you have a key you can unlock a door and that key really is creativity."

  Lifestyle

  Mar 1, 2021
• Historic Vernon, B.C., theatre given to Okanagan Screen Arts Society

  "These old main street movie palace-type theatres are a dying breed and just to keep one would be amazing."

  Jan 25, 2021
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• Documentary reveals unique community in Okanagan

  "We wanted to capture as many firsts as possible, so our main subject who is Dan [McLean] from Kamloops was in an accident about four months before we talked to him."

  Sep 28, 2020
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• Vernon film studio location now up for sale

  It was hoped the studio would pave the way for bigger productions to shoot exclusively in the Okanagan.

  Economy

  Jan 4, 2018