“Lights, Camera… Action!”
The Greater Victoria Film Commission (GVFC) now known as the Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission was established as a non profit organization in 1996 with the objective to promote the Southern Vancouver Island as an international filming destination. As a non-profit the Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission has focused on developing the infrastructure required to provide necessary services and talent to the international film and television industry. As part of their efforts to increase film productions in the region they provide free services to production companies such as location scouting, location surveys, script breakdowns, digital location library, and assistance with film and work permits.
Vancouver Island has a lot to offer international film makers, ‘whether they’re looking for varied scenery, a castle or two, or heritage buildings (the exterior of Market Square was readily transformed into a Paris bistro for the horrifying climax to Final Destination 2)’.
– Editor of Boulevard Magazine
Some of the movies that were filmed in the Victoria (South Island) area include:
Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story, 2012, X-Men 2: X-Men United, X-Men 3: The Last Stand, The Boy who cried wolf, Time after Time, Final Destination, Sorority Wars, Bird on a Wire, White Chicks, Mermaid Chair, Little Women, Lake Placid
Some of movies that were filmed in other parts of Vancouver Island include:
Wrecked, Final Destination 2, 2012, The Scarlet Letter, Seven Years in Tibet
The Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission hosted their first annual successful ‘Flash Mob’ held at the Downtown Bay Centre which was to promote the Red Carpet Gala – “A Night at the Oscars” Fundraiser Dinner, February 26, 2012.
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