Hollywood heads north | By JEFF NAGEL THIS REGION is about to get in on an expanded drive to promote northern B.C. as the place to shoot movies. On April 1 the Prince George Film Commission — which has three years experience marketing the interior city to movie makers —— changes its name to the Northern B.C. Film Commission and takes on the job of putting all parts of the north on the big screen. Film commissioner Sara Shaak says it made sense to of- ficially expand operations to all northem B.C. and take on the role the agency has been informally handling anyway. ~ Annual grants of $50,000 from Human Resources'Devel- opment Canada are expected to more than triple to reflect the expanded territory, she said. “It made a lot of sense for our office to look outside our regional district and do what we can to promote the whole north,’’ she said, adding it will mean better service for film companies. “It’s very clear to me that these regional. boundaries are our own aud mean nothing down there.” Terrace economic develapment officer Ken Veldman is keen to have this area take full advantage of the film com- mission’s work. ~ In economic development terms, getting a motion picture filmed in your comununity can be like hitting the jackpot. He noted one company is considering spending $3 to $5 tnillion filming a movie in Prince George this summer, ‘One confirmed booking is a picture called Reindeer _ Games that starts shooting there in March, Some Prince George firms have already landed six-figure contracts as suppliers to that production. “The trend right now is for movies with tore outdoor setlings,’’ Veldman said. “And we certainly have that." Selling northern B.C. hinges on making movie producers aware of the diversity of the landscape, Shaak said. - “A lot of people don't realize what B.C. looks like,” she said. ‘‘We have deserts, we have rain forests, we’ve got the ocean, we’ve gol mountain peaks —- people are really surprised,” To land those movies, better inventories of what is avail- able in each community and area is needed, she said, **Within each community we've got to find unique fea- lures —- mostly natural features — that you can’t find within 50 kilometres of downtown Vanconver,”? Shaak said. ‘We have to zone in on what’s unique and different up bere on a community by community basis.°’ Shaak says the commission plans to work closely with people like Veldman in each community, Veldman said good connections, organization and an ability to respond quickly to queries is essential. “IE you don’t have a fast response time, even the same day, they could go elsewhere,” he said. Shaak said the work goes beyond interesting movie makers in’ a-location, She said the commission helps the film company in dealing with local people, government aud businesses before, during and after production. That can mean putting them in touch with local sup-. TSIMSHIAN TREATY NEGOTIATIONS OPEN SESSION Tuesday, February 23, 1999 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, February 24, 1999 - 9. a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, February 25, 1999 - 9 a.m. to Noon Kitasoo Community Hall Klemtu, B.C. Agenda items include; Kitasoo Presentation: Our Culture, Land and Resources Workplan Review For more information, contact: Tsimshian Tribal Council (250) 627-8782 Federal Treaty Negotiation Office 1-800-665-9320 Province of B.C. - Jacque Pleasants (250) 387-1119 wr BRITISH Canada ‘COLUMBIA http://www.aaf.gov.be.ca. /aak/ gee) ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 13 Installation of Officers Dinner & Dance Saturday, February 20 Cocktails 6 pm Dinner 7 pm Installation 8 pm Dance 9pm Music By Borderline $10.00 For Dinner Members and bonafide guests welcome. Must be at least 19 years of age to attend, STRANGE BREW has been one of the more wellknown moves to have been shot in the north. Movie °/eeman in -. Timothy Hutton-portrayed a “cave naw who's discovered pliers, overcoming burdles, and dealing, with city zoning issues or closing streets for filming. This week Shaak’s off to a trade show in Los Angeles and she says she'll be packing information on locations across the north — including Terrace. ‘We're going down as Northern B.C.,’’ she said. Stewart popular THE NUMBER of movies that have been {ilmed in northern B.C..is not large. But Stewart has been a magnel- for movie-makers _ homing in on: its rigged mountains and glaciers. - The town was host'to the which frozen in ice and then pevived; The landscape alsa made a a good stand-in for Antarctica in Join Carpenter's: sci-fi thriller The Thing and’ for the Russian: Arctic. in Bear Island. ; Prince George. hosted movies Strange Brew with Bob and Dong McKenzie and, last summer, Doreble Jeopardy. Actor Brad Pill -headed to ihe Mount Waddington area in the western Chilcotin to slar in Seven Years In Tibet. Some movies and TV shows have also -shot) in Barkerville, the historic mining ghost town in the Cariboo. 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