Vancouver Film Studios

04/03/2024

We’re thrilled to announce that the first recipient of our annual Indigenous Filmmakers Bursary for “A Poem for My Future” was selected to premiere on April 26th at the in Seattle! We couldn’t be more proud of Kira and congratulations to her for this wonderful opportunity! Please stay tuned in the coming weeks for an announcement regarding the 3rd annual Indigenous Filmmakers Bursary and information on how to apply to have your project submitted!

11/28/2022

Congratulations to all the 2022 winners! 🥳

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vancouver, Canada (November 2022) – November 27, 2022, Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers handed out multiple awards valued at over $265k, including cash and in-kind services towards development, production and post production of women*-directed projects. Top ...

10/28/2022

We are incredibly excited to announce the addition of the Progress Pride flag crosswalk to our studio lot! The Progress flag provides an opportunity to recognize the unique intersections of identity that exist within LGBTQ2S+ communities. This updated version of the Pride flag was designed by Daniel Quasar in 2018 to visually represent individual identities and how they intersect with one another, recognizing the interconnected struggles.

We look forward to the positive impact this permanent addition will have on our studio.

10/17/2022

Actsafe Injury Prevention Week - Emergency Preparedness is coming up on Oct. 17–21. Visit the website (🔗link in bio!) to register for their webinar, download resources, and plan to visit the Actsafe Safety Café coming to a production near you!

10/15/2022

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The Vancouver Film Studio Indigenous Bursaries award financial assistance to Indigenous persons who plan to pursue any kind of formal or informal career-related education or training in British Columbia. This includes but is not limited to: post-secondary education, short or long certification prog...

10/14/2022

We are thrilled to be able to announce that the Vancouver Film Studios Indigenous Bursaries are now open!🥳 This program was established in partnership with AgedOut.com and is intended to award financial assistance to indigenous persons who plan to pursue any kind of formal or informal career-related education or training in British Columbia. This includes, but is not limited to, post-secondary education, short or long certification programs, diplomas, skill-building programs, training programs, etc. 🎓

There is $12,000 of funding to be distributed, and the bursary amounts will vary depending on applicant needs. The maximum amount awarded to one applicant is $3,000. The application portal is now open and the deadline to apply is November 30th, 2022. Recipients will be notified of the status of their application no later than January 27th, 2023.

This is an initiative we are so proud of and excited to be able to offer. It began as a fantastic idea from our of our employees and we are so happy to see it come to fruition.

Click on the 🔗link in our bio to apply and for more information please don’t hesitate to reach out to the great team at Aged Out!

09/30/2022

Today we are proud to announce Kira Doxtator as our very first recipient of the Indigenous Filmmaker Bursary. Kira is an incredibly imaginative and conscious young filmmaker and we cannot wait to see her application come to fruition. We plan to share more as they get into production later in October!

We look forward to opening applications for the second annual Indigenous Filmmaker Bursary in early 2023 and encourage all status and non status holding Indigenous peoples 16+ to apply!

🧡 On this our National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we would like to say that here at Vancouver Film Studios and Pacific Backlot we are committed to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion at our workplace, and strive every day to improve. It’s a long road, but we continue to commit to learn more, to educate ourselves and each other, to support local Indigenous filmmakers and artists and to continue our commitment to be an ally and an anti-racist organization while holding space for meaningful discussion regarding Indigenous Reconciliation.

09/28/2022

📣TODAY'S THE DAY!
We've joined the BC Film & TV Industry's annual fundraiser for as a Day 3 sponsor!

The RTC is structured like a contest where different film and television productions around British Columbia compete for two weeks to see who can raise the most money.
The team to raise the most funds for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM today will have our sponsor contribution added to their FUNdraising total!
The need for food support is increasing at an alarming pace. In June 2022 alone, the Greater Vancouver Food Bank registered a record-breaking 1,019 new clients. In comparison, around 400 clients a month were registered a year ago. In the 2022 fiscal year, they have registered 7,726 new clients, a staggering 46% increase from the last year. Each month, the GVFB supports more than 2,500 seniors and 4,000 children and youth.
Follow to stay up to date as the BC Film and Television Industry work toward its $300,000 fundraising goal!

08/25/2022

Have you checked out Keep Breathing yet?! ✈️

This Vancouver Film Studios, and credit debuted last month on . If you're looking for a new survival drama to binge, this is your sign!


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Official trailer debut! When a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone survivor must battle the elements — and her personal demons— to stay alive. arrives on July 28.

05/19/2022

Yesterday we were able to attend the Creative Industries Week events at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. We are so fortunate to be able to meet with our government officials, as well as have the opportunity to connect with other creative industry professionals, to talk about the challenges effecting our industries today and discuss what we can to do support each other better in the coming years. Thank you to the for organizing this year's - we are looking forward to many more in-person events in the future to connect and keep communications open between our industry and the government of BC.
Pacific Backlot

04/29/2022

As we reflect on Earth Month 2022, we are happy to publish our second Corporate Social Responsibility report. Here, we continue to be transparent and take accountability in our successes and failures of our social, environmental and economic actions in 2021. We encourage all of our customers, suppliers, shareholders, government bodies, and other stakeholders to read this report and be a catalyst for conversation and further action, within the film industry, and beyond. 🎬🌍

“In honour of Earth Month we are proud to present our Corporate Social Responsibility Report Parte Deux! Our ongoing mission to be transparent on our social, environmental and JEDI activities and initiatives over the past year are detailed here. We hope to continue to provoke others to take actions and hold ourselves accountable to our goals and invite you all to come on this journey with us.” – Pete Mitchell, President

To read the full report, please head over to: http://www.vancouverfilmstudios.com/sustainability/corporate-social-responsibility/

04/25/2022

‼️APPLICATIONS WILL CLOSE‼️ Friday April 30th, 2022 for our first annual Indigenous Filmmaker Bursary. Thank you to everyone who has sent us an application so far! This bursary is open to all Indigenous people aged 16+ in British Columbia! Please feel free to reach out with any questions to us as we would love to hear from YOU! Don’t wait to get in your application!

The bursary from Vancouver Film Studios and Pacific Backlot includes:
• $5,000 to make your film!
• Additional resources will be offered, where available, such as lighting and grip equipment from Pacific Backlot soundstage space at Vancouver Film Studios and recognition on our social media channels.

➡️ Head to www.vancouverfilmstudios.com/filmmakerbursary to read the rules and for more details on how to apply. Good luck everyone!

➡️ Know someone who should apply? Tag them in comments and share with your network!

04/22/2022

Happy Earth Day 2022!🌎

Today we are celebrating with the installation of our 🌱Sedum Roof on our brand new offices!

What is a sedum roof? Well, let’s tell you! A sedum roof is a green roof system containing 12 to 16 varieties of succulents that upon installation will provide 85% coverage of the roof. Not only will this allow for a longer lifespan of the roofing, but it provides a sustainable living environment, encourages biodiversity, retains rain water, regulates temperate, absorbs CO2 and fine particles….the list goes on and on!

We’re beyond excited to have this addition to our lot and hope this will inspire others to look at the ways we can all be a little more sustainably minded!

Happy Earth Day everyone🌿🌎

04/15/2022

We are excited to announce that we are EXTENDING THE DEADLINE for applications for our first annual Indigenous Filmmaker Bursary. This bursary is open to all Indigenous people aged 16+ in British Columbia! Please feel free to reach out with any questions to us as we would love to hear from YOU!

The bursary from Vancouver Film Studios and includes:

• $5,000 to make your film!
• Additional resources will be offered, where available, such as lighting and grip equipment from Pacific Backlot soundstage space at VFS and recognition on our social media channels.

➡️ Head to http://www.vancouverfilmstudios.com/filmmakerbursary/ to read the rules and for more details on how to apply. Good luck everyone!

➡️ Know someone who should apply? Tag them in comments and share with your network!

04/11/2022

‼️REMINDER‼️ APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for our first annual Indigenous Filmmaker Bursary, open to all Indigenous people aged 16+ in British Columbia! Tag someone in the comments below who you think would be interested in this opportunity and share this post with your network.

First Nations’ storytelling and representation has been largely missing from our media landscape and we would like to play a part in starting to reverse this longstanding inequity.

The bursary from Vancouver Film Studios and includes:

• $5,000 to make your film!
• Additional resources will be offered, where available, such as lighting and grip equipment from Pacific Backlot & soundstage space at Vancouver Film Studios as well as recognition on our social media channels.

➡️ Head to http://www.vancouverfilmstudios.com/filmmakerbursary/ to read the rules and for more details on how to apply.

Good luck everyone!🍀

04/11/2022

Vancouver Film studios is proud to sponsor the second annual REEL Earth Day Challenge⁠ which begins today! 🌲
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The REEL Earth Day Challenge is a BC Film industry fundraiser competition to raise money for the environment and enhance the local community. With venues ranging from pristine wilderness to immaculate heritage homes only a short distance from the city centre, Metro Vancouver Regional Parks has some of the Lower Mainland’s premier filming, production, and adventure locations.⁠
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From today to Earth Day🌎 (April 22nd), local film crews have the opportunity to make 9 park projects come to fruition and compete to raise the most money for Metro Vancouver regional parks.⁠

Check out their website at https://secure2.convio.net/cbsoc/site/TR?fr_id=1070&pg=entry to learn more about the Reel Earth Day Challenge and donate, or check out the photos below for the calendar of challenges!

03/30/2022

It's our one-year anniversary of being a Certified B Corporation and as B Corp Month comes to a close this week, we thought we'd share some words about our B Corp journey from our President, Pete Mitchell.

“The first anniversary of our becoming a Certified B Corp is an opportunity for us to reflect on how we are doing at contributing to sustainability, racial equity and a stakeholder driven economic system. There are things to be proud of: opening the first certified LEED Gold soundstage in Canada, launching the Vancouver Film Studios Indigenous Filmmaker Bursary and enjoying honey from beehives located on our studio lot. While I write, our new solar array is generating 78 kW of power and will be doing so, more or less depending on the weather, for the next 30 years. There are many questions too: are we truly an equitable employer?, are we contributing to systemic racism?, are we doing enough to reduce our carbon impact? We look forward, with the help of B Lab, to delving into these issues and contributing to an inclusive, equitable and regenerative economic system for all people and the planet.”