Longtime mainstream media (MSM) journalist and author Susan Gittins began writing about and photographing Vancouver’s many film and TV location shoots in the summer of 2010 after the Winter Olympics put the city and its beauty on the world stage. Movies and TV series often showcase the Vancouver area in similar fashion. Vancouver is Awesome commissioned her YVRShoots series in the fall of 2010 and it ran regularly for three years. She launched her own daily YVRShoots blog in the spring of 2012.
Holding her wedding dress. Frozen’s Anna (Elizabeth Lail) and Elsa (Georgina Haig) come to life in Once Upon a Time’s season 4 premiere entitled Tale of… Read More »PREMIERE: FROZEN’s Anna (Elizabeth Lail) & Elsa (Georgina Haig) Come to Life in ONCE UPON A TIME for S4 Premiere on September 28th
“I’m still around.” — Bindy Johal. Updated with name changes. Toronto director Deepa Mehta’s upcoming film Beeba Boys (working title Inland) is inspired by the story… Read More »SHOOT: Deepa Mehta’s BEEBA BOYS With Randeep Hooda as Vancouver Gangster Inspired By Bindy Johal
Beau Garrett walks her dog past Aphrodite’s Pies in Kitsilano between scenes. Bravo’s upcoming dramedy Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce is expected to film in the… Read More »SHOOT: Beau Garrett Films GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE at Kitsilano Farmer’s Market Set
Published September 8, 2014 on Vancouver is Awesome. 13 BC FILMS: Six Dramas. Three Comedies. Four Documentaries. Bloody Thrillers. Mother-daughter Con-women. Romance in Hope. Father-daughter Kurds from… Read More »BIG READ: Vote for BC Film/Doc (#mustseeBC) To Be Awarded Gala Screening at #VIFF
Hey #OnceUponATime fans…. we have BIG news coming in the next couple of weeks… #Once #Storybrooke — Visit Richmond, BC (@VisitRichmondBC) September 6, 2014 … Read More »CONTEST: Richmond Tourism’s Visit Storybrooke of ONCE UPON A TIME Contest
Rumor has it they will “@yvrshoots: Local #ZombieWalk this Saturday. Hope a herd from CW’s #iZombie – filming in Vancouver – joins the fun.” —… Read More »ZOMBIE WALK: iZOMBIE Herd in Vancouver Zombiewalk? Hard to Tell.
For those of us who haven’t seen The Flash pilot yet, this shot reveals that John Wesley Shipp — who briefly starred as the speedster… Read More »PROMO: Former Speedster John Wesley Shipp is Barry Allen’s Incarcerated Father on THE FLASH
Update: Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) cast as Louis Drax’s father, who faces criminal prosecution after Louis’s near-fatal fall. Shades of Grey’s Jamie Dornan returns to Vancouver… Read More »START DATE: THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX with Jamie Dornan & Aaron Paul to Start October 27th
355 Films From Over 65 Countries. Opening Night Gala: Canadian filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club)’s Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, is the opening… Read More »VIFF: 355 Films From Over 65 Countries at VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL