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.
Update: Preggoland wins VIFF’s Most Popular Canadian Feature Film Award. Jacob Tierney directs Preggoland but this fake pregnancy comedy belongs to Vancouver actor Sonja Bennett who… Read More »VIFF: Fake Pregnancy Comedy PREGGOLAND Voted Most Popular Canadian Film
Tonight is the night Vancouver gets to see The Flash premiere which filmed here this past spring. A palooza of familiar locations, stunts, explosions and… Read More »PREMIERE: THE FLASH Season Premiere Tonight With Grant Gustin
Blood, gore and screams on your mind. Have an idea for a short horror film? Overwhelming demand means you might be wait-listed for the Phrike… Read More »COMPETITION: Deadline for Vancouver’s PHRIKE FILM FEST 72-Hour Competition Today
Were you a Dean or Jess Girl during Gilmore Girls? Both actors (Jared Padalecki and Milo Ventimiglia) are filming TV series in Vancouver this Fall.… Read More »SHOOT: Run Milo Ventimiglia Run at THE WHISPERS in Oceanic Plaza
There’s something very real about these children’s imaginary friends. ABC’s thriller The Whispers shot scenes of FBI child specialist Claire Bennigan (Lily Rabe) and Defense Department… Read More »SHOOT: Lily Rabe & Barry Sloane Film THE WHISPERS in Oceanic Plaza
“I wish I hadn’t worn jeans,” composer and keyboardist Cayne McKenzie confessed as Vancouver progressive rock band We Are The City’s Violent won both Best… Read More »VIFF: We Are The City’s VIOLENT Wins Best Canadian Film & Best BC Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival
Look who’s on the cover of Entertainment Weekly: SAMCRO’s Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam). VIFF Industry goes inside the writers room at Sons of Anarchy today for… Read More »VIFF INDUSTRY: Inside the Writers Rooms at SONS OF ANARCHY & THE KNICK
