Susan Gittins
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.
VIFF: Ana Valine Wins BC Emerging Filmmaker & Women in Film + TV Artistic Merit Award for SITTING ON THE EDGE OF MARLENE
Update: Women in Film + Television Artistic Merit Award went to Director Ana Valine above. Adapted from the Billie Livingston novella, Sitting on the Edge of… Read More »VIFF: Ana Valine Wins BC Emerging Filmmaker & Women in Film + TV Artistic Merit Award for SITTING ON THE EDGE OF MARLENE
SHOOT: SUPERNATURAL’s Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins & Impala in East Vancouver Alley
Supernatural had a night shoot in an alley last night. How many have there been over going-on ten seasons? But this one was special: a quadfecta with… Read More »SHOOT: SUPERNATURAL’s Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins & Impala in East Vancouver Alley
SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Georgina Haig & Elizabeth Lail in Steveston
Coming up on a future Once Upon a Time episode, Frozen sisters Elsa (Georgina Haig) & Anna (Elizabeth Lail) re-unite in Steveston as Storybrooke. It’s more inevitable than… Read More »SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME’s Georgina Haig & Elizabeth Lail in Steveston
VIFF: Fake Pregnancy Comedy PREGGOLAND Voted Most Popular Canadian Film
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
PREMIERE: THE FLASH Season Premiere Tonight With Grant Gustin
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
COMPETITION: Deadline for Vancouver’s PHRIKE FILM FEST 72-Hour Competition Today
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
SHOOT: Run Milo Ventimiglia Run at THE WHISPERS in Oceanic Plaza
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