Funding for filming locally

A boost for the local film industry.

MPP Vic Fedeli has announced 1.3 million dollars in total.

$1 million goes to Hideaway Pictures to produce 2 movies- Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe and Christmas at Grand Valley.

David Anselmo is with Northern Ontario Film Studios.

He says great to see the support for the film industry in the north.

Anselmo says North Bay is a great location to film movies.

“Main Street downtown is beautiful and we want to showcase it.

Everytime we do on a Hallmark movie it elevates the production value that we have in our movies,” he says.

The rest of the money-around $340,000 will go to Northern Ontario Film Studios to purchase mobile film equipment.

Fedeli says this funding will provide a boost in a number of areas.

“All kinds of groups from Northern Ontario are involved in these productions including actors and carpenters and that will continue. As well, hotels and local eating establishments will benefit from the increase in business,” Fedeli says.