2025 Impact Report - Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission

Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission 2025 Impact Report

Our mandate: We drive regional prosperity by attracting global film projects to southern Vancouver Island.

Impact Metrics

124 Locations Packages
1952 Locations Marketed
39 Projects Serviced
24 Film Projects
390 Active Members
200 Registered businesses

Location Services

We manage 2500 location files such as the one pictured here. Productions send us their scripts and we put together Look Books which promote the location files that match their specific criteria.

In 2025, we produced 124 customized Look Books.

Netflix Production Impact

300 Filming Days
Thousands of local crew & acting jobs
Thousands of hotel room nights

Continuation of scene from a Netflix production

Production Activity and Sound Stages

2 Sound Stage Conversions
5 Sound Stage Tours
1 FAM Tour with LA executives
5 Events
14+ Municipalities & First Nations engaged
9 Grants written
145 updated crew & business profiles in our directory
1 New look book

Featured Projects

Private Eyes West Coast (Lionsgate Canada)
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Crew Girl (Great Pacific Media)
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For the Win
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Camp Miasma
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Intercepted: QB & Me (Great Pacific Media)
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7 MOWs
Tracker
Winstead & Ruby
The Exiled
Come Dine with Me
Bryce Lee Story
Senior Discount

Personnel and Major Productions

12 Volunteer Board Members
2 Full Time Employees
3 Part-Time Contracts
5 Volunteers

Business Case #1: Sound Stage Conversion on the Peninsula

VISFMC liaised with the following stakeholders to secure the permits required for a temporary sound stage conversion:

Great Pacific Media
District of North Saanich mayor, council & planning team,
Agricultural Land Commission &
BC Film Commission at Creative BC

Attendees included the Minister of Tourism, Art and Culture, Minister of Agriculture, Mayor Jones, CMPA President, and Great Pacific Media Executives.

Business Case #2: UVic temporary sound stage conversion

VISFMC organized a sound stage tour at UVIC to celebrate the conversion led by Lionsgate Canada. Attendees included:

MLA Diana Gibson
MLA Dana Lajeunesse
Lionsgate Canada executive team
Mayor of Saanich
UVic Properties

Professional Development and Workshops

Electric Battery Workshop

Creative BC’s ReelGreen
IATSE & MBS Studios
Municipal Film Liaisons & Crew
$10k grant for electric tie-in feasibility study

Victoria Rising Conference by SIPP

Moderated the “Future of Film” panel with Lighthouse Pictures, Front Street Productions, Barbara Hager, and Craigdarroch Castle.

Safety Workshop

Partnered with ActSafe & Cinevic to host a weekend workshop promoting physical and psychological safety on film sets. Sponsored by Creative BC.

Meet the Producers Mixers

Great Pacific Media Producers
Private Eyes West Coast Producers
Plan B Productions Locations Team

Intro to Locations Scouting Free Workshop

VISFMC member and DGC scout, Chris Vautour initiated a workshop for VISFMC volunteers.

Driving Regional Prosperity

Location & destination development experts
2500 registered locations
Support recovery & resilience of tourism
Attract qualified visitors

Working Together: Regional Voices & Industry Leaders in Dialogue

1-4pm | Sunday, January 11, 2026 Dogwood Auditorium, Royal Roads University

Join us for an informal panel discussion to learn how various organizations contribute to the provincial film network and regional development.

What’s Working...

Municipal Needs	VISFMC’s Offering
Economic Diversification	Film diversifies the CRD’s job sector.
Public sector revenue generation	Filming, parking, & location permits.
Leverage existing skills & assets	2500 registered film locations & 300 local crew members in our database.
Support small businesses	Labour-based tax incentives for production companies. Passive rental income.
Future Skills	Small educational investment for union wages.
Climate action & environmental stewardship	REEL GREEN, Provincial initiative promoting sustainability in the industry.