Province invests another $3.2M in northern Ontario film industry

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Northern Ontario Film Studios has been leasing the old Barrydowne Arena from the city since 2012.

Five film projects will receive $3.2 million in investments from the Ontario government through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund .A new investment from the NOHFC is funding the filming of five movies in northeastern Ontario. The Ontario government announced on Wednesday it's investing $3.2 million in five Sudbury-based film productions through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation .

"When a film or a television series comes to town to shoot, they are spending a dollar here and a dollar there, between car rentals, hotels, restaurants it adds up. Even taking over a local flower shop to shoot a scene as we did years ago, and then we continued too keep our business at that shop, having them do all our subsequent flower arrangements." he said

 

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