Calgary Film Studio

[Spring2008]

Big news for the film industry here:

Long-awaited Calgary film studio to open in 2015
By Eric Volmers, Calgary Herald February 4, 2014 1:01 PM

Luke Azevedo, Commisioner of Film, Television and Creative Industries for Calgary Economic Development, right, poses with president and CEO Bruce Graham and provincial Culture Minister Heather Kilmchuk beside an Alberta Film promotion poster at SAIT during the ceremony announcing a new film studio for the area Tuesday.Photograph by: Ted Rhodes , Calgary HeraldCalgary Economic Development will oversee at $22.8-million film studio that will open in 2015.

The announcement came at a news conference at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Tuesday morning, putting an end to years of talks, false starts and studies about the need for such a facility.

Culture Minister Heather Klimchuk confirmed that Calgary Economic Development’s proposal beat out six others and will receive $5-million in one-time funding from the Government of Alberta.

“What struck me about this proposal was the partnership, the collaboration and the sustainability of this project years from now,” said Klimchuk. “Five years from now when the studio is built and growing you want to make sure it is a robust studio, you want to make sure things are happening and it’s not languishing in the dust.”

The facility is set to open in the summer of 2015, although a site has yet to be confirmed.

The announcement was good news for members of the film industry, who have long maintained that Alberta has the crews and vistas for world-class productions but lacks the studio space.

The new facility, which will be partnering with ComWeb Group/William F. White International, will feature 20,000 and 30,000-square-foot sound stages and 18,000 square-foot warehouse space.

Alongside the $5-million by the province, the facility will be funded by $10-million from the City of Calgary, $6.8-million from Calgary Economic Development and $1-million from William F. White.

William F. White, which supplies equipment for the film industry, will also be the anchor tenant.
More to come . .

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