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By Dylana Kneeshaw

FILM INDUSTRY

Strong showing for 2025 TV and movie production bookings in Thompson-Nicola

Nov 24, 2025 | 4:54 PM

KAMLOOPS — The Thompson Nicola Film Commission says TV and film productions are showing more interest in using the Interior, after last year proved to be slower than expected for the industry. Film productions had to recover after work slowed down in 2023, related to writing and acting strikes in Hollywood.

There’s still a month left in the year but Film Commissioner Terri Hadwin says so far, 2025 is proving to be a stronger schedule for movie and TV shoots around the region.

“October was incredibly busy for us. We had six productions shooting in the last couple weeks of October,” she explains, “so that was a really, really big month.”

The film commission says U.S. tariff threats actually haven’t caused much upheaval for film industry operations and, at the same time, new tax incentives from the province and the region have made it more appealing to book shoots in the Interior.

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“They announced it late last year but really kind of moved forward with it in January and I think word-of-mouth is getting around that the increase has happened,” explains Hadwin. “I think we’re seeing a little bit more of that later in the year than we did in the beginning.”

The area has also been able to rely on its own natural geography, climate and cost advantages to encourage shoots here.

“I mean, we have every type of landscape that you’re looking for. We have four seasons, so I think that’s lucrative on its own,” she notes. “The distance tax credits don’t seem to hurt, either.”

Sun Peaks and Kamloops are the latest on-screen example in a new holiday romance film on a major streaming platform.

“I would definitely recommend people tune into Netflix on December 3 for My Secret Santa. That was a holiday movie that was filmed 100 per cent in our region — in Sun Peaks and in Kamloops,” says Hadwin, adding there will be a community screening organized in the coming weeks.

According to Hadwin, that movie was also the first production to use the film commission’s new emission-reducing generators, which is another service the organization is hoping will attract more productions in 2026.