Film studio, college team up

Northern Ontario FilmStudios (NOFS) and Collège Boréal are collaborating to offer students hands-on training for the television and film industry.

 This November, the college and film studio will offer a course in set etiquette to help meet increasing demand of qualified workers in the growing film and television sector.

“With a workforce trained at Collège Boréal and our current facility, NOFS is offering one location with turnkey service, a broad array of Northern locations and production expertise, developed locally, to satisfy the specific needs of film and television production,” David Anselmo, CEO of NOFS, said in a news release. “Collège Boréal also offers a diversity of programs throughout the North with facilities at the heart of a region that meets the expectations of worldwide production.”

Filming is currently in production for a Spanish co-production, ‘The Returned,’ a Hallmark Channel movie called ‘Be My Valentine,’ and the regional films ‘Case & Dylan,’ ‘Deadweight’ and ‘Dark Rising.’

Collège Boréal’s vice-president, academic, Daniel Giroux, explained the importance of this partnership: “Collège Boréal intends to carry out its mandate as a community college by offering training that produces a qualified workforce in this booming entertainment industry in Northern Ontario. Our strong collaboration with Northern Ontario Film Studios, our current discussions with the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) and related unions of the ?lm and television industry are very promising for the quality of the future workforce.”