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Winnipeg Free Press Big Sky Studios turning former Nygard facility into three soundstages By: Randall King | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, May. 13, 2021 Save to Read Later While the film and TV industry continues to grow in Manitoba, the number of workable sound stages remains maddeningly stagnant. While the film and TV industry continues to grow in Manitoba, the number of workable sound stages remains maddeningly stagnant. A new player...

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba is continuing to cement itself as a hub for the entertainment industry. On Tuesday, it was announced that Big Sky Studios, a new motion picture production centre, is being built in Winnipeg. This new centre will be located inside a 137,000-square-foot facility, purchased by a Vancouver-based partnership group. The building is currently being retrofitted to include a soundstage, production offices, meeting rooms, workshops, on-site equipment rental, and specialty areas f...

Winnipeg Free Press The wheels of the Manitoba film industry are turning once again after being frozen by a COVID-19 shutdown in November. Manitoba was the only province in which the film industry was shut down completely. The wheels of the Manitoba film industry are turning once again after being frozen by a COVID-19 shutdown in November. Manitoba was the only province in which the film industry was shut down completely. Now that the industry is back in operation as of last Friday, producti...

  WINNNIPEG -- It’s been quiet on the set in Manitoba for the last two months but that’s about to change. The province’s film industry has been green lighted to roll again with changes to code red restrictions coming Friday. On Screen Manitoba is the association that represents the industry. It says crews operated safely last year between June and December with COVID-19 protocols in place.  Executive Director Nicole Matiation says people are eager to get going. “Everyone is very...

Winnipeg Free Press A television period drama about the lives and challenges of Black railway workers, promising to be the biggest Black-led production ever in Canada, will commence shooting this spring in Winnipeg. A television period drama about the lives and challenges of Black railway workers, promising to be the biggest Black-led production ever in Canada, will commence shooting this spring in Winnipeg. It’s an appropriate location since, a century ago, Winnipeg is where the first Bla...