The BC Film Commission reported that in 2005 , more than 200 productions were completed in B.C. : 63 feature films , 31 television series , 37 movies-of-the-week , 15 television pilots , 5 miniseries , 20 documentaries , 16 short films and 24 animation projects . In 2006 , spending on film and TV production in B.C. was $ 1.228 billion . The Great Recession of the late 2000s hit the film industry financially on all levels . By March 2008 , the British Columbia film industry dramatically recovered with film spending at $ 1.2 billion , with foreign-film production increasing 146 percent and domestic animation by 79 percent . In total , 86 foreign productions including 40 feature-length films , were completed in 2008 . The city is also host to the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Vancouver Film and Television Forum
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