Kelowna Film Studios: What We Built and What Comes Next
Kelowna Film Studios began with a physical space, but the purpose was always larger than a building. The goal was to help establish Kelowna and the Okanagan as a place where serious productions could do serious work, supported by people who understand both the creative ambition and the practical realities of getting a project made.
A Production Base Built in Kelowna
KFS was founded in September 2022 and initially operated a dedicated production stage in Kelowna. The approximately 3,200-square-foot facility included a lighting grid, substantial power, production space, and room for local filmmakers, crews, commercial clients, and independent projects to work under one roof.
That first stage was an important proof of concept. It showed that local productions needed access to dependable infrastructure, and that visiting productions valued having a knowledgeable production partner on the ground. It also taught us what a regional facility needs in order to serve professional work: adequate space, power, access, parking, equipment, experienced crew, responsive management, and a sustainable pipeline of productions.
The original stage closed in 2024. KFS then evolved from a facility-led business into a production and service-production company. That shift allowed us to focus more directly on projects, clients, crews, equipment, regional logistics, and delivery, while retaining the experience gained from operating a physical studio.
The Work Continued
Since that transition, Kelowna Film Studios has continued building around commercial, documentary, scripted, broadcast, and service-production work across the Okanagan and Interior British Columbia.
The company now supports productions through planning, budgeting, crew and vendor coordination, locations, equipment, field production, post-production, and local problem-solving. The objective is straightforward: give outside producers, studios, broadcasters, and agencies a capable Kelowna-based partner who can help them execute at a professional level.
That is also the direction we want to grow. KFS is actively looking for feature films, television productions, high-end commercial campaigns, and branded-content projects with meaningful budgets and experienced advertising agencies or production companies attached. We are particularly interested in work that values cinematic production, distinctive Okanagan locations, strong crews, and a regional partner that can carry responsibility from early prep through delivery.
Building the Case for the Next Generation of Infrastructure
A stronger production industry needs more than one company. It needs repeat work, deeper equipment access, suitable facilities, trained crews, reliable suppliers, and relationships that connect the region to larger production centres.
In early 2026, KFS spent time with commercial real-estate professionals reviewing potential properties and the practical requirements for a larger production presence in Kelowna. We assembled a report supported by signatures and letters of intent from local producers outlining the work expected in the region and the infrastructure needed to serve it.
That work has included direct discussions with MBS in Los Angeles, including Jeff Soderbergh, about what meaningful equipment and studio support in the Okanagan could look like. The wider network around MBS, Vancouver Film Studios, and Pacific Backlot represents the kind of scale, experience, equipment access, and industry relationships that could materially change what productions are able to accomplish here.
No new facility or investment has been finalized. It is important to be clear about that. We are closer to defining a credible path toward world-class support in the region, but the next step depends on the right partners, the right property, and enough production demand to make the infrastructure sustainable.
The Most Important Infrastructure Is Relationships
Buildings and equipment matter, but relationships create the work that keeps them active. Kelowna does not need a stage that waits for productions to arrive. It needs a connected production ecosystem that agencies, studios, producers, and financiers trust enough to return to.
That is the future KFS is working toward: stronger relationships with production companies and advertising agencies, more high-value projects, greater access to professional equipment, and facilities that are developed in response to real demand rather than speculation.
For producers, the opportunity is a region with a broad range of locations, established provincial production systems, experienced local professionals, and room to build something audiences have not seen repeatedly. For agencies, it is the ability to create premium commercial work in a visually distinctive part of British Columbia with local production support already in place.
What Comes Next
The next era of Kelowna Film Studios will not be a recreation of the 2022 stage. It will be more connected, more production-driven, and designed around the level of work we want to attract: feature films, series, major commercials, and agency-led campaigns that require strong creative execution and dependable production support.
KFS is ready to speak with producers, studios, agencies, location managers, and production executives planning work in British Columbia. If a project needs the Okanagan, Interior BC, regional tax-credit-aware planning, local crew and vendor coordination, equipment, locations, or a production partner who can help build the path from prep to delivery, we want to hear about it.
The physical stage was the beginning. The relationships, productions, and infrastructure we build next are the future.