by Kim Calloway - CKOV - Story: 28192March 29, 2007 / 8:30 am Castanet
The Okanagan's Film Commissioner says she's moving to the private side of that industry at the end of September, when her contract with the Commission expires. Sara Shaak has been the Okanagan Film Commissioner for the past five years and says she's helped grow the local film production industry from a $250,000 outside investment in 2001, to $5.5 million last year. Shaak says she'll stay in the Okanagan and launch a private consulting company, to work with film producers who may want to shoot their movies in this part of B-C. A recruiting strategy is underway at the Film Commission, to locate a successor. Shaak says she made her announcement now, six months early, so there would be no surprises. She also wants to give the Commission ample time to line up her successor.
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