The global box office success of the Vancouver-shot Back rooms This led to the launch of a new logo titled Black Harbour, which is seen as a full-service, one-stop-shop for American and other international producers looking to bring projects to British Columbia.
The partners behind the new Vancouver production logo, unveiled this week at the Banff World Media Festival, share a common thread: they have worked closely with Osgood Perkins and other American producers using Vancouver as a base to produce hit films and TV series for the U.S. and other international markets.
Veteran site manager Jacob Bailey (back rooms, Monkey) and producer Jonathan JJ DuBois (Long legs, Monkey) They collaborated with Chris Ferguson and Perkins on their projects Oddfellows/Phobos. That includes back rooms, The $10 million adaptation by Ken Parsons of his viral YouTube shorts has so far generated more than $260 million in global ticket sales for the horror pic.
Producer and Production Director Kate Kroll comes to Black Harbor after working across features, documentaries, television, music videos and immersive shorts, including Armageddon Road and crazywhile production director and cinematographer Gabriel Medina has credits as Perkins Long legs and Monkey.
The quartet’s ambitions with Black Harbor include bringing more production to British Columbia as producers look to film locally from project development to delivery, both in terms of budgeting, scheduling, crew management all the way to funding models and studio-level negotiations.
Besides direct access to local crews and equipment, Black Harbor managers aim to leverage tax breaks for savings as budgets and ring orders shrink and small and medium-sized enterprises chase affordability for their producers in a tough global market.
“At its core, Black Harbor was founded by people who truly love filmmaking in British Columbia. We believe this province is home to some of the best crew, locations and production talent in the world, and we are excited to help producers access these benefits. Our goal is not only to support great projects, but to contribute to a thriving and sustainable film industry in British Columbia for years to come,” partner Kroll said in a statement.
Canada’s westernmost province has long provided a production hub for Hollywood producers, but has seen a decline in film and television filming following the end of the era of peak television and industry upheavals such as the 2023 Los Angeles labor strikes, just as Hollywood’s rules for storytelling, packaging and distribution are being reshaped.
“Whether it’s an independent film, TV series or international production coming to British Columbia, we want producers to feel like they have a trusted local partner from day one. We understand the market, incentives, crews and challenges. Our mission is to make the production process as efficient and successful as possible,” added the DuBois partner.
