Steady stream of movies to film here

A number of U.S. Hallmark and Lifetime cable-TV movies will be filming in Kelowna over the next few months.

The Hallmark channel movie Christmas Au Pair will start filming Jan. 25, said Okanagan Film Commissioner Jon Summerland. It will star Canadian actors Kayla Lauren Wallace and Jeremey Guilbaut.

It’s being produced by Vancouverbased Reel One Pictures, which has set up a permanent production shop in Rutland.

Another major movie producer, Enderby Entertainment announced in November it is also setting up a film and television production office in Kelowna.

“I am very pleased with the production activity already lined up in 2021, what is in development, and with the permanent structural foundations that are developing with the commitments to the area by both Enderby Entertainment and Reel One Pictures,” said Summerland in a news release.