{
  "id": 13179445,
  "title": "Beyond ‘Hollywood North’: How Vancouver’s Indie Film Scene Is Building Its Own Ecosystem",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/beyond-hollywood-north-how-vancouvers-indie-film-scene-is-building",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-09T18:21:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/global/vancouver-indie-film-scene-building-its-own-ecosystem-1236906461/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Something is emerging in Vancouver’s independent film scene. For years, the city has primarily played the role of somewhere else — a cheaper Seattle, New York or generic American city. Its landscapes, tax incentives and favorable exchange rate drawing in Hollywood productions. But increasingly, independent filmmakers are choosing to cast Vancouver as… well… Vancouver. One […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}