Lights, Camera, Action

If David Anselmo gets his wish, Hollywood North will one day mean Northern Ontario. And he’s got lots of support for that dream, including the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation. In 2012, Anselmo converted a 20,000 square-foot derelict hockey arena into a film studio. Over the next three year Northern Ontario Film Studios attracted more than 20 productions to Northern Ontario. Impressed with the results, in 2015, the NOHFC invested $650,000 in new equipment and renovations to the studio, which was named Company of the Year by the Northern Ontario Business Awards. “Northern Ontario has the growing infrastructure and talent to support excellence in storytelling,” says the Sudbury native. “And it is thanks, in no small part, to the NOHFC’s vision.” Anselmo’s latest win? A three-year, $100 million deal with Motion Picture Corporation of America that’s sure to attract more investment in Northern Ontario’s burgeoning film and television industry.