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It seems that film locations drift into and out of vogue every few years in American cinema. Previous favorites include Mexico, Russia and Italy, but now it seems if you are a producer, Canada is the hottest place to shoot your film.

There have been some very successful films shot in Canada in recent years, including The Terminal, which stared Tom Hanks, Lucky Number Slevin, and the X-Men trilogy which is set to continue in 2010 with another Canadian-shot film. Believe it or not in the last ten years alone, more than 2000 American productions (both TV and film) have taken place in Canada, and according to most experts in the industry, even more than that will happen in the next five.

A film called ‘White Out’ was recently shot in Canada and director Dominic Sena was questioned over the reasons why this location was chosen for the film. Kate Beckinsale plays Marshal Carrie Stetko in the film, which is about a killer on the loose in Antarctica just as the continent is about to be plunged into its half-year winter darkness. Sena suggested that the biggest motivation for using Canada was that they could find terrain similar to that found in Antarctica, but close enough to civilization to make filming possible. Many producers share this like of the convenience of shooting in Canada, where they can still speak the same language as the locals and the systems for gaining shooting permissions are very similar, yet the settings are completely different to America.

Other industry experts have suggested that aside from the fact film crews like Canada holidays, many films are shot there because it is so close to America and so easily accessible, making it the perfect place to shoot film in fresh and new surroundings that have not previously been seen by the American public. Further more, shooting in Canadian locations is made cheaper by the weaker dollar there. In fact many scenes that could be shot on American soil, such as Alaska cruises footage, is actually shot in Canada due to the reduced production costs. If you fancy being part of the next big Canadian-shot film or just fancy Canada tours holidays check out Canadian Sky.