Blizzard showing at San Diego Internation Children's Film Festival

Yes it's a wonderful movie but why did it have to be filmed in the Central Canada urban corridor (Quebec-Windsor) where almost every Hollywood-'North' production seems to be made nowadays?

It could have been made in Winnipeg or Halifax or many other Canadian sites outside Central Canada. But no, Toronto had to triumph again. More and more Hollywood-North films are made in this tiny urban corridor that comprises less that 2% of Canada’s geography, leaving Americans to think that that’s all there is to Canada -- Toronto and some cities within a few hours drive of it.

The irony is that this region around Toronto and Montreal that supposedly is Hollywood-‘North’ is as far SOUTH as you can get in Canada and still pretend you are a Canadian! Why, it’s farther south than Minneapolis or Seattle.

You mention San Diego -- that’s equivalent to Canada’s West Coast, where many moves *used* to be made, but less and less are every year, because more and more are made around Toronto. Are all movies in the USA made around New York City? No? Well then why are nearly all movies in Canada made around Toronto? They are both the biggest cities in the 2 countries, yet Toronto dominates Canada’s economy like the metropolis of some banana-republic; and the film industry is no different. In America, meanwhile, films are made almost everywhere.

It *is* a heart-warming movie, but I just wish it could have been made somewhere out in the Canadian hinterland. Thank you.