TV movie being filmed at downtown Kelowna fire hall

Kelowna’s historic downtown fire hall is being featured in an upcoming TV movie.

According to fire chief Travis Whiting, film crews had asked the fire department for permission to use the downtown fire hall location for a shoot for a few hours this morning, March 2.

A film crew is seen working on the TV movie “Vintage Hearts” at the historic downtown Kelowna fire hall, Monday, March 2, 2020. | Photographer: Carli Berry

Lights, cameras and film crews were set up around the historic hall, and a crew member said they were shooting for the film Vintage Hearts.

Filming is expected to continue this afternoon at the Laurel Packinghouse downtown, and around Kelowna this week.

According to IMDB, Vintage Hearts is a romance directed by David I. Strasser and the cast includes Gabrielle Christian, Cody Ray Thompson and Stephanie George.

Whiting said local firefighters will not be making any cameos in the movie.


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Carli Berry

Carli Berry has been telling stories in the Okanagan for the past three years and after finding her footing in the newspaper industry, joined the Infonews team in January 2020. Recipient of the 2019 MA Murray award for feature writing, Carli is passionate about stories that involve housing, business and the environment. Born on Vancouver Island, she is happy to say Okanagan Lake reminds, her slightly, of the ocean. Carli can be reached at (250) 864-7494 or email cberry@infonews.ca.