section_path: Arts and culture/Theatre, dance, film and television/Film/Films set in Vancouver
section_name: Films set in Vancouver
paragraph_text: Films set in Vancouver
  
  Vancouver has become a significant film location, known as Hollywood North, as it has stood in for several U.S. cities. However, it has started to appear as itself in several feature films. Among films set in the city and its surroundings are the 1994 US thriller Intersection, starring Richard Gere and Sharon Stone; the 2007 Canadian ghost thriller They Wait, starring Terry Chen and Jaime King; and the acclaimed Canadian 'mockumentary' Hard Core Logo, and was named the second-best Canadian film of the last 15 years, in a 2001 poll of 200 industry voters, performed by Playback. Genie Award -winning filmmaker Mina Shum has filmed and set several of her internationally released features in Vancouver, including the Sundance -screened Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002).