

Shot over 10 days at the hill, the film features the quirky characters who keep it running (around 50 of them do everything from ski patrol to repairing diesel engines on a volunteer basis) interspersed with aerial shots of world-class skiers shredding the backcountry terrain. The company is better known for epic productions set on soaring mountains, but the resulting film, Frozen in Time, is a 15-minute celebration of community.

Cain with two cameramen, a drone, and a still photographer to capture the appeal of the tiny resort. In February, when COVID-19 was still a murmur, Matchstick Productions ascended Mt. Mount Cain, a ski resort nestled in the interior of northern Vancouver Island, six-hours’ drive north of Victoria, is the size of “two tee-bars and a rope tow,” explained ski patroller and former president of the Mount Cain Alpine Park Society, Neil Borecky.
