After walking around and taking in the natural beauty, checking out a unique local business, or talking to an interesting resident, it isnB次元官网网址檛 hard to get inspired in a community like Sooke.

This holds true for filmmaker Trevor Holt, who took four years to write a screenplay, but then rewrote the entire thing in two weeks after coming to Sooke.

For six years, Holt was living in Vancouver taking care of his grandmother during the days, and working on-call for an organization that helps at-risk youth at night.

Holt has also worked writing and helping shoot commercials for companies in Vancouver, but his dream was always to write his own movies, documentaries or films.

B次元官网网址淥ver the years it got more and more difficult, and I put all of my film work on hold,B次元官网网址� said Holt.

Then, two years ago, Holt was in a car accident. He injured his left arm and was unable to use it for seven months.

B次元官网网址淭hings were not going well after this. I put on weight, my depression was horrible and I ended up with diabetes,B次元官网网址� said Holt.

Holt knew it was time for change, so he contacted a friend and ended up moving to Sooke.

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He has now been living here for 10 months, and since rewriting the screenplay has added multiple people and locations in Sooke.

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The film, called Beyond Four Walls, is about a man with PTSD living in a small community, and finds it hard to do day-to-day things due to his mental illness.

He later finds himself beaten and left for dead in a cabin in the woods, and has to fight for survival.

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The movie is transformational in more ways than one, as Holt noted that he is playing the main character, and plans to lose 160 pounds and grow his hair and beard out during the six months of filming.

Filming started two weeks ago and is scheduled to finish around the end of December.

The entire film will be shot in the Sooke Region, featuring multiple local businesses, the Sooke Potholes, a property in East Sooke, the East Sooke Store, and more.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檒l even be wearing clothes with the 642 logo on it, using Bad Dog Brewery for the beer in the film, and local people are going to be acting in it,B次元官网网址� said Holt. B次元官网网址淥ne scene is going to be shot at a barber shop in Langford as well.B次元官网网址�

This isnB次元官网网址檛 the first time Sooke has been used as a location for a film; just last summer, the Hollywood film Elsewhere was filmed in the area.

Holt plans to submit his film to local and provincial film festivals, but to hold the first screening of it in Sooke.

B次元官网网址淭his is me finally chasing my dream, and I hope it will create more opportunities for me moving forward,B次元官网网址� said Holt.