FLICKS FILM AND VIDEO FILE : Peep Show : The Ojai Film Society will screen the French film, ‘Monsieur Hire,’ about a middle-aged Peeping Tom.

Next up on the Ojai Film Society schedule is the critically acclaimed 1989 movie “Monsieur Hire,” to be shown Sunday at the Ojai Playhouse.

This French film is about a reclusive, middle-aged man who spends his evenings as a Peeping Tom, observing a young woman in an apartment across from his. Meanwhile, Hire is a suspect in the murder of another young woman in a neighboring apartment. It’s rated PG-13.

Show time is 4:30 p.m. The playhouse is at 145 E. Ojai Ave.

The newly formed Ventura County Film Commission will hold its first advisory board meeting April 19, the purpose of which, essentially, is to form the advisory board.

“We’re still in a formation process,” said Karen Wolfe, co-president of the privately funded commission. “We’ve been in contact with all the mayors and city managers of Ventura County. We’re promoting Ventura County as an area for filming.”

Wolfe said the meeting is open to anyone interested in having members of the film industry spending time and, of course, money in the county.

So far, most of those expected to join the board are people connected with the film industry, members of local governments and private business people, such as caterers, who would benefit from a film crew working in the county.

In the two months since it was established, the commission has been compiling information essential to film producers considering sites in the county.

“We’re working toward collecting location photographs so if people call and want a specific look, we have it on file,” Wolfe said. “We’re also putting together a directory of locations and services for the production companies, and guidelines for each city and the different types of services available.”

Wolfe said that having all of the information in a central location will simplify the process for movie producers and will encourage more producers to come to Ventura County.

“They’ll have one person to call as a resource, a liaison, basically, between government and production companies,” she said. “We want them to know we are here. We want them to film here and bring money to spend locally.”

How much money? Wolfe said the Santa Barbara Film Commission estimates that the average production company brings in a total of $12 million.

Anyone interested in attending the advisory board meeting should call Wolfe in advance at 988-9980.