The next series of Netflix’s anthology show, Black Mirror, will feature scenes shot on location in Iceland. Production company Truenorth will be handling the shoot, having now obtained filming permits from the Environment Agency of Iceland.
The nominations for the 4th annual Location Managers Guild International Awards have been announced. The ceremony will take place, April 8th at the Steven J. Ross Theatre, located at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank.
After receiving three Academy Awards and three Golden Globes, The Revenant’s incredibly successful awards period continued this weekend at the Location Managers Guild International Awards, taking home the award for Outstanding Locations in a Period Film. Portions of the film were shot on location in Alberta, Canada but the production later moved to Tierra del Fuego in search of more snow.
Film SF Executive Director, Susannah Greason Robbins has secured a deal with the help of Delta Airlines that will provide discounts for both international and domestic flights for productions coming to San Francisco to film on location.
The Location Managers Guild International Awards show has announced its full list of nominees. This year's award ceremony will be the first since LMGI’s rebranding in 2015 and will feature a vast array of productions across all the screen industries.
From working as a Location Scout, a Location Manager and now more recently becoming a Production Executive for locations, it’s fair to say that Markus Bensch knows his way around the industry.
Lawmakers in Kenya have granted initial approval for a new 30% filming incentive as part of plans to raise the country’s filmmaking profile. The government is under particular pressure to bring Angelina Jolie Pitt’s true-life conservation movie Africa to Kenya.
A new film studio will open in the Korean city of Busan in 2019. Korean capital Seoul got a big profile boost hosting an action sequence for Avengers: Age of Ultron but the new facility in the south of the country could help raise Busan’s production profile.