After being nominated on six separate occasions, Leonardo DiCaprio has finally won his first Oscar for his portrayal of Hugh Glass in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s survival epic The Revenant, which was filmed on location in Alberta and Tierra del Fuego.
The Cape Film Commission (CFC) of Cape Town, South Africa is to be shut down after a lack of financial support from the Western Cape provincial government. The commission will close at the end of February 2016 and will no longer provide support for those in need of work visas after February 12th.
For anyone working in the screens industry, attending FOCUS is an absolute necessity for expanding your business on a global scale. Simply put, FOCUS is London’s first international trade show, summit and networking event for film, television and commercials.
The producers of upcoming mountaineering drama Everest are promoting the real filming locations used in the movie. Based on the true story of climbers caught in a devastating avalanche in 1996, the film shot partly on location in Nepal and in the Italian Dolomites.
Filmmaker George Miller shot on location in the deserts of Namibia to capture the post-apocalyptic visuals he needed for Mad Max: Fury Road. Released 30 years after Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the new adventure stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.
Cape Town Film Studios head Niko Dekker has announced a need for an expansion of the South Africa facility in response to surging international demand. The studio is home to pirate drama series Black Sails and has also hosted Northmen: A Viking Saga and Mad Max: Fury Road.
Hollywood has called on South Africa to expand the filming infrastructure in cities like Cape Town as interest grows in the country. Pirate drama Black Sails is among the high-profile productions currently filming in South Africa, from a base at Cape Town Film Studios.
The Location Guide and Namibia Film Commission will be holding a drinks reception at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday 15 May. Cannes is the world’s leading international film festival, offering showcases of the latest movies and extensive networking opportunities.