Based in the heart of Hollywood, the United States Air Force Entertainment Liaison Office works with multiple filmmakers on a daily basis. We spoke to Lieutenant Colonel Glen Roberts about the process of lending US Air Force equipment to productions.
The latest film to star Actor/Musician Jack Black , The Polka King will film on location in Rhode Island from mid-July to mid-August 2016. Based on true events, The Polka King will detail the life of the infamous Jan Lewan, a musician turned con-man who was able to trick an entire town out of millions of dollars.
Ian Brodie is one of the leading figures of on location photography. His company, Ian Brodie Consulting has worked with a number of productions from The Lord of the Rings trilogy to The Last King, providing his unique expertise to promote film tourism.
To provide television productions with more financial incentives for filming, the United Kingdom and South Africa have signed a co-production agreement to share their funding opportunities.
At this year’s Young Director Award, South African Director Dan Mace managed to walk away with two major accolades under his belt: Silver Screen Awards in the Best Short Film and Changing the World categories.
After a fierce lobbying campaign in the nation’s Government over the last year, Finland may finally be getting a film incentive programme of its own. In the event of numerous suggestions being submitted in late 2015, the Minister of Education and Culture, Sanni Grahn-Laasonen established a task force to construct a single proposal for the incentive to be considered for the state budget.
Advertising Agency DoubleDouble have enlisted the help of the Service Company Production Algarve to shoot on location throughout the Portuguese region. The project is a commercial for Keytrade bank’s newest endeavour, KEYPRIVATE which aims to provide customers with a method of discreet banking.
Shoot in Chile, an alliance of the of the most important houses of production services in Chile made a grand appearance at the Cannes Lions Festival 2016 to exhibit the potential that Chile has for audiovisual production of any format and the latest novelties in the industry.