[slideshow id=207]Concha has been enthusiastically co-ordinating the Tenerife Film Commission since summer 2005 when she returned to her native Canary Island after spending ten years abroad studying and working in the media.
Short film The Blow-Ins has wrapped its shoot in West Cork, Ireland. The film shot along the coastline and in the villages of Courtmacsherry and Kilbrittain. It was supported by Cork County Council in association with the Cork Screen Commission (CSC).
Lots of news from the US this week as authorities measure the local impact of filming incentives and the tussle continues between Los Angeles and New York. The UK has been promoting its interests in Los Angeles and we spoke to Jamie Lengyel, Supervising Location Manager on Scorsese’s Hugo, about building a Parisian train station for the movie.
The Polish Ambassador to India has called on Bollywood to film more projects in Poland to strengthen production ties. A co-production agreement is being worked on, as Poland is eager to sell its crews’ international experience while benefitting from the film tourism Bollywood can deliver.
Greater Manchester in northern England has committed support to filming projects by signing up to the UK’s Production Liaison Charter. It means Greater Manchester is now officially a film-friendly city and will offer high-quality production support, as well as good infrastructure.
Acclaimed silent feature The Artist, a homage to early Hollywood, has become one of the latest films to shoot in Los Angeles’ historic Broadway theatre district. The district has been used recently by The Dark Knight Rises and Clint Eastwood’s biopic J Edgar.
New York’s filming incentives have prompted a 66% rise in the number of productions applying to film in the state in 2011, according to figures released by the Office of Motion Picture and Television Development. Nearly 140 projects have visited so far this year, compared to 91 in 2010.
[slideshow id=203]After 14 years of teaching infant school children, Natalie decided she needed a total change of scene and went to work as a Production Co-ordinator for a Brisbane production company owned by her brother.