Alaska has cancelled its filming incentive programme and will redirect the funds elsewhere in the economy. For the past few years the state has offered a base 30% filming tax credit that specifically rewarded productions shooting in remote areas at certain times of year.
Happy Finish represents digital artists and has joined The Location Guide as a partner for our Location Beach Lounge at the Cannes Lions Festival. The company was founded in 2004 by Chairman Stuart Waplington and Creative Directors Rainer Usselmann and Chris Roome.
‘Chile Beach’ is hosted by Shoot in Chile and will be located on La Plage du Rado on Boulevard La Croisette. It will showcase the country as one of the best options for shooting commercials, documentaries and films in Latin America.
The Sevilla Film Office has re-joined The Location Guide as a media partner for our Soiree at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival. The Sevilla Film Office is part of Seville External Promotion (APPES) and helps producers with free locations services and production logistics.
Scotland has been declared the world’s Best Cinematic Destination in a new USA Today poll that could help boost the country’s film tourism industry. Scotland’s international filmmaking profile is rising, with TV drama Outlander based in Cumbernauld near Glasgow.
Film Estonia has joined The Location Guide as a partner for our Soiree at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival. Film Estonia this year represents four different Estonian production entities – Allfilm, Naftafilms, Cuba Films and Wunderland 372.
Authorities in Louisiana have moved closer towards reforming the state’s generous filming incentive by agreeing a USD 180 million annual cap to rein in spending. Mark Wahlberg’s true-life oil rig drama Deepwater Horizon is the latest high-profile production to film locally.
Advertising Producers Association (APA) has re-joined The Location Guide as a media partner for our Soiree at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival. The APA looks after the interests of commercial production companies in the UK through production, post-production and visual effects.