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Filming on location with Alessandra Bergero of the Italian Riviera Film Commission
Alessandra Bergero and her brother Raffaele set up the Italian Riviera Film Commission in 1998. The commission is based in north-west Italy near the French Cote d'Azur and promotes the region as a production hub. What does the Italian Riviera…
Historic TV drama Labyrinth doubles South Africa for medieval France
Historical TV drama Labyrinth filmed largely on location in South Africa, doubling the region for medieval France. The story focuses on a modern-day archaeologist puzzling over a mysterious French site, and a woman in medieval France protecting the secret of…
50th Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition films on Easter Island and Antarctica
Sports Illustrated (SI) travelled around the world to shoot stills for the 50th anniversary of its high-profile Swimsuit Edition. Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean was among the more unusual locations and the publisher also became the first to organise…
Les Miserables recreates 19th Century France on location in southern England
Tom Hooper’s grandiose Oscar-nominated production of Les Miserables filmed across southern England, using Pinewood Studios as a base. Key locations including Greenwich in London, Chatham in Kent and Winchester College in Hampshire were turned into France of the early 19th…
Oscar-nominated short Buzkashi Boys films on location in Afghanistan
Short film Buzkashi Boys shot on location in Afghanistan and its tale of life in the capital Kabul secured it an Oscar nomination. It's set against a backdrop of the Afghan national sport buzkashi, a version of horse polo played…
Park Pictures takes Range Rover on location to Milan and Lake Como
Park Pictures headed to Milan, Lake Como and the French Alps in a spot for the next-generation Range Rover. Beginning in Milan, a suave gentleman takes the vehicle out of the city for a spin through winding mountain roads and…
Train Robbery TV drama to give West Yorkshire a location filming boost
A two-part TV project dramatising The Great Train Robbery of 1963 will help boost location filming in West Yorkshire, northern England, in the coming months. The BBC production will be screened in August 2013 and will mark the famous robbery’s…
Filming with Alain Claude Randresy of the Réunion Film Commission
Alain began his career working in advertising in Canada before moving to Paris in 2009 to study film production. He is now Project Executive at Agence Film Réunion (Réunion Island Film Commission and Office) on Réunion, a French territory in…
French TRIP location filming incentive could see big increase in 2013
France’s Tax Rebate for International Production (TRIP) could see a big increase in 2013. Plans to more than double the existing per-production cap for international feature productions could potentially become law within the next six months. Incentive support for qualifying…
HelliVentures Filmproduktion shoots concert on Mont Blanc for Mammut
HelliVentures Filmproduktion has shot a concert on the summit of Mont Blanc for the 150th anniversary of alpine clothing specialist Mammut. The film follows French singer ZAZ and her band as they scale the peak in the Alps on the…