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On location in Prague
The Czech Republic's Prague has attracted media attention recently as the location for some high profile films, featuring A list celebrities. However, Prague's rise to prominence as a location is being hampered by global economic events and a lack of…
Country Focus: Morocco
There has been significant activity in Morocco recently and while not all of it has been good news, much has been achieved to raise the profile of filming in the region. One of the main messages to emerge from industry…
The Location Guide joins PGK
Clara Le, The Location Guide's Commercial Director, will be a member of The Producers Guild of Korea's (PGK) seminar panel at BIFCOM 2008. The seminar, Producer's Round Table: Co-production Service Guide in Asia, will discuss the most effective ways of…
AFCI faces the future in NZ
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) will be holding their Cineposium 08 between the 19th and 23rd of November in Wellington, New Zealand. The cineposium will take a hard look at how the entertainment industry is changing and its…
German Federal Film Fund gets extension
The German Government is to extend the DFFF (German Federal Film Fund ) for a further three years from 2010 to 2012. It will have an annual budget of EUR60m. The fund was launched at the beginning of last year…
New film commission for Morocco
The launch of a new film commission in Morocco was announced earlier this year. The commission is based in the southern Moroccan city of Ouarzazate. The choice of location is particularly apt as the city hosts one of the world’s…
Filming the Beijing Olympics
There is much consensus among local industry experts that the Beijing Olympics have already had an impact on the work rate of local production and service companies. Industry professionals from across the world have become more focused on China as…
Thailand plans tax refunds to entice foreign producers
In order to entice more foreign producers to come and film in the Kingdom, the Thai cabinet have just approved in principle plans for more tax incentives for foreign productions. These new incentives will be the form of tax refunds…
South Africa announces new incentive programme
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) just announced new incentive programmes for the film industry, which will be effective from the 1st February 2008. The new film and television production incentive comprises of the Location Film and Television…
Jamaica / UK unveil co-production treaty
The Jamaican and British governments are combining efforts to encourage filmmakers from their respective countries to work on co-productions. Broadcasting minister Shaun Woodward and Del Crooks, Jamaica's film commissioner, recntly publicised the deal, in which they will encourage UK film…