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Australia removes 70% minimum spend for filming incentives
Foreign productions looking to qualify for Australia’s Locations Offset scheme will no longer have to spend at least 70% of their total budgets in the country. Australia offers a 15% Location Offset to foreign productions with budgets ranging between AUSD15…
BC offers production centre and popular location doubles
British Columbia in western Canada is steadily enhancing its reputation as a media production centre. The region offers landscapes including dense forests, deserts and mountains that are frequently used to double for places such as the Middle East, Mexico, Europe…
New Orleans continues to flourish as a filming destination
New Orleans no longer has the blues, production-wise at least. Could it be something to do with the fact that already generous Louisiana incentives have been raised to a whacking 30%? The most eagerly anticipated TV drama of the decade…
VW ad doubles South Africa for India
Major vehicle manufacturer VW has used South Africa as a double for India in a new series of spots advertising the Polo car. The adverts feature a driver testing the prowess and strength of the Polo through a series of…
Location Profile: Mallorca
Located just off the Spanish coastline, the Balearic island of Mallorca is surprisingly beautiful and charming. Just 1,400 square miles, it’s a small, concise island offering a world of opportunities far from its tacky reputation. In addition to its beautiful…
Robin Hood gets the best from UK locations for filming
Robin Hood is riding through far more than the glen for Ridley Scott’s latest epic, an action-packed account of the legend, involving sea landings, castles springing up in the woods of Surrey, and the wrong type of undergrowth. Scott called…
Rebranded Abu Dhabi Film Festival launches USD500,000 grant for Arab filmmakers
Arab filmmakers are to be supported by way of a new grant from the rebranded Abu Dhabi Film Festival that will provide USD500,000 every year to encourage production in the Middle East. The fund has been named Sanad, a word…
Latvia launches filming rebate of up to 15%
Latvia has launched a new filming incentive scheme that will entitle eligible productions to a rebate of up to 15%. Productions spending at least EUR700,000 may become eligible for the support when half of their funding has been confirmed. Features,…
Michigan film incentives create surge in state-wide production
Michigan has seen an enormous spending surge in film production since its film incentive programmes were launched in 2008. Spending in the state’s film industry soared from just USD2 million in 2007 to USD125 million in 2008 and nearly USD224…
Mexico plans new filming incentives
Projects choosing to film in Mexico could be eligible for a rebate of up to 17.5% as of June 1st 2010. Under the current plans, international film productions spending at least 70 million pesos (around USD5.5 million) in production costs,…