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Filming Canada: On location in Montreal
Montreal is getting an international profile boost with big-budget thriller White House Down, which recreates Washington, DC, in the Canadian city. Nicholas Barker of the Montreal Film and TV Commission talks to TLG about what the city has to offer.…
The Lift Mexico films on location for new national tourism campaign
The Lift Mexico has filmed two new national tourism commercials focussing on Mexico City and the resort region of Puerto Vallarta on the country’s Pacific coastline. Agency Publicis Mexico designed the spots and they were directed by Dave Meyers. “It…
Fast & Furious franchise reaches out to fans for location filming ideas
The makers of the Fast & Furious action franchise have asked fans to suggest filming locations for the next movie. Fast & Furious 7 is scheduled for release in July 2014 and the filmmakers have used Facebook to ask for…
Jane Campion TV crime drama Top of the Lake films in southern New Zealand
New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion filmed new crime drama Top of the Lake on location in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island. The seven-part BBC miniseries follows a detective investigating the disappearance of the pregnant daughter of a…
Shreveport crew training could boost filming in northern Louisiana
Shreveport in north-west Louisiana plans to launch more crew training programmes to help boost the region’s production industry. Louisiana is one of America’s main production hubs but filming tends to focus on New Orleans and state capital Baton Rouge in…
Filth director calls for Scotland studio facilities to help boost filming
The director of crime movie Filth has said that having film studio facilities in Scotland could help stimulate the production industry. Jon Baird made the movie – based on a novel by Irvine Welsh – on location in Scotland and…
Oresund film tourism boosted by success of Wallander and The Killing
Brooding crime dramas have put the Oresund region of Sweden and Denmark on the production map and have boosted local film tourism. While Wallander has been remade by the BBC, the US remake of hit Oresund murder mystery The Bridge…
Santa Clarita in California boosts location filming days by nearly 20%
Santa Clarita, just north of Los Angeles in California, boosted its location filming days by nearly 20% in the 2012/13 fiscal year. The city recorded 1,069 shoot days and local production spending rose nearly 25% on the previous year. “Santa…
Filming on location in Taiwan with the Taipei Film Commission
The Taipei Film Commission spearheads Taiwan’s burgeoning production industry. Taiwan lies east of the Chinese mainland and while the country already offers filming incentives, it wants to expand its international experience. Producers filming in Taipei can access incentive support from…
Saudi Arabian director makes history filming on location in Riyadh
A Saudi Arabian filmmaker has made history as the first woman to direct a film on location in the country. Haifaa Al Mansour also wrote Wadjda, which tells the story of a Saudi girl who makes a plan to buy…