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Wes Anderson movie The Grand Budapest Hotel leads 2015 BAFTA nominations
Wes Anderson’s quirky comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel has landed 11 nominations for the 2015 BAFTAs. Stephen Hawking romance The Theory of Everything and Alejandro G Iñárritu’s Birdman are among the other leading contenders, with ten nominations each. The Grand…
James Bond movie Spectre films in Austria
New James Bond movie Spectre is filming on location in Austria, continuing a shoot that’s scheduled to span seven months and at least five different countries. The new film’s title was announced at Pinewood Studios in December. Shooting has started…
Marion Cotillard co-directs short film for Dior in France with Bliss Inc
Marion Cotillard co-directed short film Enter the Game for Dior and Bliss Inc in Meyreuil in the south of France, a location intended to evoke Los Angeles. Cotillard also stars as a woman enjoying the tranquil surrounds of her hillside…
BBC returns to Morocco for season two filming of adventure series Atlantis
The BBC has returned to Morocco to film scenes for the second series of its historical family adventure series Atlantis. As with the first series, production was based in a retrofitted studio in Chepstow in Wales, but the team also…
Revolver films Romania as frozen northern Europe for Aldi Christmas campaign
Production company Revolver doubled Romania for frozen northern Europe for this year’s Christmas campaign for supermarket Aldi’s Australian market. The spot follows a man returning to his northern home after a trip to Australia, and bringing with him a range…
Middle East dramas in vogue but Israel loses location filming to Malta and Croatia
Biblical screen stories are enjoying a surge in popularity, with Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings planning to emulate the global success of Darren Arronofsky’s Noah. However, a summer of violence in the Middle East means Israel is now losing…
Film London leads EuroScreen conference on screen tourism across the continent
Film London has led a EuroScreen conference looking into the economic impact of screen tourism around the world. The event looked at how films like the Harry Potter series and TV dramas such as Wallander and Game of Thrones have…
Lack of UK studio space may force BBC drama Dickensian to film Eastern Europe
The BBC’s upcoming period drama series Dickensian may have to film on location in Eastern Europe due to a lack of UK studio space. Red Planet Pictures plans to build a portion of 19th century London for the shoot, which…
Ciclope International Festival of Craft 2014 announces winners
Winners have been announced for this year’s Ciclope International Festival of Craft. Ciclope recognises the craft of storytelling in international audiovisual production and this year an interview with Roman Coppola was the headlining event. The Location Guide was a media…
Tom Cruise films aerial stunt for Mission Impossible 5 at East Anglia RAF base
Tom Cruise has filmed an aerial stunt for Mission: Impossible 5 at an RAF base in East Anglia in the UK. The action franchise is now well known for daring physical stunt work, with Cruise scaling Dubai’s Burj Khalifa for…