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Supervising Location Manager Becky Brake: Filming with JJ Abrams and Star Trek
Becky Brake first worked with filmmaker JJ Abrams on his action TV drama Alias. She's since become a regular locations collaborator and talks to The Location Guide about big-budget location filming, the Mission: Impossible franchise and working on Star Trek…
Ile de France Film Commission renews filming partnership with Film London
The Ile de France Film Commission has renewed its partnership with Film London at the Cannes Film Festival. Production professionals from both London and Paris will attend industry events in each other's cities as part of the agreement. Up to…
New Zealand production industry calls for better TV filming incentives
New Zealand’s production industry has called for better TV filming incentives. The available rebate for television shows like Spartacus is worth only half the feature film figure, while series that don’t have enough New Zealand content must spend NZD15 million…
Kenya agrees filming Memorandum of Understanding with South Africa
Kenya Film Commission and South Africa’s Film & Video Foundation have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding in Cannes. The agreement is intended to facilitate greater co-operation between the two countries in terms of location filming, training and their wider production…
Filme Rio - Rio Film Commission partners with Film London Production Finance Market
Filme Rio – Rio Film Commission has become a partner of the Film London Production Finance Market (PFM). Film London and Filme Rio – Rio Film Commission have been sharing ideas and business opportunities since first making an agreement in…
Film NZ chief Gisella Carr on New Zealand’s location filming future
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy put New Zealand’s filming locations firmly in the spotlight and a decade later he’s repeating the trick with The Hobbit. Film NZ Chief Executive Gisella Carr talks to The Location Guide about the…
Johanna Karppinen appointed CEO of Finnish Film & Audiovisual Export
Johanna Karppinen has been appointed CEO of Finnish Film & Audiovisual Export (Favex). Karppinen has extensive experience in both the film industry and international affairs, and moves to her new position from the Finnish Lapland Film Commission. “Favex is an…
Nicolas Cage supports call for Nevada location filming incentive
Actor Nicolas Cage has testified to lawmakers to support a formal location filming incentive that’s being considered for Nevada in the south-west US. The state does not currently offer any filming incentives, but a bill has been proposed that would…
Namibia Film Commission and The Location Guide to hold Cannes drinks reception
Namibia Film Commission and The Location Guide will be holding a drinks reception at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday 16th May. Cannes is the world’s most prestigious film festival, with showcases of the latest movies and rich opportunities to…
Los Angeles lowers cost of Grand Park location filming
Los Angeles County authorities have agreed to reduce the cost of location filming permits at the recently-opened Grand Park on a short-term basis. Prices have been lowered from USD20,000 a day per block of park space to USD5,000 a day,…