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Nelson Mandela TV miniseries to film on location in South Africa
A TV miniseries exploring the life of Nelson Mandela will be filmed in South Africa later this year. Dramatising 60 years of the former President’s life up to his release from prison in 1990, the series will be six hours…
Producers launch Film Delikatesy in Warsaw
A new production company has been set up in Warsaw, Poland, by a pair of producing veterans. Film Delikatesy has been launched by Pawel Kochanowski, formerly of Propeller Film, and Kasia Targonska, formerly of Tandem Taren-To. The company’s main office…
Spielberg recreates period England for War Horse on location in UK
Steven Spielberg recreated early 20th Century England on location in the southern UK for his period epic War Horse. Filming focussed on the hills of Dartmoor and the village of Castle Combe in south-west England, while the trenches of the…
Louisiana location film production passes billion-dollar mark in 2011
Louisiana has reaffirmed its position as one of the central filming production hubs in the US – and indeed the world - by making some USD1.3 billion during 2011. The figures from film office Louisiana Entertainment are not quite official…
Serbian Cinema Law intends to make filming incentive available by June
A new Cinema Law has been introduced in Serbia to benefit both domestic and international filmmakers. Serbia officially launched a 15% cash rebate filming incentive in March 2011, but the programme didn’t become a reality in the end because of…
Editor’s Weekly
England is busily organising its new filming support structure, while traditional global filming hub California has revealed a general production increase for 2011, despite a massive fourth-quarter dip. Elsewhere, Peter Jackson’s hobbit films completed their first stage of location filming…
North Carolina’s EUE/Screen Gem Studios to host Iron Man 3 from May
Marvel Studios will start filming Iron Man 3 in North Carolina in May. Shooting is scheduled from May to September, using EUE/Screen Gem Studios as a base. It took a full year of negotiations to secure the shoot, with Michigan,…
Baja Studios in Mexico seeks the spotlight with new production
A new film shot at Baja Studios in Mexico could help put the facility back on the filmmaking map since it hosted James Cameron’s Titanic, as well as Master and Commander. Little Boy is set in California and is the…
From the Editor: Review of 2011
It’s been a good year for the established production hubs around the world, with regions like Buenos Aires, South Africa, Eastern Europe and New Zealand maintaining their appeal for commercial projects. Australia has seen a production resurgence, while in the…
Filming in Argentina with Assistant Director Ginger Gentile
After graduating from Columbia University in 2002, Ginger decided to travel extensively in Latin America to learn Spanish. She ended up in Argentina and has slowly made Buenos Aires her home. "In part because I found a vibrant film scene…