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Slamdance to be held in Cape Town for the first time
Slamdance International Film Festival will be held Cape Town for the first time on 28th February 2009. There will be screenings of 40 previously unseen documentaries, features, animations and shorts. The festival is currently looking for 10 short documentaries, a…
Filming in London to be made easier
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has announced plans to make film a key part of the city's cultural experience in the report Cultural Metropolis. Plans include a London Film Day, an additional USD150,000 for the London Borough Film Fund…
Runnymede University Campus opens for filming
The UK's Runnymede Campus in Egham, Surrey is now available for hire to every sector of the film industry. The vacant, sprawling site covers 67 acres and is packed full of interesting buildings, backdrops and basements. The main building, the…
New drinks commercial shot in Johannesburg
A new drinks commercial shot recently and scheduled for international release, features street, simulated beach and pool scenes shot in Johannesburg. Picture Tree, a Johannesburg-based commercials production and production service company that produces and directs local and international TV and…
Two of the top South African rental companies become one
Two of South Africa’s most successful equipment rental companies have joined forces to offer their combined equipment inventories and extensive technical expertise to international features, commercials, dramas, documentaries and live shows. One8Six and Panacam, both with a long pedigree of…
Economic climate hits Los Angeles on-location production
FilmL.A., the nonprofit organization that coordinates permits for filmed entertainment shot on-location in the City of Los Angeles, has announced that on-location feature film and commercial production experienced steep declines in the third quarter of 2008 while television gains buoyed…
Partizan to expand
Partizan, one of the largest and most award-laden production companies in the world, continues to expand its operations with a new office in Berlin. The office will be run by Moritz Merkel. Merkel said: "There already is so much talent…
Samsung spot shot in São Paulo
Downtown São Paulo city was chosen by Mexican production company Cine Concepto to shoot the new Latin American Samsung spot, Baton. The ad was created by Leo Burnett Mexico and was serviced by Brazil's BossaNovaFilms. Brazil, and São Paulo in…
On location in Prague
The Czech Republic's Prague has attracted media attention recently as the location for some high profile films, featuring A list celebrities. However, Prague's rise to prominence as a location is being hampered by global economic events and a lack of…
Europe discusses the future of cinema
The Council of Europe's Film Policy Forum, Shaping Policies for the Cinema of Tomorrow, starts tomorrow in Krakow. Experts from all areas of the industry, including from a government level, will debate how underlying cinematic principles can still be effective…