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Academy Award winning Airscreens Inflatables are headed to FOCUS 2016
The world-renowned and Academy Award winning Airscreens Inflatables, distributor of inflatable green screens will be exhibiting at FOCUS 2016, December 6th and 7th at the Business Design Centre in London. With the 2015 Scientific and Technical Achievement Award to its…
Sri Lanka establishes International Film Producers’ Association
The International Film Producers’ Association (IFPA) of Sri Lanka has been established after a call to action to standardise the level of service offered by the local production industry. The association will be run by Priyanga Kumarasiri (President), Gopi Dharmarathan…
FOCUS returns to the Business Design Centre this December 6th & 7th
Europe’s only end of year event for the location and production industry, FOCUS, will be returning to London’s Business Design Centre for the 6th and 7th of December. Now in its second year, FOCUS 2016 boasts more content than ever…
Cambodia's film industry and locations in a nutshell
Establishing a film industry in Cambodia was a special concern for King Sihanouk. He helped to make roughly 50 feature and documentary films during his reign. Cambodia was a sleeping beauty waiting to be awakened, but today the film industry's glorious days…
BBC’s true crime drama Rillington Place doubled Glasgow for London
The BBC’s dramatisation of a series of murders that took place in the 1940’s and 1950’s, Rillington Place was filmed on location in and around Glasgow, doubling the Scottish city for London. The three-part series stars Tim Roth (The Hateful…
Filming in the Bahamas has become easier and better
Since its cinematic debut in Desperate Journey (1942), the Bahamas have been a home to numerous block buster hits, top rated television series, commercials and music videos, while remaining one of the premiere tourist destinations in the region. With warm…
Dentsu and Bang TV stage high-speed car chase in Croatia for Lexus commercial
In their latest spot for Lexus’ new IS model car, Advertising Agency Dentsu and Production Company Bang TV filmed a high-octane chase in Rijeka on the Northern coast of Croatia. Production Services were provided by Bas Production as they handled…
Film Offices UK to debut first public exhibit at FOCUS 2016
Film Offices UK (FO:UK) will make their first public appearance as a collective at this year’s FOCUS event. FO:UK is comprised of the country’s leading film offices, allowing them to share their resources and experience to provide Producers with an…
BBC comedy Quacks shoots Victorian humour on location in Kent
Filming has commenced on the new BBC Two comedy Quacks, with the production currently on location at the Historic Dockyard Chatham in Kent. The series will poke fun at the early days of medical science in 1840s Britain, when surgical…
The Location Managers Guild International returns to FOCUS
The Location Managers Guild International (formerly the Guild of America) will be returning as an exhibitor at this year’s FOCUS event. Mick Ratman will be leading the exhibition with a number of guild members including Angus Ledgerwood (Kong: Skull Island),…