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Galway Film Centre invites producers to scout regional filming locations
A group of producers has visited Galway in western Ireland to scout regional filming locations at the invitation of the Galway Film Centre. The ten producers spent two days visiting the city and nearby locations like the picturesque Inagh Valley…
BBC’s Ripper Street could return for season two location filming in Dublin
Hit period drama series Ripper Street has been green-lit for a second series for the BBC and could return to Ireland for location filming. In the first series Dublin doubled for Victorian London’s East End in 1889, shortly after Jack…
Maxfilms shoots for Bank of Ireland on location in Donegal lighthouse
Dublin-based Maxfilms has shot a new spot for Bank of Ireland on location in a remote lighthouse in County Donegal. The commercial shows an operator changing the lighthouse bulb on a stormy night as a visual metaphor for the bank’s…
Film in Estonia with Allfilm
Allfilm is an Estonian production company with the capability to take a leading role not only in feature and documentary films, but also in commercials and the provision of location services and production equipment. The company has provided professional production…
UK Chancellor confirms TV location filming tax credit for April 2013
The UK will launch a TV location filming tax credit in April 2013. Chancellor George Osborne confirmed the programme to boost the TV industry and encourage high-end shows like Downton Abbey to continue filming in Britain. Osborne also announced a…
Ireland’s Section 481 location filming tax incentive extended to 2020
Ireland’s location filming incentive programme has been extended through to 2020. The Section 481 Film Tax Relief Scheme will become a tax credit model from 2016, a change which might bring other enhancements too. Jimmy Deenihan TD is Minister for…
New Zealand to focus on globally-competitive TV filming incentives
New Zealand will focus on keeping its TV filming incentives globally competitive, rather than sweetening its feature tax credit. Prime Minister John Key said the country’s minimum spend for TV productions to get incentive support needs to be lowered. At…
Two new Bollywood movies to film on location in London in 2013
Two new Bollywood movies will film on location in London in 2013. Housefull 3, starring Akshay Kumar, and Kick, starring Salman Khan, have a combined budget of GBP35 million and will stay in the capital for post-production. The announcement came…
Bollywood movie films on location in Oman with star Harman Baweja
A new Bollywood movie has filmed on location in Oman with star Harman Baweja. Dhishkiyaon spent ten days shooting near Muscat in the north of the sultanate, which lies on the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Renny Johnson runs…
Bollywood moviemaking visits to UK drive Mumbai film tourism
Film tourism from the UK to Mumbai is growing, due partly to an increase in the number of Bollywood productions filming in Britain. Virgin Atlantic launched a new daily flight from London to Mumbai in late October 2012 and credits…