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On location in Los Angeles with FilmL.A., Inc. President Paul Audley
Ahead of the AFCI Locations Show, The Location Guide will be dedicating its news section from April 11th to 15th entirely to articles about filming in the West Coast of America. Kicking the week off is an exclusive interview with…
AFCI welcomes its new Chairman and Board of Directors
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) have elected their new Chairman, Kevin Jennings alongside implementing four new officers to the Board of Directors. Prior to this election, Jennings has held the position of Executive Manager of Film Otago Southland,…
Warner Bros works on new deal to make films on location in China
Warner Bros is involved in negotiations to make films on location in China for local audiences. The US studio is talking to China Media Capital, a state fund backed by the government, and the move would help Warner Bros get…
AFCI Cineposium to focus on film tourism
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) Cineposium is set to focus singularly on film tourism when it takes place in Barcelona on 24-26 September. Up to 20% of tourists travel to visit the filming locations for their favourite movies…
Los Angeles-Beijing Studios launches to boost international co-productions
Los Angeles-Beijing Studios (LABS) has been formed as a way of increasing US production interests in China. Launched by former marketing executive Al Ovadia, the company will be based in Los Angeles with offices in Shanghai, Taipei and Beijing. “Merchandising,…
Matt Damon and Andy Lau to film in China for historical epic The Great Wall
Matt Damon and Andy Lau will lead the cast of new historical epic The Great Wall, which is being billed as the largest-ever movie to film in China for international distribution. Set in the 15th century, the feature will follow…
Romania launches new website to promote filming locations and industry
Romania has launched a new website to promote its filming locations and production infrastructure. The country has hosted a variety of big shoots over the past decade and a half, including American Civil War dramas Cold Mountain and Hatfields &…
China’s Wanda Studios Qingdao makes debut at AFCI Locations Show
The major new Chinese filming facility Wanda Studios Qingdao has made its debut at the AFCI Locations Show. Scheduled to open in mid-2017 in the Shandong Province of eastern China, the studios will be a subsidiary of Dalian Wanda Group…
The Location Guide prepares for 40th AFCI Locations Show in Los Angeles
The Location Guide will be at the 40th AFCI Locations Show in Los Angeles next week, as a sponsor of the members’ meeting breakfast and as a media partner of the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) Awards. Running from…
AFCI announces board of directors for 2015
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) has announced its board of directors for 2015. The organisation is a non-profit educational association that represents over 300 film commissioners on six different continents. Serving two-year terms as new board members from…