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Thailand unveils brand new cash rebate incentive
As part of a press conference held at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, several Thai officials unveiled a brand new incentive programme to attract foreign productions and boost the country’s film industry. At its core, the programme will offer a…
Western Australia to establish its own film fund
Under the administration of ScreenWest, Western Australia will be getting its own regional film fund in the form of AUD15 million (USD12 million). The Western Australian Regional Film Fund will be available from July 1st 2016 and will only be…
TLG talks to Fixer and Location Producer Eleni Fanariotou about the Greek film industry and the economic crisis
Having worked in numerous production related roles over the last 10 years, Eleni Fanariotou’s knowledge of the Greek film industry is vast. We spoke with Eleni to better understand what the country has to offer for location professionals and how…
The 3rd annual LMGI Awards show announces its nominees
The Location Managers Guild International Awards show has announced its full list of nominees. This year's award ceremony will be the first since LMGI’s rebranding in 2015 and will feature a vast array of productions across all the screen industries.…
The Ink Factory goes global for filming BBC’s The Night Manager
In conjunction with production company The Ink Factory and AMC, the BBC’s upcoming drama The Night Manager was filmed in multiple locations around the globe, including Zermatt, London, Majorca and Morocco. The show is a contemporary adaptation of John Le…
An inside look at filming in Uzbekistan with Alyona Pimanova
When looking for possible filming locations, it is difficult to imagine that the nation of Uzbekistan would be at the top of anyone’s list and yet it has proved itself to be a viable option in some cases. Alyona Pimanova…
BBC gangster drama Peaky Blinders to film Liverpool again for third season
The BBC’s hit period gangster drama Peaky Blinders will once again double parts of Liverpool for 1920s Birmingham. Cillian Murphy stars as the head of a criminal gang in the Midlands city trying to expand his business empire in the…
British wartime drama Home Fires to film new series in northern England
Wartime TV drama Home Fires will film a second series on location in Cheshire, northern England. Set during the Second World War, the drama follows a group of women keeping up morale and their community spirit in an English village.…
Ron Howard and Tom Hanks filming Dan Brown novel Inferno in Italy
Ron Howard and Tom Hanks are filming the movie adaptation of Dan Brown’s Inferno on location in Italy, and in Budapest. Hanks resumes the role of Harvard professor Robert Langdon that he previously played in The Da Vinci Code and…
BBC films Jimmy McGovern penal colony TV drama Banished near Sydney
RSJ Films and See-Saw Films shot partly on location near Sydney for the BBC’s new period drama series Banished, devised and written by Jimmy McGovern. The story is inspired by the establishment of the British First Fleet’s penal colony in…