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Jury announced for Berlin fashion Film Festival as closing date approaches
The entry window for film submissions to this year’s Berlin fashion Film Festival (BfFF) closes on 20 March next week. The festival celebrates branded video content focussing on fashion, lifestyle and luxury, and the festival has announced its jury for…
Eeksaurus Productions films phone charger cable riff in Sri Lanka for Samsung
Eeksaurus Productions filmed on location in Sri Lanka for a new ad promoting the longer battery life of the Samsung Z1 mobile phone. The spot shows commuters having to use kilometre-long charger cables to cope with their phones’ inferior batteries.…
Radical Media films swarming mechanics in California for new Audi spot
Radical Media filmed in and around Los Angeles for a new Audi spot built around swarming mechanics in scenes that recall the zombies of World War Z. The ad shows an Audi being chased by rogue mechanics as the motorist…
Washington Square Films shoots Prague house as US home for Lysol
Washington Square Films turned a home in Prague in the Czech Republic into a US household in a new spot for disinfectant brand Lysol. The shoot was serviced by Milk and Honey Films, and Prague was chosen mainly for its…
Quentin Tarantino boosts Colorado with location filming for The Hateful Eight
Filming for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight has proven a big boost for Telluride, Colorado. The filmmaker’s second Western after Django Unchained has been filming for several weeks and may stay longer than planned as there hasn’t been enough snow…
Studio Babelsberg in Germany celebrates Oscar wins for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Studio Babelsberg near Berlin has celebrated the success of Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, which has added four Oscars to its awards tally. The movie filmed on the border between Germany and Poland, with Studio Babelsberg as a production…
Sonny London films Heineken ad off Istanbul coast for Champions League tie-in
Sonny London spent a week filming on a cargo ship off the coast of Istanbul for a new campaign marking Heineken’s sponsorship of the UEFA Champion’s League. The spot shows a group of sailors improvising a cinematic screening of the…
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…
North Carolina calls for big funding increase to downgraded filming incentive
Authorities in North Carolina have called for more money for the state’s downgraded filming incentive. North Carolina hosted Iron Man 3 in 2012 but will struggle to attract similar shoots since the filming incentive was reduced to a USD 10…
World War One TV drama Gallipoli films Melbourne as Ottoman Turkey
New Australian TV miniseries Gallipoli filmed in Victoria, south-eastern Australia. The drama tells the story of the Allies' failed World War One campaign of 1914 in Ottoman Turkey that cost 100,000 lives, including those of 8,700 Australian soldiers. Victoria locations…