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Mark Wahlberg calls for better location filming incentives in Canada
Actor and producer Mark Wahlberg has called for better location filming incentives in Canada, where he has made several films over the years. Visiting Toronto this week he spoke of his wish to see more US productions filming in the…
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…
Report spotlights healthy return for New York’s location filming incentive
New York’s location filming incentive brought USD6.9 billion to the state and generated USD2.23 in tax for every dollar issued in 2011, a new report shows. Some 12,600 production jobs were created as a result of the credit. The study…
Manchester’s Sharp Project production complex to expand filming facilities
Manchester’s Sharp Project, a digital and production complex in north-west England, will expand to better cater for national and international projects. Two new stages of more than 35,000 square feet will be built, as well as space for production offices…
Pennsylvania calls for boost to state location filming incentive
Pennsylvania is calling for an increase to the film fund for its location filming incentive. At the moment the state programme has USD60 million allocated annually for a 25% tax credit, but officials say this needs to rise to at…
Saskatchewan short film emphasises importance of filming incentive
A Saskatchewan filmmaker has made a short film to highlight the need for a location filming incentive in the Canadian province. The regional programme was abruptly cancelled earlier this year to massive uproar that reached as far as Hollywood. Rob…
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…
Estonia as a filming location: Growth of an audiovisual industry in north-eastern Europe
Estonia’s historic capital Tallinn lies across the Gulf of Finland from Helsinki in north-eastern Europe. TLG investigates the city to see what the country’s production industry has to offer as an international filming location. I travel as a guest of…
Peter Jackson urges New Zealand to be flexible with location filming incentives
Filmmaker Peter Jackson has urged the New Zealand Government to be flexible with location filming incentives in the coming years. He stressed that the hobbit trilogy came very close to being filmed in the UK partly because of a high-profile…
BBC films on location on UK heritage railway for TV period gangster saga
The BBC has filmed on location on a heritage railway in the West Yorkshire region of northern England for a new World War I-era TV gangster saga. Peaky Blinders begins in 1919 and scenes have been shot on the Keighley…