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Ausfilm calls for better filming incentive as South Australia boosts local offering
South Australia has become the first state in the country to offer payroll tax exemption for visiting productions. At the same time, national film body Ausfilm has renewed calls for Australia’s location offset incentive to be increased. Enabling production companies…
Filming on location in the Bahamas with Film Commissioner Craig Woods
Craig Woods is Film Commissioner at the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. The Bahamas is part of the British Commonwealth and encompasses 700 Caribbean islands, of which 30 are inhabited. Craig is in charge of promoting and arranging film shoots in…
British Film Institute to boost Film Fund while reaffirming UK-wide commitment
Over the next five years the British Film Institute (BFI) has pledged to boost its Film Fund by nearly GBP10 million a year and reaffirm its commitment to the whole of the UK. The investment plan is entitled Film Forever…
New Zealand Prime Minister promotes NZ film industry in US ahead of Hobbit release
New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key will be promoting his country’s film industry when he travels to the US this week. Part of the Prime Minister’s trip will include meeting with Hollywood studio executives, with the release of Peter Jackson’s…
Lauded sci-fi Looper makes big gains from China co-production status
Sci-fi feature Looper has benefitted from its status as a US-China co-production by becoming the first Hollywood film to open bigger in China than in America. Filmmaker Rian Johnson switched part of the story from a French to a Chinese…
Marvel announces return to Ohio filming locations for Captain America sequel
Captain America: The Winter Soldier will film partly on location in Ohio. Marvel previously recreated the streets of New York City in Cleveland for The Avengers. Ohio’s state filming incentive now has a richer film fund, making it more attractive…
Pinewood Shepperton makes deal with Isle of Man and also adds studio space
Pinewood Shepperton has confirmed a development deal with the Isle of Man that involves the studios managing the Isle of Man Media Development Fund, worth GBP25 million. In a separate development additional studio space has been approved for the Pinewood…
Filming on location at Price Canyon Ranch in the state of Arizona
Price Canyon Ranch is in Arizona near the New Mexico border and has been available as a filming location for a little over five years. The ranch lies amongst five separate canyons and is surrounded by half a million acres…
Modern Family comedy show leads Los Angeles location filming
Multi-award-winning show Modern Family is leading a surge in the number of TV comedies filming on location in Los Angeles. Last season the show filmed on location for three of every five shoot days, whereas most network productions hover at…
Homeland doubles Israel for Iran and Lebanon in second-season filming
Hit TV show Homeland has doubled Israel for Iran and Lebanon while filming for its second season. The domestic terrorism series is based in North Carolina in the US, but a unit travelled to Israel to film scenes involving Claire…