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Parisfx event to celebrate digital advertising at New York’s Creative Week 2013
A Parisfx event will celebrate digital advertising and post-production arts as part of New York’s upcoming Creative Week. Presented by the Ile de France Film Commission with the French Embassy, Parisfx will showcase the leading French companies working in visual…
Traktor builds lemon grove and Parisian street filming on location in India for HSBC
Traktor built a lemon grove and a Parisian street on location in southern India for a new commercial for banking giant HSBC. The spot shows a small American girl meeting a new supplier in India for her multinational lemonade stand…
Ile de France Location Expo comes to Paris’ Parc de la Villette
This year's Ile de France Location Expo – run by the Ile de France Film Commission – will take place at the Parc de la Villette in Paris on 14th-15th February, and The Location Guide is a proud partner. It…
Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables films period Paris in English city of Bath
Bath in western England has doubled for Paris in Tom Hooper’s new feature adaptation of musical classic Les Miserables. Filming has taken place across southern England and also on the new Richard Attenborough stage at Pinewood Studios. Pat Karam is…
Luc Besson opens Cité du Cinéma studio complex outside Paris
French filmmaker Luc Besson has officially opened his new Cité du Cinéma studio complex on the outskirts of Paris. The EUR170 million facility is built on the site of a former power station in Seine-Saint-Denis, a working-class district of the…
Winchester in UK doubles for period Paris in Les Misérables
The historic city of Winchester in Hampshire, southern England, has doubled for 19th Century Paris in Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Les Misérables. Today is the last day of a two-week shoot that’s focussed on areas around the city’s cathedral. Ian…
Scorsese’s Hugo builds a Parisian train station and films at London’s V&A
Martin Scorsese’s new 3D feature Hugo is set within a Parisian railway terminal in the early 1930s. The station was built at Longcross Studios near London and needed a working train track, while London’s Victoria & Albert Museum stood in…
Jason Statham’s Killer Elite doubles Australia for UK, Oman and Paris
Jason Statham’s latest action thriller, Killer Elite, is set in places like the UK, Oman, Dubai and Paris, but filmed mostly in the Australian state of Victoria. More extensive shooting was considered in places like the UK, but keeping prices…
Old school chic at Paris' Relais Plaza
It’s impossible not to feel a little like Carrie from Sex and the City when sweeping through the Plaza Athenee’s revolving doors. I’m at the legendary Parisian ‘palace’ to venture inside the inner sanctum on the very swanky Avenue Montaigne.…
Cartier doubles Buenos Aires for Paris
Global jewellery brand Cartier has used Buenos Aires to double for Paris in a new spot scheduled for release in early May. The spot tells a story of a stylish gentleman slipping past security at an official dinner before meeting…
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Location Manager and Fixer for locations in NSW and Queensland
Hello! We Are An Austrian Film Company And We Are Looking For Support With Our Location Research And Shooting Organization In Australia For Our Current…
Posted May 29, 2017 - 4 replies*NEW ORLEANS FIXER NEEDED*
Hi, I'm Looking For A Fixer (driver & Pa) For A Documentary Series. Shooting Is In New Orleans (usa) On June 2nd, 3rd And 4th.…
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We Are Prepping For A Car Photoshoot And Are Looking For A Scout/ Manager In Memphis And In Atlanta. Scouting Starting Early Next Week And…
Posted May 19, 2017 - 3 repliesFixer needed in Serbia
Hello Everyone! We Are A Uk Based Production Company Looking To Shoot A Music Video In Serbia In The Middle Of June ! We Will…
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I'm An Independent Film Maker, And I'm Making A Low Budget Web-series Here In Qatar, So I Just Need Someone Who Can Extract For Me…
Posted May 16, 2017 - 2 repliesFood Stylist needed in Spain - Andalucía
Hello To All, We Are Looking For A Food Stylist For A Restaurant Commercial Which Will Be Shot In Marbella, Spain. Please Send Me Your…
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Directory (784)
The Viking Ship Museum
Category: Film Friendly Locations
Country: DenmarkRVK Studios
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Iceland
Covering: IcelandProduction Algarve
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Country: Portugal
Covering: AlgarveAndy Fiord Photo & Film Production
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Russia
Covering: Russia,Saint PetersburgMarin County Film Resource Office
Category: Film Commissions
Country: United States of AmericaMünchhausen Productions
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Estonia
Covering: Estonia, Spain, FinlandOne Great George Street
Category: Film Friendly Locations
Country: United KingdomScreen.brussels Film Commission
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Country: BelgiumTA PRODUCTION
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Country: Thailand
Covering: South East AsiaYukon Media Development
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Country: Canada
Location Experience: Yukon
Incentives (170)
Puerto Rico Film Incentive Program
The incentive is received 31 days after the final audit. The production may request an advance payment of the tax credits by placing a bond for the face value of the 50% of the tax credit reserved, at the time…
No formal incentive program
International joint productions in which Uruguay participates are considered part of the concept of 'export services', being thus bestowed a special treatment which includes VAT exemption. Visiting productions are exempt from paying the 22% VAT.
UK High-End TV Tax Relief
For scripted television projects with a minimum core expenditure of £1 million per broadcast hour, the TV Production Company (TPC) can claim a rebate of up to 25% of qualifying UK expenditure. TV Tax Relief is available for British qualifying…
Panama: Tax Rebate
Foreign productions benefit from a 15% rebate on local spend. The country also makes it easy to shoot with a foreign crew by facilitating the paperwork for foreign employers as well as applying a tax exemption on any material and…
No formal incentive program. 15% VAT return on qualifying Namibian expenditure.
Macedonia cash rebate
Macedonia offers an incentive programme unique to co-produtions, providing 50% recoupment of the box office and other recoupment sales. The annual budget for this programme is EUR6.5 million, with a 70% cap on production budgets and 90% for debut films.
KOFIC Location Incentive
- 30% rebate : Shoot more than 10 days Spend more than 2 billion KRW (2 million USD) - 25% rebate : Shoot more than 7 days Spend 500 million KRW (500,000 USD) / less than 2 billion KRW (2…
Japan: Film Aid Funds available
Many film commissions in Japan offer fee exemptions of public facilities. Some film commissions offer funds and/or fee exemptions, such as: Matsumoto: Film aid fund (max. 5 million yen) Nagoya: Film aid fund (max. 10 million yen) Osaka: Location scouting…
Apulia International Film Fund
The Apulia International Film Fund will reimburse 15% of the production costs incurred in Apulia, thus allowing non-Italian producers to obtain a further 25% tax credit provided for by Italian law. In addition, production companies will enjoy a VAT-free status…
State Cinematography Fund
The fund also supports animations. 20% rebate on qualifying Czech spend and 10% on qualifying international spend. Eligible spend capped at 80% of the total budget. Minimum spend in Czech Republic of approx. $790,000 for feature or TV film, $160,000…