Global Search: Northern Ireland
Latest News (479)
Ireland to boost location filming incentive to entice international producers
Ireland will boost its location filming incentive to further entice producers as international competition increases. From 2015 the Irish programme - known as Section 481 – will offer a 32% payment on qualifying payment, a 4% increase on the current…
Cardiff Film Unit set up as demand rises for location filming in Welsh capital
Cardiff council has set up a dedicated film unit to handle the rise in demand for location filming in the Welsh capital. The new unit will manage location filming in council-owned buildings and on city roads, and will also promote…
Galway Film Centre invites producers to scout regional filming locations
A group of producers has visited Galway in western Ireland to scout regional filming locations at the invitation of the Galway Film Centre. The ten producers spent two days visiting the city and nearby locations like the picturesque Inagh Valley…
Cutting Edge Pictures films on location in Indian Himalayas for Tata Motors
Cutting Edge Pictures filmed on location in and around the Himalayan town of Manali in northern India for a spot for Indian vehicle brand Tata Motors. The commercial shows off the Tata Safari Storme's ability to navigate adventurous and remote…
BBC’s Ripper Street could return for season two location filming in Dublin
Hit period drama series Ripper Street has been green-lit for a second series for the BBC and could return to Ireland for location filming. In the first series Dublin doubled for Victorian London’s East End in 1889, shortly after Jack…
New report: UK studios may need to expand to see off global competition
A new report has indicated that the UK’s major studios may need to expand if they’re to stay globally competitive. The study for Pinewood Studios and Creative England suggests Britain will need to continue developing state-of-the-art facilities as international production…
Train Robbery TV drama to give West Yorkshire a location filming boost
A two-part TV project dramatising The Great Train Robbery of 1963 will help boost location filming in West Yorkshire, northern England, in the coming months. The BBC production will be screened in August 2013 and will mark the famous robbery’s…
Maxfilms shoots for Bank of Ireland on location in Donegal lighthouse
Dublin-based Maxfilms has shot a new spot for Bank of Ireland on location in a remote lighthouse in County Donegal. The commercial shows an operator changing the lighthouse bulb on a stormy night as a visual metaphor for the bank’s…
Derek Jacobi likely to return to northern England for Last Tango in Halifax
Renowned actor Derek Jacobi is likely to return to filming locations in West Yorkshire in northern England for a second series of TV drama Last Tango in Halifax. The show tells the story of childhood sweethearts reunited after 60 years…
Griffith Park most popular Los Angeles filming location in 2012
Griffith Park in northern Los Angeles was the most popular filming location in the city in 2012, figures from FilmLA reveal. The park spans more than 4,200 acres and the region known as the Bird Sanctuary generated more than 400…