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Arctic Air TV series films on location in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Arctic Air, a fictional Canadian TV drama focussing on the lives of bush pilots, filmed partly on location in Canada’s Northwest Territories for its new series. The show films mainly in and around Vancouver in British Columbia but also travelled…
HASP Training prepares Passion Pictures for remote filming in Ecuador
HASP Training specialises in hostile environment advice and recently gave Passion Pictures medical training to prepare for documentary filming in remote parts of Ecuador. Based in Bournemouth in the UK, the HASP team is drawn from the UK Armed Forces.…
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…
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…
Filming on location in Peru and Colombia with Andrea Zarate
Andrea is an experienced journalist and moved to Peru in 2007 as a stringer for the New York Times. Her work quickly expanded to location filming fixer and line producer for TV and documentary filmmakers. Andrea is tri-lingual and works…
The Mill’s Three Little Pigs wins Grand Prix at Ciclope Festival
The Mill’s Three Little Pigs commercial campaign for British newspaper The Guardian won the Grand Prix competition at the Ciclope International Advertising Craft Festival last week. Ciclope specifically recognises the craft of commercial production and this year TLG was an…
Mexico lowers spending threshold for commercial filming incentive
Mexico has lowered its spending threshold for its commercial filming incentive. Up until a few weeks ago commercial producers had to spend 70 million pesos (USD5.3 million) to qualify for the rebate, but this has now been reduced to 40…
Accountancy giant PwC urges Northern Ireland to seek better filming incentives
Accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has urged Northern Ireland to chase better regional filming incentives. The firm argues that Northern Ireland should push for targeted tax incentives to help compete with the Irish Film Board’s popular Section 481 programme. Martin Fleetwood…
Skyfall brings James Bond home with London filming focus
James Bond has returned to London in Skyfall, the epic spy franchise’s 23rd official feature outing. The production spent several months filming above and below the streets of the English capital, including Whitehall and Westminster. Bond’s global brand profile was…
BBC miniseries The White Queen starts filming on location in Bruges
The BBC’s epic historical miniseries The White Queen has begun filming in the Belgian city of Bruges. Based on a series of novels by Philippa Gregory, the production is set in 15th Century England during the Wars of the Roses.…