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MTS Russia doubles Portugal for African Savannah and North Pole
Telecommunications company MTS Russia has filmed a new commercial in Portugal. The spot doubles locations in and around Lisbon for places as diverse as Belgium, Venice, the African Savannah and even the North Pole. Belgium and Venice were both doubled…
Screen Australia makes co-production guidelines more flexible
Screen Australia has revised its co-production guidelines to make it easier for projects to access financing and incentives. The changes involve including Australian personnel in the points scheme from production jobs that were not awarded anything previously. Fiona Cameron, Head…
Mathieu Kassovitz filming hostage drama on location in French Polynesia
Mathieu Kassovitz is currently filming a new feature on location in French Polynesia. L’Ordre et la Morale (Rebellion) is based on the true story of a tense hostage stand-off that took place in New Caledonia in 1988 between French troops…
Nissan shoots new ad in Vancouver with polar bear
Car manufacturer Nissan has filmed a new spot on location in Vancouver with a real polar bear called Aggy. The commercial shows a bear lamenting melting ice in its natural habitat. The animal treks all the way to a suburban…
New Zealand Government keen to keep Hobbit films in NZ
The New Zealand Government has offered to help mediate meetings between producers of the planned Hobbit films and unhappy acting unions. Peter Jackson warned last week that failure to reach a deal could result in production shifting to Eastern Europe.…
Made in Dagenham doubles Welsh factory for London Ford plant
New feature Made in Dagenham has used an old Hoover factory in Wales to double for the Ford motor plant that used to exist in Dagenham, east London. The film tells the true story of female workers who went on…
Mission: Impossible 4 prepares for location shoots in Prague and Dubai
The new Mission: Impossible sequel is preparing for location shooting in Prague and Dubai. The production will receive a cash rebate of around USD3.2 million for filming in the Czech capital and is being serviced by Stillking Films. Ludmila Claussova,…
Mercedes films new ad on location in New Zealand and Switzerland
Car manufacturer Mercedes has filmed a new commercial on location in New Zealand and Switzerland with Roger Federer. Reach the Top shows the tennis superstar driving the Mercedes ML across roads, remote plains and mountain ranges. The theme was Master…
Beirut as a filming destination is on the up
Beirut and Lebanon in general has not been greatly affected by the rough recessionary winds that have hit so much of the Middle East’s media business. While Dubai is still struggling to raise sail out of the doldrums, Lebanon powers…
Location Manager talks Woody Allen and Scorsese
Are there two directors stylistically more different than Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese? Antonin Depardieu knows exactly how their shooting styles differ, as he has worked with them both in 2010, the year that seems to be kickstarting Paris’ return…