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British Antarctic Survey staffer films Antarctica’s first fiction feature
A horror film has become the first fictional feature to be filmed on location in Antarctica. Kirk Watson is a documentary filmmaker and climbing instructor from Scotland who made South of Sanity while working in Antarctica for the British Antarctic…
Malta Film Commission awarded EU funds to help boost film crew base
The Malta Film Commission has been awarded EUR500,000 to help it develop its film crew base. Money will be funnelled into training below-the-line production employees like location scouts, special effects and lighting experts, and wardrobe managers. Malta is already a…
Keanu Reeves’ samurai drama 47 Ronin doubles Scottish Isle of Skye for Japan
Keanu Reeves’ upcoming historic samurai feature 47 Ronin has filmed on location on the Isle of Skye in western Scotland. The region doubled for Japan and shooting focussed on aerial shots of samurai on horseback. Ali Jones is the project’s…
Filming on location at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina
The Biltmore Estate is in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, in the eastern US and was built by George Washington Vanderbilt. It’s America’s largest privately-owned home and has welcomed an impressive number of film, TV and commercial shoots over…
Slovenia hosts inaugural Bollywood location filming project
Slovenia in central Europe is being used as a Bollywood filming location for the first time. Filmmaker VV Vinayak has brought his Telugu-language feature film Nayak to three of the country’s most eye-catching locales. The Postojna Caves in western Slovenia,…
TLG prepares for Iceland scout with Dark Knight Rises and Bourne Location Managers
The Location Guide will be in Iceland next week on a scout with experienced Location Managers Dow Griffith and Ilt Jones. TLG will be investigating what the country has to offer and how it can inspire filming industries across the…
The Walking Dead films on location in small-town Georgia
Hit zombie TV drama The Walking Dead is filming on location this week in the city of Grantville in southern Georgia. Despite officially being a city, Grantville is home to only around 2,500 people. The show is filming both interiors…
Gangster Squad films reshoots on location in LA’s Chinatown
Upcoming period crime feature Gangster Squad has filmed reshoots in the Chinatown region of Los Angeles. The community is considered film-friendly as the small streets and alleyways are easy to control, while period production design is straightforward. Lori Balton worked…
Alexander Payne chooses Nebraska filming locations for new feature
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alexander Payne will be filming on location in Nebraska for his new feature, which at the moment is named after the state. Nebraska is in the central US and Omaha-born Payne could help raise the state’s filmmaking profile.…
Filming on location in Poland with Location Manager Karolina Zielonka
Karolina moved to Warsaw after studying film production in Łódź and started her industry career about seven years ago. She has been a Location Manager from the start of her career but also has experience as a Production Manager in…