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Luscious International launches new division
Australian production house, Luscious International, is launching Viscious, a new division described as a director collaborative. Viscious will work on branded content and emerging media as well as jobs that have restricted budgets. The key names on its roster are…
Kofi Annan to speak at Cannes Lions
Kofi Annan and David Jones will join forces with Hervé de Clerck at this year's Cannes Lions to discuss the human face of climate change and the role that only the creative community can play in changing Climate Change to…
Israel confirms increase in film funding
The Israeli Treasury will increase its film budget by nearly 16% to USD16 million this year. The money will be distributed to Israeli film funds, foundations and institutions by the Israeli Film Council. This is a surprising turnaround by the…
SAG reject last, best and final offer
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) board of directors have rejected the "last, best and final offer" by Hollywood producers for a new contract. The contract was rejected by 73% of SAG's board members. SAG called the Alliance of Motion Picture…
California passes tax incentive
The state of California has passed an incentives bill. The new legislation provides a tax credit of 20% (25% for independent features under USD10 million), with an appropriation of USD100 million per year for five years starting on July the…
Landia opens office in Spain
Argentinean production company Landia has opened an office in Madrid. The office will be headed up by Managing Director Ivo Van Vollenhoven and Senior Producer Assaf Eldar. Van Vollenhoven said: "We are hoping to find a good position in the…
The future is Bright for Pavla Burgetova
Pavla Burgetova, former Executive Producer and General Manager at Stillking Films, has joined US-based production service company Bright Pictures. Bright Pictures was founded in 1993 by Rudy Callegari and has main offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. The…
Screen Production Incentive Fund Grant available in New Zealand
Information for New Zealand's Screen Production Incentive Fund Grant has been added to our Benefits & Incentives site today. It is available to eligible New Zealand feature film, television and other format screen productions that have significant New Zealand content.…
MPA opens India office
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has opened a local office in Mumbai and is set to bring Bollywood and Hollywood together to promote and protect intellectual property rights following its studios’ focused entry and recent investment in the Indian film…
UK delegation heads to Mumbai
To capitalise on the success of Slumdog Millionaire, a number of UK film companies will be attending India's FICCI Frames Entertainment Conference which starts today in Mumbai. The delegation of companies is being led by the UK Film Council and…