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Entry deadline set for Ciclope International Festival of Craft 2013 in Berlin
The deadline for entries to this year’s Ciclope International Festival of Craft in Berlin has been set for 27 September. Ciclope specifically recognises the craft of storytelling in international commercial production and this will be its fourth edition. The Location…
Guinness films new Surge commercial on location in Tahiti and Hawaii
Guinness filmed on location in Tahiti and Hawaii for its new spot Surge. The 20-second commercial captures the underwater drama of an ocean swell and draws a parallel with a surge of Guinness, in the process recalling the brand’s classic…
Louisiana doubling for Kansas and Massachusetts in new filming projects
Louisiana is doubling for Kansas and Massachusetts in two separate productions. Charlize Theron is among the stars heading to Shreveport for new Kansas-set thriller Dark Places, while TV series Salem, based on the 17th Century witch hunts in Massachusetts, is…
Guy Ritchie to film The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on location in UK and Italy
Director Guy Ritchie is set to film his new spy feature The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on location in the UK and Italy. The movie is an adaptation of the 60s TV series that featured U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Illya…
Filming ultra-light on location in Chile and Peru and Bolivia
Film productions are increasingly travelling with ultra-light equipment in the South American countries of Chile, Peru and Bolivia. Chile has established itself as a popular filming destination, complete with specialist equipment including Technocranes, Russian arms, helicopter mounts and even a…
Bang TV stages European road trip filming on location in Chile for Bridgestone
London-based Bang TV has staged a European-set road trip filming on location in and around Santiago in Chile for Bridgestone tyres. Everywhere features a bored young office worker abandoning his cubicle for a wild road trip by bus, motorbike and…
Disney wins latest approval for major California film studio expansion
Disney’s plan for major film studio expansion in southern California has won the crucial approval of Los Angeles County Supervisors. The Golden Oak Movie Ranch in Santa Clarita will have more than 500,000 square feet of new facilities, including sound…
Filming in Chile with Raimundo Alemparte of Film Commission Chile
Raimundo has a background in freelance journalism and has extensive experience of travelling the length and breadth of Chile. He became part of Film Commission Chile in 2010 at the invitation of the country’s National Council of Culture and Arts.…
Sci-fi feature Elysium films Mexico City doubling for dystopian Los Angeles
Sci-fi feature Elysium filmed partly on location in Mexico City, doubling the region for a dystopian Los Angeles. The film is set 150 years in the future on an Earth divided between a poverty-afflicted surface population and an orbiting luxury…
Breaking Bad creator reveals New Mexico filming incentives prompted location shift
Television crime drama Breaking Bad was originally set in California but New Mexico’s filming incentives prompted a script change, series creator Vince Gilligan has revealed. The show is coming to an end but inspired an increase in the state’s TV…