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TV co-production agreement made between the UK and South Africa
To provide television productions with more financial incentives for filming, the United Kingdom and South Africa have signed a co-production agreement to share their funding opportunities. The agreement will allow TV shows from either country to enjoy the incentives of…
Romania to have film incentive programme by the end of 2016
Plans have been unveiled to install an official film incentive programme in Romania before the end of the year, with talks currently being held between the Romanian National Film Centre and Romania’s Ministry of Culture. While the details of the…
Location Manager Martin Zillger on The Man in the High Castle and scouting the Austrian mountains
Location Manager and founder of the zlocationz Production Compmany, Martin Zillger has seen his fair share of high profile projects. Operating mainly out of Germany and Austria, Martin has recently worked on Amazon’s original series The Man in the High…
PIG China shoots high speed BMW M4 commercial in Shanghai
Production Service Company PIG China, in collaboration with Advertising Agency Interone Beijing has filmed their latest commercial for BMW’s M4 coupé on location in Shanghai. The commercial sees the M4 driven around a test track in Shanghai as the driver…
Location Report: Los Angeles
Here at The Location Guide we constantly aim to be the world leaders in providing production professionals worldwide with filming destination options, location and production intelligence and global location contacts. We comb the world of location filming destinations and bring…
On location at the film friendly Le Parc Suite Hotel Los Angeles with Alex Canas
Ahead of the AFCI Locations Show, The Location Guide will be dedicating its news section from April 11th to 15th entirely to articles about filming in the West Coast of America. Following on from yesterday’s interview with FilmL.A. President Paul…
Sundog Pictures sends Richard Branson to the Alps for VOOM commercial
Envy Advertising, in collaboration with Production Company Sundog Pictures has filmed on location in the Swiss Alps for the latest VOOM campaign, ‘Pitch to Rich’ competition. As the title suggests, the campaign offers entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their business…
Kasbah Films doubles Morocco for Saudi Arabia in filming A Hologram for the King
Tom Hanks’ latest film, A Hologram for the King was shot on location in Morocco to recreate Saudi Arabia. Based on David Eggers’ novel of the same name, the film depicts unsuccessful businessman Alan Clay who travels to Saudi Arabia…
The 3rd annual LMGI Awards show announces its nominees
The Location Managers Guild International Awards show has announced its full list of nominees. This year's award ceremony will be the first since LMGI’s rebranding in 2015 and will feature a vast array of productions across all the screen industries.…
The Cape Film Commission to close its doors after dwindling support
The Cape Film Commission (CFC) of Cape Town, South Africa is to be shut down after a lack of financial support from the Western Cape provincial government. The commission will close at the end of February 2016 and will no…