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Swedish film Underdog wins Scandinavian Locations Award in Goteborg
Swedish movie Svenskjävel (Underdog), filmed in Oslo, has won the inaugural Scandinavian Locations Award at the Goteborg Film Festival in Sweden. The event has been running since 1979 and is the largest film festival in Scandinavia. “The winner of the…
Norwegian conspiracy drama Mammon films scenes on location in Istanbul
Successful Norwegian TV drama Mammon has filmed scenes on location in Istanbul for its second series. The show follows a journalist whose life collapses around him when he uncovers evidence of corporate fraud. “We filmed in the historical peninsula in…
Leonardo DiCaprio survival drama The Revenant films remote Alberta locations
Leonardo DiCaprio is shooting period survival drama The Revenant in remote parts of Alberta, Canada, with filmmaker Alejandro G Iñárritu. Alberta is a popular double for remote locations and stood in for Canada’s Yukon in the recent historical miniseries Klondike.…
Auckland plans film fees rise as TV fantasy Shannara starts local shoot
Auckland in northern New Zealand is planning to raise its filming fees to help the city recoup more of the cost of administering shoots. The city has hosted features including the World War Two drama Emperor, and the TV fantasy…
Spy film Damascus Cover to double Casablanca for Syria
Espionage drama Damascus Cover is set to film on location in Morocco, doubling Casablanca for the Syrian capital. The movie is set at the end of the Cold War in 1989 and follows Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ spy fighting for his…
Ben-Hur remake starts filming on location at Cinecitta Studios in Rome
A remake of the historical epic Ben-Hur has started filming on location at Cinecitta Studios in Rome. Charlton Heston starred in the iconic 1959 version of the story, which also shot at Cinecitta Studios. Timur Bekmambetov is directing the new…
Ireland’s boosted filming incentives explored by IFTA and BAFTA
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) and BAFTA have co-hosted a panel discussion in London on how UK producers can get the most out of Ireland’s boosted filming incentives. Major productions filmed in the Dublin area have included Ripper…
VIP travel firm eyes stars by opening Atlanta office as Georgia filming appeal grows
A VIP travel company is eyeing Hollywood stars by opening a new office in Atlanta. Georgia’s status has grown as a filming hub for big-budget productions partly through a generous filming incentive that’s secured the Hunger Games franchise and the…
Lawmakers push for filming incentives in Washington DC
Lawmakers in Washington, DC, are pushing to introduce local filming incentives. The city is a popular setting for TV productions like House of Cards, Veep and Scandal, but high-profile shows typically only spend a couple of days in the actual…
Patrick Stewart films new comedy series Blunt Talk in Los Angeles
Veteran actor Patrick Stewart has started filming new comedy series Blunt Talk on location in Los Angeles. Executive produced by Family Guy guru Seth MacFarlane, the story will follow Stewart’s British broadcaster Walter Blunt as he transfers to a new…