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Accountancy giant PwC urges Northern Ireland to seek better filming incentives
Accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has urged Northern Ireland to chase better regional filming incentives. The firm argues that Northern Ireland should push for targeted tax incentives to help compete with the Irish Film Board’s popular Section 481 programme. Martin Fleetwood…
Skyfall brings James Bond home with London filming focus
James Bond has returned to London in Skyfall, the epic spy franchise’s 23rd official feature outing. The production spent several months filming above and below the streets of the English capital, including Whitehall and Westminster. Bond’s global brand profile was…
BBC miniseries The White Queen starts filming on location in Bruges
The BBC’s epic historical miniseries The White Queen has begun filming in the Belgian city of Bruges. Based on a series of novels by Philippa Gregory, the production is set in 15th Century England during the Wars of the Roses.…
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…
Filming on location at Air Hollywood in southern California
Air Hollywood offers mock-up aeroplane interiors, terminal and airport security sets near Burbank in California. These are spread across four separate sound stages and other facilities include a prop house and a stock footage department. The company was first set…
BFI Fund Director to address Film London Production Finance Market
The Director of the British Film Institute’s (BFI) Film Fund will make the keynote address at this year’s Film London Production Finance Market (PFM). Ben Roberts has nearly 20 years of experience in the film industry and will share his…
Filming on location in the Bahamas with Film Commissioner Craig Woods
Craig Woods is Film Commissioner at the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. The Bahamas is part of the British Commonwealth and encompasses 700 Caribbean islands, of which 30 are inhabited. Craig is in charge of promoting and arranging film shoots in…
British Film Institute to boost Film Fund while reaffirming UK-wide commitment
Over the next five years the British Film Institute (BFI) has pledged to boost its Film Fund by nearly GBP10 million a year and reaffirm its commitment to the whole of the UK. The investment plan is entitled Film Forever…
UK and Brazil agree location filming co-production pact
The UK and Brazil have signed a co-production deal that will enable audiovisual projects from each country to benefit from their respective filming incentives. It’s the tenth such agreement that the UK has signed with countries and territories around the…
Report champions UK location filming tax credit and could spur TV incentive
A new report has concluded that the UK gets a return of GBP12 for every pound invested in its location filming tax credit. The report also found that without the tax credit the UK’s filming industry would be less than…