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New Zealand to focus on globally-competitive TV filming incentives
New Zealand will focus on keeping its TV filming incentives globally competitive, rather than sweetening its feature tax credit. Prime Minister John Key said the country’s minimum spend for TV productions to get incentive support needs to be lowered. At…
Peter Jackson urges New Zealand to be flexible with location filming incentives
Filmmaker Peter Jackson has urged the New Zealand Government to be flexible with location filming incentives in the coming years. He stressed that the hobbit trilogy came very close to being filmed in the UK partly because of a high-profile…
Creative Scotland invests in plans for Scottish film studio
Creative Scotland has invested in the initial stage of planning for a potential studio facility in Scotland. The organisation has put forward GBP75,000 for a feasibility study and an initial GBP1 million has also been set aside towards the cost…
New report suggests New York is the big filming incentive jobs winner
A new report suggests New York is the big winner in the US as a result of the filming incentive changes in recent years. Los Angeles has lost more than 16,000 film industry jobs and its national job-share has fallen…
Film Commissioner Einar Hansen Tomasson discusses Iceland shooting
An Iceland native, Einar has been the Icelandic Film Commissioner since 2004. The Film in Iceland project was started in 2002 when Iceland decided to launch its filming incentive programme to help stimulate its vibrant film industry. What can you…
Firecracker Films shoots epic Heineken road-trip across Far-East
Firecracker Films in London has filmed an epic Far East road-trip in a campaign for Heineken. The journey follows backpacker Justin and his challenge was to get by using bottles of Heineken as payment for his travels, in place of…
America’s Next Top Model films multiple episodes on location in Jamaica
Hit reality TV show America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) filmed multiple episodes and its season finale on location in Jamaica. The production spent more than USD1 million locally and JAMPRO – the Jamaica Film Commission - is looking for a…
Location Manager Nancy Haecker reports from Thailand for The Location Guide
Nancy Haecker, The Location Managers Guild of America's Vice President and International Committee Chair, and other top Location Managers have been invited to Thailand by the film office in an attempt to boost its industry. Nancy will keep us up-to-date…
Thailand Film Office hosts familiarisation trip with top Location Managers
The Thailand Film Office is hosting a familiarisation trip with a group of top Location Managers. International location filming surged in Thailand in the first half of 2012 as the film office worked hard to raise the country’s profile around…
Manitoba defends filming incentive against subsidy claims
On Screen Manitoba has defended the role of its filming incentive. Nearly CAD15 million was paid out to production companies in 2011/12 by the Canadian province famous for its polar bears and one organisation argues the programme should be looked…