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Cadbury shoot in Ghana
An innovative brief from Cadbury’s left London creative agency Fallon, and production company Rattling Stick with a huge filming challenge in rural Ghana earlier this year, which relied on a combination of slick UK pre-production, and the on-the-ground assistance of…
HSBC braves Chile's winter for the perfect shoot
Sometimes everything falls into place on a commercial shoot: An exciting script with a heartfelt message, a director inspired to bring the story to life, and the right casting and location as a palette from which to work. So it…
Bollywood meets Bulawood
Fiji may be a nation spread across hundreds of islands, over thousands of miles of ocean, but their concise and generous range of film incentives show they are focused on remaining competitive as a filming destination. This was reiterated in…
District 9 lands in Gauteng
It went to the top of the US box office on its release (August 14 2009), making District 9 Sony/Tri-Star’s highest opening day for an R-rated August release, after 2007’s Superbad and last summer’s Pineapple Express. Award-winner Peter Jackson’s sci-fi…
Tanner Hall to premiere at Toronto
Tanner Hall, which filmed entirely in Rhode Island utilising local crew and talent, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Monday, September 14, 2009. Tanner Hall was written and directed by Tatiana von Furstenberg and…
Amy Lemisch in interview
Smart, well-considered tax incentives have finally breathed life into the California film industry, and brought loads of work back to Hollywood. Amy Lemisch, Director of the California Film Commission, is now a favourite of all below-the-line workers in the Eldorado…
On location in Chile
Quantum of Solace, The Dance of Victory, The Motorcycle Diaries, high-end ads and international TV dramas and documentaries. Exactly why is it that the Chilean film industry has been punching far above its weight for the last couple of years?…
UK stats published
British films banked USD4.2 billion worldwide last year, according to the latest statistics published by the UK Film Council. Based on box office revenues, almost one in six film viewings at the cinema around the world last year was of…
SAG approves new contracts
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has announced that members have voted overwhelmingly to approve its TV/Theatrical contracts by a vote of 78% to 22%. The two-year successor agreement covers film and digital television programmes, motion pictures and new media productions.…
Iceland's industry benefits from economic crisis
The world's press has made much of Iceland's economic collapse, but it's financial problems have resulted in a booming film and television industry. As Einar Tómasson, the Film in Iceland Agency's Film Commissioner, points out: "When Clint Eastwood shot Flags…