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Screen Australia makes co-production guidelines more flexible
Screen Australia has revised its co-production guidelines to make it easier for projects to access financing and incentives. The changes involve including Australian personnel in the points scheme from production jobs that were not awarded anything previously. Fiona Cameron, Head…
Mercedes films new ad on location in New Zealand and Switzerland
Car manufacturer Mercedes has filmed a new commercial on location in New Zealand and Switzerland with Roger Federer. Reach the Top shows the tennis superstar driving the Mercedes ML across roads, remote plains and mountain ranges. The theme was Master…
Beirut as a filming destination is on the up
Beirut and Lebanon in general has not been greatly affected by the rough recessionary winds that have hit so much of the Middle East’s media business. While Dubai is still struggling to raise sail out of the doldrums, Lebanon powers…
Portugal sees a boom in production in 2010
As the euro hits an 18-month low against the dollar and UK pound, the lack of an international incentive to film has not stopped 2010 becoming a banner year for Portugal. With its wild and stormy Atlantic coast, calm and…
Kollywood feature Ko shoots in Norway
Kollywood film Ko is currently shooting in several locations in Norway with KV Anand directing. Anand has chosen to film song sequences in locations including UNESCO World Heritage sites Bergen Harbour and Stalheim overlooking the Nareoyfjord. The Kollywood industry is…
Kandahar Break doubles Pakistan and Tunisia for Afghanistan
A new feature has doubled Pakistan and Tunisia for Afghanistan. Kandahar Break: Fortress of War is set in Afghanistan in 1999 and follows a British mine-clearing expert who falls foul of the Taleban Government he is working for. Writer/Director David…
New Judge Dredd film to shoot at Cape Town Film Studios
Judge Dredd is to shoot at Cape Town Film Studios in South Africa, with the production due to wrap in March 2011. The studios will not be officially completed until October this year, but they will offer facilities including four…
Interview: Angels & Demons and Secretariat Location Manager
2009 and 2010 have been insanely busy years for Location Manager and Scout Chris Baugh. He has worked on the new Simon Pegg and Nick Frost film Paul, horse-racing drama Secretariat in Kentucky, The Other Guys in Las Vegas and…
Africa United shoots in South Africa, Burundi and Rwanda
New feature film Africa United is set across southern Africa and has been filmed in South Africa, Burundi and Rwanda. Directed by Debs Gardner-Paterson, the film tells the story of three young Rwandan street kids who decide to head to…
Spain suffering without filming incentives
At the moment, the rain in Spain falls mainly on the filmmakers. The national Government has resolutely refused to match European neighbours with incentives for foreign co-productions, leaving one of the best European film infrastructures and most versatile of locations…