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South Africa's Cape Town Studios prepares for pirate miniseries Black Sails
South Africa's Cape Town Studios is preparing to host the pirate-themed miniseries Black Sails. The project involves Transformers filmmaker Michael Bay as an Executive Producer. It’s scheduled for a 16-week shoot and is the latest major production to visit the…
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…
CFP-E and APA holding annual meeting in Hungarian capital Budapest
The Commercial Film Producers of Europe (CFP-E) and the UK’s Advertising Producers Association (APA) will be in Budapest this Friday (12th October 2012) for the CFP-E’s annual meeting. Delegates will be guests of CFP Hungary, one of the organisation’s newest…
Ramesh Deo Production creates cricket celebration for Nike across India
Mumbai-based Ramesh Deo Production (RDP) has created a new spot celebrating India’s love of cricket for Nike, filming all over the country. Parallel Journeys shows young men and boys from all backgrounds across India setting out to play at all…
Ausfilm calls for better filming incentive as South Australia boosts local offering
South Australia has become the first state in the country to offer payroll tax exemption for visiting productions. At the same time, national film body Ausfilm has renewed calls for Australia’s location offset incentive to be increased. Enabling production companies…
Pinewood Shepperton makes deal with Isle of Man and also adds studio space
Pinewood Shepperton has confirmed a development deal with the Isle of Man that involves the studios managing the Isle of Man Media Development Fund, worth GBP25 million. In a separate development additional studio space has been approved for the Pinewood…
White Lodge films epic single-shot River Island campaign outside London
High-end fashion specialist White Lodge has filmed an epic new spot for William Tempest’s new River Island collection. It Will Not Always Be Summer is an 11-minute, single-shot film following a mysterious party at a secluded mansion. Filming took place…
Filming on location at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina
The Biltmore Estate is in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, in the eastern US and was built by George Washington Vanderbilt. It’s America’s largest privately-owned home and has welcomed an impressive number of film, TV and commercial shoots over…
TLG partners with Ciclope advertising festival 2012 in Buenos Aires
The Location Guide has partnered with the Ciclope International Advertising Craft Festival, which takes place in Buenos Aires from November 5th to 8th 2012. The festival specifically recognises the craft of storytelling in international commercial production and 2012 marks its…
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…