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UK Chancellor confirms TV location filming tax credit for April 2013
The UK will launch a TV location filming tax credit in April 2013. Chancellor George Osborne confirmed the programme to boost the TV industry and encourage high-end shows like Downton Abbey to continue filming in Britain. Osborne also announced a…
Alexander Payne films new Nebraska feature on location in Montana
Filmmaker Alexander Payne is shooting his new feature Nebraska partly on location in Montana. The film follows a father and son as they travel from Billings in southern Montana through Wyoming to Nebraska. Alex Tyson, is with the Billings Chamber…
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…
Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire begins Hawaii location filming
Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire has started five weeks of filming on location in Hawaii. Shooting will take place on the island of Oahu and is scheduled to wrap a few days before Christmas. Donne Dawson is Hawaii’s Film Commissioner…
RSA Films to shoot new Jaguar campaign on location in Chile with Damian Lewis
Damian Lewis, star of TV show Homeland, will appear in a new campaign for the Jaguar F-TYPE that RSA will film on location in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The actor will play a driver who comes across a mysterious young woman…
Estonia as a filming location: Growth of an audiovisual industry in north-eastern Europe
Estonia’s historic capital Tallinn lies across the Gulf of Finland from Helsinki in north-eastern Europe. TLG investigates the city to see what the country’s production industry has to offer as an international filming location. I travel as a guest of…
Filming on location in Dubai with Filmworks CEO Tim Smythe
Tim has been working in feature films, documentaries and commercials for over 25 years, beginning in South Africa. He relocated to Dubai and set up Filmworks in 1998. The company has grown into one of the biggest and most reputable…
Location Advisor – Exploring Film Friendly Hotels in Morocco
About 25 years ago as a young production person, I was given the enviable task of trying out hotel rooms in Juan les Pins, south of France. Our main location was a palatial villa on the Cap d’Antibes and we…
House MD Location Manager Nancy Haecker continues her Thailand trip
I was surprised by the diversity of lifestyles and locations on Thailand’s largest island, Phuket. It’s known as a party destination so I expected to find overcrowded beaches and discount hotels. That is exactly what I found, but Phuket is…
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…