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Far-Eastern Change: Myanmar Opens Up
Burma is emerging from the darkness. After decades of isolation and repression, the country of Myanmar (aka Burma) in South-East Asia is opening up. Politically, socially and economically a new age is dawning, with opportunities and challenges in equal measure.…
Spy thriller Jack Ryan doubles Liverpool for Moscow and New York
Jack Ryan, the new big-budget spy thriller directed by and co-starring Kenneth Branagh, has filmed on location in Liverpool. The English city has doubled for Moscow, while the nearby borough of Wirral has doubled for New York City. Jan Connor…
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…
Slovenia hosts inaugural Bollywood location filming project
Slovenia in central Europe is being used as a Bollywood filming location for the first time. Filmmaker VV Vinayak has brought his Telugu-language feature film Nayak to three of the country’s most eye-catching locales. The Postojna Caves in western Slovenia,…
Filming on location with UK-based Producer Olivia Hirschberg
Olivia is a Producer and Managing Director, running her own company, Johnny Foreigner, a Directors’ Agency based in London. Most of her clients are production companies who hire her directors for one-off assignments. How did you get started in the…
Northern Ireland secures first Bollywood location shoot
Northern Ireland has secured its first Bollywood location shoot, with 1970s-set gangster comedy David filming scenes in Belfast. The city was chosen after a contingent visited India earlier this year in a trip organised by Invest Northern Ireland (NI). Indian…
California community removes palm trees to appeal as generic small-town USA
A farming town in Southern California has cut down its palm trees to make it feel more like generic small-town America. The changes in Fillmore aren’t for a specific production but in the past the palm trees have lost the…
Filming in Naples with Location Manager Andrea Valerio Santarelli
Andrea is a Location Manager working in the southern region of Italy. He works on commercial film productions and photo shoots. What can you tell me about the region that you cover? Campania is a region celebrated for its climate,…
Filming in South Africa with Moonlighting’s Shayne Brookstein
Shayne started out as a receptionist 15 years ago for a local director-based company and was co-ordinating jobs within a month. As Head of Production at Moonlighting Commercials, Shayne oversees all projects, from budgeting and prep to shooting, and manages…