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British Columbia film professionals rally at studio for location filming incentives
Around 2,500 British Columbia production professionals rallied this week in Vancouver calling for better location filming incentives in the province. They gathered at North Shore Studios as part of the Save BC Film social media campaign. British Columbia Premier Christy…
Zero Dark Thirty builds Bin Laden compound on location in Jordan
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow recreated Osama Bin Laden’s Pakistan compound on location in Jordan for her terrorism thriller Zero Dark Thirty. The film details the ten-year hunt for the al-Qaeda leader and dramatises the final 2011 special forces assault on…
Django Unchained: Location Manager Wise Wolfe films Louisiana with Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino has headed back in time once again for Django Unchained, his ‘Southern Western’. Location Manager Wise Wolfe talks to TLG about fighting the weather on location and recreating the slave plantations of 1850s Louisiana. Django Unchained tells the…
Oscar-nominated short Buzkashi Boys films on location in Afghanistan
Short film Buzkashi Boys shot on location in Afghanistan and its tale of life in the capital Kabul secured it an Oscar nomination. It's set against a backdrop of the Afghan national sport buzkashi, a version of horse polo played…
Blue Note Productions develops 3D underwater camera for Mexican caves
Düsseldorf-based Blue Note Productions developed a 3D camera for upcoming feature documentary The Caves of the Dead. The film follows the exploration of ancient underwater pits called cenotes on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. In prehistoric times the cenotes on the Yucatán…
Wales may lose high-end TV dramas if smoking ban is not relaxed
Wales could miss out on hosting location filming for high-end TV dramas if its smoking ban is not relaxed. Smoking is not allowed in enclosed public spaces in Wales and while England has a similar law, film and TV productions…
Future of New Zealand’s filming incentives likely to be announced in coming months
The future of New Zealand’s location filming incentives is likely to be announced within months. A review has been underway for some time and the size of subsidies paid to Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films has ignited a political row. Jackson’s…
Train Robbery TV drama to give West Yorkshire a location filming boost
A two-part TV project dramatising The Great Train Robbery of 1963 will help boost location filming in West Yorkshire, northern England, in the coming months. The BBC production will be screened in August 2013 and will mark the famous robbery’s…
British Columbia production industry calls for more government support
Production professionals across British Columbia in Canada have called on the provincial government to increase support for their industry. Audiovisual work is increasingly shifting east, attracted by more generous filming incentives in Quebec and Ontario. Pete Mitchell is President and…
Wes Anderson filming The Grand Budapest Hotel with Studio Babelsberg producers
Filmmaker Wes Anderson is shooting his new feature The Grand Budapest Hotel on location in Germany. The cast includes Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton and Bill Murray, who all worked with the director on the Rhode Island shoot for Moonrise Kingdom.…