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France plans filming incentive change to keep Luc Besson movie in Paris
France is planning to amend part of its filming incentive laws to ensure Luc Besson’s big-budget movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets shoots in Paris. Besson’s film had initially been denied filming incentive support as a French…
On location in Portugal with Made in Lisbon's Head of Production, Carla Liziario.
As part of the Made in World production service conglomerate, Carla Liziario heads the company's Lisbon branch and works daily with productions hoping to utilise the sunny locations of Portugal. In this exclusive talk with The Location Guide, Carla discusses…
Martin Scorsese and Andrew Garfield film Taiwan for religious drama Silence
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese and star Andrew Garfield are approaching the end of their Taiwan shoot for period drama Silence. The long-gestating movie tells the story of two 17th century priests on the search for their mentor in a Japan plagued…
BBC to film in Yorkshire for TV adaptation of classic novel An Inspector Calls
The BBC will film on location in Yorkshire for a new TV adaptation of the classic novel An Inspector Calls. Yorkshire has become a popular UK filming location and recently hosted BBC Films’ First World War drama Testament Of Youth.…
Hitman action sequel Agent 47 to film on location in Singapore
A sequel to the 2007 action movie videogame adaptation Hitman will film partly on location in Singapore. Agent 47 will star Homeland actor Rupert Friend as the eponymous sharply-tailored assassin who sports a distinctive barcode on the back of his…
Taipei pledges greater filming support as Scarlett Johansson shoots locally
Taipei has pledged to offer greater filming support for productions shooting in the Taiwanese capital, as French filmmaker Luc Besson has been filming with US star Scarlett Johansson. The pledge comes on the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the…
Rattling Stick heads to Sri Lanka for AXA Insurance commercial campaign
UK-based Rattling Stick has filmed a series of commercials for AXA Insurance on location in Sri Lanka. The spots follow a man mastering how to ride an elephant as a metaphor for promoting lower insurance costs for experienced motorists. [The]…
Tribeca success story Una Noche films on location in Cuba
Lucy Mulloy’s Cuban drama Una Noche has found success at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film was shot entirely on location in Cuba, focussing on the capital Havana. It tells the story of two young Cubans who dream of…
Domestic advertising industry in China could grow 17% in 2012
Advertising spending in China's domestic industry is expected to grow by 15% in 2011 and 17% in 2012, according to a new report from Shanghai-based communications organisation Group M. The company estimates the Chinese industry will spend USD54 billion this…
HSBC braves Chile's winter for the perfect shoot
Sometimes everything falls into place on a commercial shoot: An exciting script with a heartfelt message, a director inspired to bring the story to life, and the right casting and location as a palette from which to work. So it…

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Martin Scorsese shot in Taiwan for his period drama Silence. He was reportedly alerted to Taiwan’s location filming possibilities by fellow filmmaker Ang Lee. Silence was supported by Taipei City Government and Taipei Film Commission. Taipei got a recent profile…

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