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Filming in Paris with Location Manager Arnaud Mathey Dreyfus
Arnaud started working in the production industry as a trainee Assistant Director in eastern France in the late 90s. He was put in charge of extras and also helped scout locations in his hometown. He has been a Location Scout…
Cannes Film Festival 2017: The Cutlass showcases Trinidad and Tobago locations
After premiering domestically at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival last year, The Cutlass will make its international debut as part of the Marché du Film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Based on a true story, The Cutlass depicts…
Their Finest used London’s Bloomsbury for wartime setting
Lone Scherfig’s wartime drama, Their Finest, transformed the streets of Bloomsbury into 1940’s Britain for two days of filming. The shoot in Bedford Square took place in late 2015, with 150 cast and crew present including the film’s main stars,…
Thailand’s production industry attracts BHT900 million spend in Q1 2017
Thailand’s Department of Tourism has reported an income of BHT900 million (over USD26 million) from production expenditure in the first quarter of 2017. On its current trajectory, Thailand’s production industry is expected to make BHT3/4 billion by the end of…
Why is the UK's production industry going from strength to strength in the face of economic uncertainty? TLG spoke to industry experts to find out
According to the Office for National Statistics, the UK’s production industry grew by 16.4% in 2016’s third quarter despite economic uncertainty brought about by the EU referendum. This was notably higher than any other services sector in the country during…
BBC drama Gunpowder starring Kit Harington now filming in Yorkshire
The BBC’s next high-budget period drama, Gunpowder, has begun filming on location in Beverley, Yorkshire. Scenes were filmed at Beverley Minster, a large parish that dates back to 1220. The series is being produced by Kudos (Apple Tree Yard, Humans).…
Moonlight beats La La Land for Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards
Barry Jenkins’s drama about a young African-American coming to terms with his homosexuality has beaten the predicted frontrunner, Damien Chazelle’s La La Land, to receive Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards. A technical error led announcers Faye Dunaway and…
UK-Poland co-production The Last Witness shoots on location throughout the UK
The Last Witness, a UK-Poland co-production starring Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four, Magic Mike, The Butler) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow) has finished its principal photography in the UK. Carol Harding will produce while President of Film…
BBC’s true crime drama Rillington Place doubled Glasgow for London
The BBC’s dramatisation of a series of murders that took place in the 1940’s and 1950’s, Rillington Place was filmed on location in and around Glasgow, doubling the Scottish city for London. The three-part series stars Tim Roth (The Hateful…
BBC comedy Quacks shoots Victorian humour on location in Kent
Filming has commenced on the new BBC Two comedy Quacks, with the production currently on location at the Historic Dockyard Chatham in Kent. The series will poke fun at the early days of medical science in 1840s Britain, when surgical…