Ahead of the AFCI Locations Show, The Location Guide will be dedicating its news section from April 11th to 15th entirely to articles about filming in the West Coast of America. Kicking the week off is an exclusive interview with Paul Audley, the President of FilmL.A., Inc.
The Portuguese authorities have announced plans to introduce the country’s first formal film incentives programme. The 2016 state budget has permitted the implementation of an incentives system that will cater to productions that incur a minimum eligible expenditure of EUR1 million.
An agreement has been reached between the Chilean Production Companies Association and the Chilean Talent Agencies Association to bring an end to mandatory buyouts for any future productions hoping to hire regional talent within Chile.
The Vancouver Island South (VIS) Film and Media Commission (also known as the Greater Victoria Film Commission), has had its funding cut after the city’s councillors voted on an alteration to the Strategic Planning Grant policy currently in place.
The mayor of Santa Fe, Javier Gonzales has expressed his interest in developing a film commission for the capital of New Mexico in a bid to draw the attention of high budget productions. According to Gonzales it would take an estimated USD50,000 to establish a new film commission.
The internationally acclaimed water tanks in Malta, formerly managed by Mediterranean Film Studios, are up for sale. The property was taken over by the Maltese government 14 months ago following a dispute over unpaid ground rent which involved a lengthy court case.
A new report has urged Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania to expand its studio infrastructure and commit to a long-term filming incentive. Productions recently shot in the city include TV drama Banshee and Vin Diesel’s supernatural action movie The Last Witch Hunter.
New Netflix drama The Crown plans to film scenes at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire. The series spans decades of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II from 1952 and is inspired by Peter Morgan’s play The Audience which featured Helen Mirren as the monarch.
Producers of the long-running US TV series Haven have appealed to Nova Scotia to keep the Canadian province’s filming tax credit. They add Haven will have to relocate from Nova Scotia if authorities decide to downgrade the film tax credit to a funding programme.
A new report has advocated a formal filming incentive programme for India and has emphasised the benefits of film tourism. The country enjoyed a recent profile boost with light comedy hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.