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Matt Damon’s Stillwater features two up and coming filming destinations
Writer and director Tom McCarthy (Spotlight, The Visitor) set out to make a thriller set in a European port city ten years ago. In 2019, Stillwater began shooting on location in Marseille, France, and Oklahoma, USA. Both locations are up…
Golden Globes 2018: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri comes out on top
Martin McDonagh’s North Carolina-shot drama has emerged victorious at this year’s Golden Globes, scoring four awards including Best Drama and Best Screenplay. Produced by Blueprint Pictures and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film’s principal photography lasted for 33 days,…
Scouting in Western Norway: Where high-tech structures meet epic natural landscapes
After spending just ten minutes in Western Norway I was in awe of the possible filming locations. The Western Norway Film Commission and Truenorth Norway had invited location professionals Lori Balton (Downsizing), Alison Taylor (Straight Outta Compton) and Tom Howard (The…
Honorary Awards recipients revealed for the LMGI Awards 2017
The honourees for this year’s Location Managers Guild International Awards have been announced – among whom are acclaimed filmmaker Danny Boyle and Location Scout Lori Balton. The news follows the initial reveal of this year’s list of nominees. Danny Boyle,…
Norway’s film incentive increased by NOK16 million for 2016-2017 cycle
According to Norway’s newly announced state budget for 2017, the nation’s 25% rebate will have its fund increased from NOK45 million to NOK56 million (USD7 million), allowing it to extend to more productions than ever before. Under the previous fund,…
Location Scouting in Poland: Palaces, Underground Labyrinths and the best cheat for Berlin
In mid-September TLG was invited by Film Commission Poland to join six American Location Managers on a fam tour to explore the Central-European country. With many feature, TV, commercial and photo shoot credits between them, I was surprised to learn…
Norway’s new regional film fund Zefyr now available
A new regional film fund entitled Zefyr has launched in Norway to cover productions filming on location in the southern and westernmost areas of the country. The fund has been established by merging the Filmkraft Fond and Film Fund Fuzz,…
Finland to establish 25% cash rebate audiovisual incentive in 2017
After early reports in July that a proposal for a 25% cash rebate was being considered by the Finnish Government, we can now confirm that the incentive will be implemented from 2017 onwards. The cash rebate was agreed upon during…
Norway takes home USD24 million from major international productions
A financial report constructed by Norway’s Olsberg SPI Consultancy has revealed that the country received an overall intake of USD24 million from the two feature films, The Snowman and Downsizing that shot on location in 2016. The presence of these…
Downsizing starring Matt Damon to film in Norway
Alexander Payne’s upcoming film Downsizing has now begun shooting on location in Western Norway and Lofoten. The production picks up in the Nordic State after previous shoots were completed in Omaha, Toronto and Los Angeles. The film stars Matt Damon…