Written by Kianna Best on Jul 6, 2023. Posted in Awards and Festivals

LMGI Awards announce line up for 10th annual show

With their recently announced nominations, the 10th annual LMGI Awards will once again celebrate the location professionals making a significant impact in film, television, commercials and film commissions around the world. In addition, the evening will also see some longstanding contributors to the industry walking away with honorary awards such as the Lifetime Achievement award and the Trailblazer award. Marking the 20^th anniversary of the Location Managers Guild International, this year’s ceremony will be held at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica on 26 August 2023.

 

 

This year’s awards will see projects such as Prime Video’s Jack Ryan, HBO’s The Last of Us and FX Networks’ The Old Man competing in the Contemporary Television Series category. Emmy and Golden Globe- winning series Succession will also be competing in the category for its fourth and final season which saw the Roy cohort travelling to some stunning location in Iceland or filming.

 

Transporting audiences to decades past and those yet to be discovered, shows such as Paramount’s 1923 starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, Netflix’s Peaky Blinders and Apple TV+’s SEE are featured in the category for Outstanding Locations in a Period Television Series. In the longer film format, Period Feature Films competing include Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front, Searchlight Pictures’ The Banshees of Inisherin and Tri Star Pictures/Sony Pictures’ The Woman King.

 

 

From affairs of passion and royal duty of the Bridgerton Universe to mysterious escapades of the wealthy, Netflix’s Queen Charlotte and HBO’s White Lotus are among the five competing for the awards for Outstanding Locations in a TV Serial Program, Anthology or Limited Series. The category also included Prime Video’s A Spy Among Friends and Daisy Jones and the Six, as well as HBO’s White House Plumbers.

 

On the feature film front, judging will be no easy feat as studio heavy hitters compete for the title. Netflix steams ahead with three entries in the Contemporary Feature Film category including Glass Onion, The Covenant and Troll. John Wick 4 will represent for Lionsgate as Tár competes for Focus/ Universal Pictures, the latter also being represented by The Fabelmans in the category for Outstanding Location in a Period feature Film.

 

 

Shifting to commercial works, the Outstanding Location in a Commercial category sees projects from a range of brands utilising location to amplify their message and aesthetically push their product. Competitors include AirPods Pro Quiet the Noise, Apple The Greatest, Go RVing Canada You Are Out There, Icelandair Easy to Stop. Hard to Leave, and Visit California Kidifornia Family Vacation.

 

The hubs at the centre of making the nominated projects possible will also compete for Outstanding Film Commission. As facilitators for some of the biggest releases across the globe, film commissions such as The City of Brantford, The Czech Film Commission and The Oklahoma Film+ Music Office will be recognised for their contribution to location filming.

 

 

The full list of nominations can be viewed here.