The Location Guide caught up with film commissioner Solveig S. Ræstad. As the incoming President of the Nordic Film Commissions, Solveig is ready to champion co-operation and knowledge sharing across the region.
Five UK-based location managers recently visited Northern Norway for a familiarisation trip to the Arctic. As well as snowmobiling with Sami reindeer herders and frolicking with wolves at Polar Park’s Wolf Lodge, the group’s trip was crowned by sights of the Northern Lights. The location managers in attendance were: Harriet Lawrence (The Key Location), Jodi […]
TLG was asked by House of Lapland, Bavaria Fiction, Yellow Film & TV and Elisa Viihde to go on location in Finnish Lapland with the upcoming international drama Arctic Circle. We sat down with the show’s producers and crew members to get a better understanding of filming in such a unique yet challenging environment.
Film London will hold a five-day familiarisation trip for Nordic TV producers from the end of November. Individuals from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Finland will be invited to tour London studio facilities and attend C21’s Content London conference.
The Finland Film Commission’s web page toolkit features Finland´s superiority in a nutshell. The themes – coolest, wildest, lightest and easiest – give you an instant idea of why you should film in Finland.
Television crime drama Marcella is set to film in London and will tell the story of a female Met detective working in the capital. Hans Rosenfeldt wrote Danish-Swedish co-production The Bridge and will bring a sense of “Scandinavian noir” to Marcella.
The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) Awards welcomed another successful year, announcing their winners of the night. Held on 26 August, location professionals gathered at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica to celebrate the crème de la crème of the field as well as the LMGI’s 20th anniversary. Winners included feature flicks […]
In all its luxurious drama, Succession is not short of sprawling mansions and staggering skyscrapers. But for the fifth episode of season four, the Roy siblings travel across the Atlantic to Norway. With mountainous backdrops to the modern Nordic architecture featured in the episode, this episode offers a contrast to the cityscapes of America.
Chiliadou Beach located on the island of Evia, Greece has won the sixth edition of the EUFCN Location Award. Recently featured in Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, the rocky beach landscapes offered a secluded island setting for the characters. Accepted by Maria Koufopoulou, director of the Hellenic Film Commission and Mark Holevas, president of the […]
FIFTH SEASON has announced the appointment of Jennifer Ebell to an expanded role of EVP EMEA Sales. This is a promotion from her previous role as SVP of EMEA Sales. In addition to this, the company has also acquired new hires from BBC Studios, The Walt Disney Studios., ITV Studios and Vubiquity. These changes are […]