Creative England is now open to offer support for the creative industries operating outside London. The new organisational structure replaces the UK Film Council. It will be operating with Caroline Norbury as Chief Executive and has also announced its first seven Board members.
It’s been a busy week for pre-production news in the features industry, with both the James Bond and Iron Man franchises altering their location filming plans. GM-owned vehicle manufacturer Opel has come out with an ambitious shoot in Spain, and we profiled Hamish Walker in Glasgow and Chiana Coronis on the Greek island of Mykonos.
The second Ciclope advertising festival will take place in Buenos Aires from November 14th to 16th. Its full name is the Ciclope International Advertising Craft Festival and festival director Francisco Condorelli talked to TLG about how it celebrates the craft of storytelling in commercial production.
Guinness re-asserted itself as a brand this week with an epic rain-soaked battle shot in Hungary. South Africa and New Zealand formed a co-production agreement that could boost both of these global production hubs, and there was news from two of the biggest studio features shooting right now.
A special iPhone app has been launched to track the charity riders taking part in the Fireflies West cycle ride, which starts today, and to encourage donations. Advertising industry professionals are among those taking part in the ride to raise money for leukaemia research and treatment.
Friday sees the start of the 4th annual Fireflies West cycling tour in California to raise money for leukaemia research. Advertising industry professionals will be taking part in the 550-mile, six-day ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
It’s been a production week of spies in Istanbul and light shows in Buenos Aires. In addition, we were the Gold Sponsor at the AFCI Cineposium near Paris, meeting lots of old friends and making new ones. We spent an evening closer to home at the Higher/Pitch event at Shoreditch in London, which celebrated the use of art throughout the global advertising industry.
Caroline Norbury has been appointed the first Chief Executive Officer of Creative England, the organisation that will be replacing the Regional Screen Agencies in England within the next few weeks. Norbury has been interim Establishment Director since mid-June.