As the Tenerife Film Commission celebrates its twentieth anniversary Film Commissioner Concha Diaz reflects on its past successes, and what the new 50% rebate will mean for the future of production in the Canary Islands.
Job sharing has long provided solutions for freelance workers with caring commitments and physical or mental health issues – all of which the pandemic has put under a microscope. For creative companies remerging from lockdown into an entirely new landscape, the flexibility that job sharing provides is proving beneficial says Michelle Reynolds of Share my Telly Job an online community built for Freelancers in the Television industry who are hoping to find more flexible working contracts.
Bull, a Texan drama from director Annie Silverstein filmed at the state’s rodeos and on location in Houston with assistance from the Houston Film Commission. Producer Monique Walton (pictured right) discusses the Texan shoot with TLG.
L-R: David Harley (Be First), Leader Darren Rodwell, and Lisa Dee (film LBBD), Stephen Hursthouse (Be First) Barking and Dagenham Council unanimously approved a GBP110 million proposal for Dagenham Film Studios. Lisa Dee, Head of Film at Barking and Dagenham Council, and Stephen Hursthouse Senior Development Manager at Be First speak to TLG about what this means for the borough, why an east London film studio will work and what Covid-19 means for film and TV in the borough.
TLG talks to Richard Brooks, local line producer and founder of Lightning Strike Productions on what producers should expect in Palau, in the Pacific Ocean.
Unlike much of Europe, Sweden has never fully locked down due to coronavirus although social distancing and health and safety measures were put in place. For the last few months, producers have continued to work, adapting to the new situation in real time.
In the latest of The Location Guide’s series of Zoom interviews that explore the road to back to production, we’re delighted to speak with Advertising Producers Association chief executive Steve Davies.
In the second of The Location Guide’s series of Zoom interviews that explore how and where production is restarting following the pandemic shutdowns, we’re delighted to speak with Peter Welter Soler, executive producer and partner at Spain’s Fresco Film.