Submissions Now Open for 8th Annual LMGI Awards
The 8th annual LMGI Awards will take place on 23 October, 2021. Submissions are now open online at www.locationmanagers.org. Submissions are open to LMGI members and non-members alike.
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AFCI Elects most Globally Diverse Board to Date
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) announces its most geographically and culturally diverse board of directors in the organization’s 45-year history.
Lithuanian Monastry featured on HBO’s Catherine the Great wins EUFCN Location Award 2020
The Pažaislis Church and Monastery Complex in Kaunas, Lithuania wins of the fourth edition of the EUFCN Location Award, the award for best European film and TV location organised by the European Film Commisisons Network (EUFCN), in collaboration with Cineuropa.
Sci-fi series The One filmed between South Wales and Bristol
The eight-part Netflix sci-fi from the BAFTA award winning Misfits creator Howard Overman imagines a world in the near future where a DNA test can find your perfect partner. Production took place in Bristol Cardiff and Newport.
Coen Brothers, Witherspoon and Longoria projects among 22 selected for California Film & TV Tax Credit Program
The golden state will double for Afghanistan, Mexico, China and other locales across the twenty-two selected projects and more than forty percent of the filming days are planned outside of the L.A. 30-Mile Zone. Jason Bateman produced and directed Netflix feature Here Comes the Flood has the highest tax credit allocation at USD13,777,000.
Applications Open for Round Three of PGGB High Level Covid Supervisor Training
There is a continued demand for High Level Accredited Supervisors as productions need Covid Supervisors that have a deep understanding of Covid safety and the impact of measures on each department. The Third round of The Production Guild of Great Britain’s training High Level Supervisor Training will take place online on the 6th and 13th March 2021. Applications are now open.
Stage Fifty developing three UK film studio sites creating over 300,000 square feet of production ready stage space
Stage Fifty promises production-ready sound stages that can be built anywhere in just four months. Three UK film studio sites from Stage Fifty are currently in development, creating over 300,000 square feet of high-quality stage space.
UK Advertising Line Up for Collective Gear-Change for Climate Action
Ad Net Zero is encouraging the industry to make a substantial gear-change in a critical year for climate change in the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow this November. The UK advertising industry’s initiative to help UK advertising response to the climate crisis has announced its supporter base including APA, Dentsu, Publicis Group, and Wieden+Kennedy.