FOCUS Digital 2020, makers & shakers Awards 2020 and makers magazine will be hitting your screens in December with a range of exciting online events and content hosted on one digital platform. It’s been a crazy year but we are determined to end 2020 with a virtual bang!
Amazon Prime war crime drama Hunters and Disney+ historical drama The Right Stuff are the latest TV series that have relocated to California thanks to the Film & Television Tax Credit Programme 3.0 that provides a 25% non-transferable tax credit to relocating television series.
Ad Net Zero’s Mission is for immediate, collective industry action to help achieve real net zero carbon emissions by the end of 2030 and is the result of work by the Climate Action Working Group. The five-point plan for the whole industry to help the development, production and media placement of advertising reach real net zero.
The four-day shoot with Gang Films for Perrier - Heat was serviced by Green Olive Films in central Athens. Two months of preparation and rehearsals went into the filming and it is an example of large commercial shoots that are beginning to place again, after a year when many productions are staying small and shooting remotely.
The celebration of British work from the last twelve months highlights the production companies, editors, VFX, audio-post and music companies that bring to life the full potential of a script. The awarded work will be highlighted in a session with the APA at FOCUS Digital 2020 on the 15-17 December.
The five finalists are competing to be named best European film location in a vote by the general public. The European Film Commissions Network has revealed the shortlist of locations in Slovakia, Italy, Germany, Lithuania and North Macedonia.
The accredited Covid Supervisor Training is targeted at Production Managers, Line Producer and Location Managers working in film and television and a call for participants will follow later in November.
National restrictions in England will see cinemas, pubs and restaurants, gyms and non-essential shops close for a minimum of four weeks from Friday 5 November. Unlike the first lockdown wave, TV, film and advertising will not halt.