Multi award-winning producer Paul Webster will give the keynote interview at 2021’s Film London Production Finance Market (PFM). The PFM is an annual two-day financing event held during the BFI London Film Festival, and Webster is expected to provide real industry insight by drawing from his 46 years of business experience.
Following the successful release of season five’s first instalment in September, the Netflix premiere of the final Money Heist season’s second part will take place on 3 December 2021. The fifth and final series of the popular Spanish crime drama has been filmed across Denmark, Italy, Panama, Portugal, Spain and Thailand – and the show’s creator says that the last instalment of the season will focus on the emotional aspects of the characters’ journey.
In honour of local cast and crew across the Maltese film and television industry, the first ever Malta Film Awards is now accepting submissions. The event’s theme Celebrating our Story aims to recognise the nation’s existing filmmaking legacies while, at the same time, honouring the latest wave of the Mediterranean archipelago’s incoming film talent.
English director David Yates will receive this year’s Eva Monley Award from the Location Managers Guild International. The filmmaker – who directed the last four Harry Potter films as well as the Fantastic Beasts franchise – is being celebrated for evidencing ‘above and beyond’ support of the work of location professionals. He will receive the prize at the 8th Annual LGMI Awards on Saturday 23 October, which is free to stream but requires registration.
The highly-esteemed Assistant Location Manager Training course is starting to recruit its latest intake of students. The scheme’s curriculum is generally recognised as one of the most comprehensive Location Manager training courses in the world, featuring a range of key topics such as: Photography, Presentation, Running a Unit Base, and Security and Traffic Management.
The Czech Republic’s Culture Minister Lubomír Zaorálek has transferred an extra EUR12 million, or CZK300 million, to the State Cinematography Fund in an attempt to attract new film projects to the country. Drawing from state budget reserves, the 2021 budget for national production incentives has now grown from EUR31.5 million to EUR43.5 million, or the equivalent of CZK800 million increasing to CZK1.1 billion.
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The Production Guild of Great Britain has launched its new National and Regional Committees initiative. Bristol and South West England represent the first completed committee – and Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the North West of England and Yorkshire are scheduled to follow in the coming months.