It’s been confirmed that the BFI will take over most of the duties formerly carried out by the UK Film Council in the British film industry. There’ll also be a 60% increase in its Lottery funding, with GBP43 million being available by 2014.
[slideshow id=19]A new German feature film has shot in the remote Malaysian jungle of Taman Negara in Pahang. Jungle Child is based on the true story of a German missionary family who spent years living with a tribe in the jungles of Papua New Guinea.
[slideshow id=21]A twenty year Hollywood specialist now firmly in the location managing elite, Laura Sode-Matteson was born and raised in Hawaii. In the late 70s Laura scared up a job
[slideshow id=20]I first came to Cuba in 1995. I thought a new filming location would be great for the industry, especially with costs beginning to spiral in Europe. Then a French production company asked me to film a music promo in Cuba as the artist had already recorded there.
[slideshow id=18]Unlike the other Caribbean islands, Jamaica has a unique personality born of the sun, the sea, the sand and the reggae…
[slideshow id=15]I was asked to find out what's happening with filming incentives in Québec because TLG told me that's where a lot of the action is. So I phoned Hans Fraikin, boss of the Québec Film & TV Council.
[slideshow id=17]Peter Weir’s new film The Way Back is set during World War II and tells the story of a group of POWs who escaped from a Siberian gulag in 1940 only to face an epic trek to India. The production scouted locations all over the world, eventually settling on the most film-friendly options.
[slideshow id=16]Chat show host Conan O’Brien has been exploring the streets of Jaipur in north-west India for a new commercial from American Express. The spot shows him tracking down Indian silk that he weaves and dyes to use as the curtains on his show.