Last month Central Films, based at the Dubai Media City, and 1st Avenue Inc from Japan co-produced a new 60 second spot for the Middle East region for Toyota Prado. The four day shoot used locations in and around Dubai to show the on-road and off-road features of the model.
Sometimes everything falls into place on a commercial shoot: An exciting script with a heartfelt message, a director inspired to bring the story to life, and the right casting and location as a palette from which to work. So it was with HSBC's Dolphin Responsibility.
Fiji may be a nation spread across hundreds of islands, over thousands of miles of ocean, but their concise and generous range of film incentives show they are focused on remaining competitive as a filming destination. This was reiterated in 2009 when the Fiji Audio Visual Commission (FAVC) increased their Tax Rebate Programme, aimed specifically at fully funded foreign productions, from 15% to 35%.
It went to the top of the US box office on its release (August 14 2009), making District 9 Sony/Tri-Star’s highest opening day for an R-rated August release, after 2007’s Superbad and last summer’s Pineapple Express. Award-winner Peter Jackson’s sci-fi movie, about aliens in South Africa, was 100% filmed in Gauteng and directed by local boy-made-good Neill Blomkamp.
Nigel Miguel, Belize’s dynamo of a Film Commissioner, is on a mission: to make Belize into the film capital of the Caribbean. And with terrain made famous by The Dogs of War, Heart of Darkness and The Mission at his disposal, this is no wild statement.
The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) was launched at the start of January 2007 and was a tremendous New Year’s present for the German film industry. When it’s generous (16 to 20%) cash subsidies were viewed in combination with a sophisticated national
Italy continues to show how seriously its taking film incentives. Following the announcement of a national tax credits scheme earlier in the year, Sicily has now
BossaNovaFilms has announced the launch of a new division for the production of interactive projects. It will work in conjunction with the production company's already eastablished areas of advertising, cinema, TV, web content and branded content. A team of four, Alexandre Souza, Gabriel Laet, Guilherme Almeida and Paulo Perez, has joined BossaNova to run the operation.