The newly created British Film Commission (BFC) will operate under Film London in attracting inward investment film projects to the UK. Funding will be channelled to the new unit through the British Film Institute from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
An exhibit showcasing the artistic talents of America’s professional location scouts and managers – members of the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) – will open in Los Angeles on April 16th 2011. ‘Downtown: Incomplete LA’ will be exhibited at the Terrell Moore Gallery for two weeks.
The state of Utah has boosted its filming incentive tax break by 5%, while the Governor’s Office in Rhode Island is recommending an end to its existing incentive. This is despite news that Wes Anderson’s new film Moonrise Kingdom will be filming there.
Carl Wood was born in the UK and was amongst other things a marine salvage boat captain and cow-herder in France before becoming a Location Manager in Australia.
My wife and I first came to Madagascar simply to enjoy a beautiful place and take a breather from our jobs in the French film industry – she’s a production co-ordinator, I’m a line producer, both freelance.
Polish film director Jerzy Skolimowski has shot his latest feature, Essential Killing, in Poland, Israel and Norway. The film tells the story of Vincent Gallo’s Taliban member Mohammed who is captured by the Americans, only to escape his captors in Europe.
Serbia has decided to compete more effectively with its European neighbours by launching a new filming incentive worth up to 15%. The new cash rebate is valid for feature films, TV and documentaries that spend at least EUR2 million in Serbia.
It is always a pleasure to have a window seat when flying by day as you approach landing at a new destination. I had just opened my eyes after a long sleep and looked out of the window; I thought the pilot had changed course and we were landing in Hawaii.
Italian utility Enel has doubled Uruguay for Italy. The Plane begins in 1967 with an Italian island getting a power cable from the mainland and charts progress as a boy throws a paper aeroplane into the sky.
Producers looking for innovative new sources of film funding could do a lot worse than look eastwards to Doha in Qatar. That’s exactly what veteran director Jean-Jacques Annaud did for the USD55 million movie Black Gold.