The unexpected winner of this year’s Palme d’Or, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, is a testament to Japan’s production industry and the talent of its local crew. TLG spoke to several members of the production team to know more about the project and its potential impact on Japanese cinema.
Despite the film’s title, production for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society combined locations in London, Bristol and Devon for its 1940s setting.
As the Director of International Development at pact, Dawn McCarthy-Simpson is at the heart of the UK’s relationship with the global production industry.With an increasing amount of foreign productions shooting in the UK, we spoke to Dawn to understand what the future holds for all UK production professionals in an increasingly globalised world.
Spike Lee’s first television series, a 10-episode reboot of his 1986 feature film, She’s Gotta Have It, utilised multiple locations throughout the Brooklyn area. Produced by 40 Acres & a Mule Filmworks and distributed by Netflix, the series filmed at locations including St. Felix Street, Fort Greene Place and Ronald Edmonds Public school.
The BBC’s period-crime series, Peaky Blinders, returned for a fourth series on Wednesday, depicting both new and familiar locations in Manchester and Liverpool. Production on the fourth series began in March with Croxteth Hall in Merseyside used for a number of action scenes.
For the BBC’s latest high-end drama, Gunpowder, the production utilised a variety of locations throughout Yorkshire to depict one of the most important events of British history: the Gunpowder Plot.
The spectacular battle at the heart of the latest Game of Thrones episode ‘Beyond the Wall’ was shot on a large-scale outdoor set in Wolf Hill Quarry, Belfast, imitating the landscape that the show traditionally utilises in Iceland.
After spending just ten minutes in Western Norway I was in awe of the possible filming locations. The Western Norway Film Commission and Truenorth Norway had invited location professionals Lori Balton (Downsizing), Alison Taylor (Straight Outta Compton) and Tom Howard (The Night Manager) to tour the country’s westernmost region to see what it had to offer. I was asked along to report back on what they saw.
Canary Islands Film, the representative body for the major film commissions operating on all seven islands, will be partnering with The Location Guide for this year’s Soirée at the Cannes Lions Festival.
The Location Guide and Partners will have a major presence at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival, bringing back the highly popular Soirée and Beach Lounge events. A key difference to this year’s line-up will be the use of entirely new venues, with the Cannes Soirée and The Location Beach Lounge being hosted at the Vegaluna Beach and Rado Plage respectively.