Following an ongoing demand for a salary increase, French film and television industry professionals will commence their strike on Tuesday 19 December. Described as a national day of multifaceted mobilisations, local labour union SPIAC-CGT announced the gathering set to take place tomorrow in front of the Ministry of Culture in Paris.
The location guide caught up with Jasmine Millet, manager of Screen Auckland. From the past, through the pandemic, and up to now, she, along with additional expert opinions, lets us know the secret behind the unwavering success of the New Zealand film making industry, and what is yet to come.
2021 Cannes Film winner Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic uses the Croatian landscape once again for her film Murina. With a production assist from Martin Scorsese, the use of the island backdrop is an integral component of the tumultuous narrative. The film is set to be released 15 July 2022 in New York and Los Angeles.
The Arizona government has launched the Arizona Motion Picture Production Programme. It is the state’s largest annual film and television tax incentive to date. The legislature was passed in June 2022, but Governor Doug Ducey allowed the bill to become law, without signing it, on 6 July. The initiative is set to run until 2043.
Cannes Film Festival is back in its traditional May slot after two years of disruption. Attendance figures for Cannes’s 75th Anniversary are expected to reach pre-pandemic levels, hitting between 30,000 and 35,000 accredited guests in comparison to 20,000 at last year’s July edition. While the 2021 festival included over 80 titles in its Official Selection […]
Filmmakers and creatives from all over the globe are rallying together in response to the crisis in Ukraine. An extensive range of options are emerging for those who wish to make a contribution. In the spirit of solidarity, we have selected a variety of schemes and initiatives from the film, media and creative industries that […]
Production has commenced on Fate: The Winx Saga Season 2 in County Wicklow, Ireland.
In the face of the pandemic and film production restrictions all over the world we entered 2021 with the lack of new content and large-scale projects. One of the countries that conversely showed the rise in production was Russia, conquering screens over the world with high-quality projects and appealing stories. Behind the scenes of the […]
The 2021 Awards are now open for entries. The full jury includes more than 180 advertising and marketing leaders from 30 different countries.
We Are UK Film, the umbrella for the UK’s film national and regional agencies, producers and sales companies are exhibiting at FOCUS for the first time. We Are UK Film will also have a presence throughout the packed content programme with experts appearing in various sessions.