When you charter an aircraft, whether it’s a helicopter, private jet or large commercial airliner, you call the shots. You can decide when you want to fly, where you want to fly to and you have the whole aircraft so that all your crew – and possibly equipment – can travel with security all together.
[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.
New feature Made in Dagenham has used an old Hoover factory in Wales to double for the Ford motor plant that used to exist in Dagenham, east London. The film tells the true story of female workers who went on strike in 1968 over pay and poor working conditions.
Saga Film has shot a new documentary in Iceland and Greenland. Last Days of the Arctic is a profile of Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson, who is better known in the region
New feature film Africa United is set across southern Africa and has been filmed in South Africa, Burundi and Rwanda. Directed by Debs Gardner-Paterson, the film tells the story of three young Rwandan street kids who decide to head to South Africa for the World Cup when they get lost in the Congo.
At the moment, the rain in Spain falls mainly on the filmmakers. The national Government has resolutely refused to match European neighbours with incentives for foreign
Camelot has filmed its new EuroMillions commercial in Brisbane and Cairns, Australia. Paintball shows a lottery winner spending his money on the ultimate game of paintball. He takes his friends to a remote island by jet skis and helicopters in an elaborate war movie parody.
The South of France may be best-known for industry events such as the Cannes Film Festival, but it also has a rich film production culture backed up by supportive local authorities and largely English-speaking crews.