Today the BFI announced their focus shift of the National Lottery funding into bringing screen culture directly to classrooms, offering guidance for career building as well as delivering local grassroots activity in disadvantaged communities. This new programme will provide activities for 5-18 year olds over the course of three years. As part of the National […]
The Serbian Government’s Ministry of Culture has increased the budget allocated to its cash rebate programme to EUR14.5 million. Preliminary reports on the Serbia Film Incentive programme – including its overall industry performance in the pandemic years – indicate that the country is one of the fastest-growing film production destinations in Eastern Europe. It is […]
North Carolina paid out USD 60 million in filming tax credits in 2014 and made over USD 240 million in direct production spending, according to official figures. At the height of its filming incentive popularity, North Carolina hosted the first Hunger Games movie and Iron Man 3.
There was a rise in the number of New Zealand features made as international co-productions in 2014, while Wellington remained the country’s main filming hub. Nearly 80% of production revenue for the year was generated in the capital.
Adam Sandler’s big-budget comedy Pixels and Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror Crimson Peak helped boost international production spending in Ontario in 2014. Del Toro returns to Canada having also shot his 2013 monster movie Pacific Rim at Pinewood Studios Toronto.
Malta has announced a production agreement with China is close and that the Maltese industry saw a huge increase in international spending in 2014. Transformers director Michael Bay is among the high-profile filmmakers planning a Malta shoot in the near future.
Harry Potter and period drama Downton Abbey helped drive film tourism in England in 2014. Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, and the Dorset filming locations used for child murder drama Broadchurch, contributed to an overall spend of up to GBP 140 million.
Mississippi hosted a diverse production slate in 2014 but they were mostly low-budget shoots. James Brown biopic Get On Up was the highest-profile movie to film locally. Nineteen movies helped generate overall production spending of around USD 55 million.
Winners have been announced for this year’s Ciclope International Festival of Craft. Ciclope recognises the craft of storytelling in international audiovisual production and this year an interview with Roman Coppola was the headlining event. The Location Guide was a media partner.
Filmmaker Roman Coppola will headline this year’s Ciclope International Festival of Craft in Berlin. Ciclope recognises the craft of storytelling in international audiovisual production and this year’s event takes place on 6 and 7 November. The Location Guide is a media partner of the event.