Bohmenian author Henry Miller said, ”One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” Though we travelled to new places, more to the point, we made new friends, learning new interpretations of place through our shared experiences. As one hopes, the journey was as key as our destinations. Your fam tour […]
FilmLA announced their production report for the second quarter of the year on 20 July 2022. The partner film office for the city and county of Los Angeles recorded 9220 shoot days (SD) for the quarterly period of the year. These figures suggest the city’s return to its pre-pandemic strength and promise to continue growth.
Onyx Collective, a platform led by creatives of colour, gives a teaser of its first drama series. Reasonable Doubt is executive produced by Kerry Washington and the product of an all-black writer’s room led by Raamla Mohamed. The show follows the complex personal and professional life of defence attorney Jax Stewart. Its first episode is […]
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 […]
Kyiv-based company Radioaktive is set to move its production base to Poland. The group shares offices in the country with service specialists TwentyfourSeven, where the two companies launched a joint production venture. Together, the organisations will donate all profits raised through their partnership to Ukrainian causes until tensions with Russia subside.
France’s Centre National du Cinema (CNC) launched an ambitious funding initiative in July 2021. Buoyed by the global popularity of works such Lupin and Emily in Paris on Netflix, the Gallic national film body invested approximately EUR10 million into eight studios and 12 digital facilities. An estimated EUR160 million in private investment has since been […]
FOCUS’s famous annual Location Managers Christmas Drinks is back again for 2021 – and Location One will be main sponsor.
CCS Rights Management will sponsor FOCUS 2021’s Producers Brunch. The company specialise in music publishing and rights management. Their expertise encompass both music and audiovisual intellectual properties, such as neighbouring rights and retransmission. As a result of the Toronto-based group’s impressive portfolio, CSS’s full administrative and creative services are enjoyed by writers, artists, musicians, producers […]
The Czech Republic’s Culture Minister Lubomír Zaorálek has transferred an extra EUR12 million, or CZK300 million, to the State Cinematography Fund in an attempt to attract new film projects to the country. Drawing from state budget reserves, the 2021 budget for national production incentives has now grown from EUR31.5 million to EUR43.5 million, or the […]
Primetime Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) is directing Rebecca Banner’s acclaimed 2016 Black List screenplay in Rhode Island. The independent feature film will showcase the state’s varied landscapes.