The Cannes Film Festival is back next week for nine days of networking and to bear witness to an international roster of awe inspiring talent. It will be a hive of activity and The Location Guide will be there with its own stand at the Marché du Film for the first time!
After a 2022 edition that premiered three Best Picture Oscar nominees, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness and Elvis, can this year’s Cannes Film Festival top that?
With just a month to go until the start of one of the most anticipated cinema celebrations of the year, the 2023 instalment of the Cannes Film Festival has announced its official lineup. The festival’s director made the announcement on 13 May alongside incoming festival president Iris Knobloch. As Swedish filmmaker and two-time Palme d’Or […]
The European Audiovisual Observatory released they’re report on the financing of European theatrical fiction films, revealing that in 2020, the industry achieved an average budget of EUR 2.06 million. Direct funding came out on top as the largest financing source contributing 26% of the total financing, with producer investments and broadcaster investments following closely behind […]
Chiliadou Beach located on the island of Evia, Greece has won the sixth edition of the EUFCN Location Award. Recently featured in Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, the rocky beach landscapes offered a secluded island setting for the characters. Accepted by Maria Koufopoulou, director of the Hellenic Film Commission and Mark Holevas, president of the […]
From leadership changes, the welcoming of their new ad-tier and the display of their impressive slate of features set to grace the streaming veteran, Netflix has a lot going on. Adding almost 7.7 million subscribers last quarter, many are evidently still gravitating to the platform, which welcomed it’s new ad-based subscription package in November 2022. […]
With just 13 days left, the Sundance Film Festival will kick off their in person events from 19 until 29 Jan, with an online curated programme starting from 24 Jan. Although under two weeks away, an additional nine films for the lineup of the festival programme have been announced. Of the total recent additions, five […]
As phase five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is set to take over from February 2023, the famed film franchise is not the only one expected to dominate cinema screens this year. From much awaited sequels such as Dune Part Two, Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse and Shazam!: Fury of the Gods, to long-standing titles such […]
2022 has been another extraordinary year for The Location Guide with plenty of excitement and quality performances from the whole team. Two new issues of makers magazine covered some of the most topical content in our industry, while FOCUS and the makers & shakers Awards, in partnership with Radisson Hotel Group, brought us all together […]
The winners for this year’s makers & shakers Awards in partnership with Radisson Hotel Group have been revealed. Returning once again to BAFTA Piccadilly on 7 December, the ceremony was supported by Neom, St Pete Clearwater Film Commission, Pholex Ecopower and First Poly Productions.