Lithuania has moved a step closer towards a national location filming incentive. An amendment has been approved by the government and will soon be subject to a parliamentary vote.
Hundreds rallied in North Carolina at the weekend over proposed changes to the state’s location filming incentive programme. The concern is that making the incentive non-refundable will discourage productions on the scale of The Hunger Games from filming locally.
Authorities in the Peak District region of central and northern England are hoping for a boost in film tourism after the area was used as a filming location for BBC TV drama The Village. The series charts the social history of a single English village over the course of the entire 20th Century.
The Craften Amsterdam conference is preparing to celebrate the production craft of advertising in Europe. It will take place in the Dutch city next week on 24 and 25 April 2013 and is being organised by Ciclope International Advertising Craft Festival.
The CFP-E (Commercial Film Producers of Europe)/Shots Young Director Award has extended its submissions deadline to 29 April 2013. That gives filmmakers an extra ten days to get their work finished and sent in.
North Carolina is considering plans to make its location filming incentive non-refundable. The news has angered production professionals in the state who are concerned that the change would threaten North Carolina’s appeal to productions like Iron Man 3.
The Massachusetts Film Office is anticipating the start of a full-time production industry for the state when New England Studios opens in Devens in the next few months. It’s a development that could help attract more productions like Oscar-winning feature The Fighter.
Bang Bang Films and B-Reel Films headed to Spanish capital Madrid to shoot a quirky romance for major watch brand Titan. Tagged features a couple travelling around the city together when their watch straps become linked.
The Norwegian government will commission a report to assess the impact of location filming incentive programmes around the world. It’s a move that could eventually lead to filming incentives being launched in Norway.
Somesuch & Co filmed a charge of costumed characters on location in New Zealand in a new spot for Samsung’s Smart TV. Fantasy horsemen, Roman soldiers, dragsters, chariots, a T-Rex and an airborne police unit race down a remote beach as a TV viewer decides which show he’d like to watch.