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Jason Statham’s Killer Elite doubles Australia for UK, Oman and Paris
Jason Statham’s latest action thriller, Killer Elite, is set in places like the UK, Oman, Dubai and Paris, but filmed mostly in the Australian state of Victoria. More extensive shooting was considered in places like the UK, but keeping prices…
Setting our sights on the streamers for 2025
With Disney, Netflix, Prime Video, Tubi and many more, the streaming landscape spreads further than ever. In 2025, the competition between the platform ramps up as content offerings continue to diversify, ad-tiered services rake in greater audiences across the globe,…
Brewster's Millions: Christmas captures holiday spirit against Vancouver backdrop
Richard Pryor Jr blends holiday cheer with comedy in Brewster's Millions Christmas. For the BET+ Christmas Flick, Pryor Jr takes on the role played by his iconic father in the 1985 comedy Brewster’s Millions. Filming for the project took place…
Netflix shows growth across the board in Q3 reports
Netflix has added 5.1 million subscribers as reported in their Q3 findings, growing on the previous quarter, delivering above Wall Street predictions. This has sent the streamer’s total global paid subscriber count to 282.72 million. Netflix has reported a total…
Film London Production Finance Market returns for 2024
Film London’s Production Finance Market (PFM) will return this year for a two day event at The Thistle in London’s Marble Arch, welcoming 117 producers and filmmakers and 68 financiers. Taking place from 8-9 October, PFM will once again offer…
Michael B. Jordan reunites with Ryan Coogler for thriller horror Sinners
Marking their fifth collaboration together, Michael B. Jordan and Black Panther director Ryan Coogler reunite for Warner Bros.' Sinners. Set for release on 7 March 2025, the centres the 1930’s Jim Crow era, shot on location in the New Orleans…
Fight Night puts Atlanta front and centre
Will Packer’s Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is an all-star rollout featuring Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson, Taraji P Henson and many more. The limited series surrounding Mohammed Ali’s Atlanta comeback to the ring puts the city front and…
Jamaica film commission on the past, present and future of the local industry
With the success of Bob Marley: One Love, Jamaica was propelled into a new territory of filmic attention. As one of the largest countries in the Caribbean Sea, Jamaica boasts a unique variety of locations, from mountains to coastal landscapes,…
Spotify Beach returns to Cannes Lions for their tenth year
Major music streaming provider Spotify have earnt quite the reputation as the hot ticket during the Cannes Lions festivities. And for their tenth year running, the energy is nowhere near slowing down. After last year’s star studded line-up of panellists…
Films of MENA origin make a splash at Cannes
Films from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are front and centre for Cannes 2024. This year marks the first for Saudi Arabia in the official selection with drama NORAH directed by Tawfik Alzaidi. Other countries represented from the…
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Bedouin Films
Category: Location Finders/ Scouts
Country: Egypt
Covering: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, UAE, Saudi ArabiaGlobal Protection Shield, HR Diagnostics
Category: Security Services
Country: United States of America
Covering: North America, South America, Europe and Middle East, Australia, AfricaBlue Sky Films
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Rwanda
Covering: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Africa, The Seychellesi60 Productions
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Ghana
Covering: GhanaBlue Sky Films
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Tanzania
Covering: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Africa, The SeychellesBlue Sky Films
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Uganda
Covering: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Africa, The SeychellesLocal 81
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Japan
Covering: Asia, USA, Canada, Europe, South AfricaNicocorp
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: France
Covering: France, MonacoNamib Film
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Namibia
Covering: Namibia, Southern Africa, AfricaBlue Sky Films
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Kenya
Covering: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Africa
Locations (12)
Romania
Romania's reliable studios, a wide range of filming locations and experienced crews have long attracted production work. The introduction of a generous 35-45% incentive in 2018 has also reinvigorated its appeal to high-profile productions. Recent productions include Netflix’s A Christmas…
Costa Rica
Nestled between Nicaragua and Panama in Central America, Costa Rica is home to about 4.5 million people and offers filmmakers a wide range of tropical filming conditions. Costa Rica has abundant wildlife and despite its small size offers 6% of…
Gibraltar
Gibraltar’s history and unique geographic position provides an intriguing mixture of locations for filming. Set in the western Mediterranean, Gibraltar has views to the African continent, influence from Spain to the north as well as British cultural connections as an…
Kenya
Kenya is traditionally known for a wide range of locations – beach, bush, mountain, jungle and desert – many of which still remain unfamiliar to international audiences. And, because of Kenya’s tourist infrastructure, access and service is good and there…
Maldives
The Maldives straddle the middle of the Indian Ocean and comprises more than a thousand islands across 90,000 sq km. Two hundred of these islands are inhabited and of these almost half are used as holiday resorts. Renowned across the…
Mauritius
Mauritius is an island nation in the Indian Ocean situated 1,200 miles south-east of the African mainland. Independent from Britain since the late 1960s, the country offers idyllic white-sand beaches and modern cityscapes within close proximity, all of which appeal…
Morocco
Morocco is a hugely popular international filming location and one of the top spots in the world for desert settings. Nearly 40 foreign productions shot in Morocco in 2014 spending a collective USD120 million – more than the previous five…
Namibia
Namibia’s standout landscapes have attracted productions looking for epic and unique and wilderness settings. It is one of the least densely populated countries and its wide open spaces covering everything from high dunes and rugged mountains to canyons, dense bush…
Netherlands
Since the Netherlands Film Production Incentive launched in mid-2014 a number of high profile productions have chosen to film in the country. Among these are Christopher Nolan’s war film Dunkirk, The Hitman’s Bodyguard and Netflix series Sense8. In March 2019 Warner…
South Africa
South Africa has long been favoured as a location due to a perfect blend of conditions, infrastructure and expertise. High-end TV dramas are increasingly shooting in South Africa while advertising productions continue to frequent the country due to production value…
Incentives (2)
South Africa: The South African Film and Television Production and Co-production Incentive
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South Africa: The Foreign Film and Television Production and Post-Production Incentive
Shooting on location in SA and conducting post production in SA - an additional 2.5% of QSAPPE will be added to the QSAPE (cumulative 22.5%)