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London vfx house One of Us Opens Paris Studio
Award winning VFX house One of Us pinpointed France’s new VFX based incentive as a motivation for the new Paris outpost. French classic Asterix and Obelix: The Silk Road is the first project in the works from the new studio.…
LMGI Awards announce winners for 10th annual ceremony
The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) Awards welcomed another successful year, announcing their winners of the night. Held on 26 August, location professionals gathered at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica to celebrate the crème de la…
HBO releases high action trailer for The Last of Us series
The Last of Us series based on the critically acclaimed videogame is coming to HBO and HBO Max. Starring Pedro Pascal and Storm Reid, the series was filmed amongst many Alberta, Canada settings, contributing to its post-apocalyptic landscapes. Hit drama…
On location in Mongolia with Orgil Makhaan, the founder and president of the Mongolian National Film Commission
TLG speaks to Orgil Makhaan, president of the Mongolian National Film Commission about Mongolia's production sector, locations and the new 30% filming incentive. Firstly about you Please tell us about you, your career path and how you founded the Mongolia…
Principal photography begins in Oklahoma for Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon
The feature film from Apple Studios stars Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Robert De Niro (Joker, The Irishman), Lily Gladstone (Billions, Certain Women) and Jesse Plemons (El Camino, Black Mirror). Killers of the Flower Moon…
Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield filming The Eyes of Tammy Faye on location in North Carolina
Principal production has started on the Fox Searchlight Film based on the acclaimed 2000 documentary of the same name which chronicled the rise and fall of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. The feature looks at the rise, fall and…
Robert Eggers horror-thriller The Lighthouse faced challenging conditions filming on location in Nova Scotia
Robert Eggers' new horror-thriller The Lighthouse filmed in Nova Scotia, Canada. The production, which has amassed critical praise after its world premiere at 2019 Cannes Film Festival, encountered challenging conditions on location in the eastern Canadian province during filming in 2018.…
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch set to record highest spend by a foreign production in France
Shooting in the Charente region of France, Anderson’s film The French Dispatch will spend EUR27 million in France, the biggest budget on record for an incoming film. French reports suggest that EUR8 million of the expected EUR27 million budget will…
BBC’s Les Misérables doubled Belgium for 19th century France
Despite its status as a French classic, the BBC’s adaptation of Les Misérables primarily filmed in Belgium, with only a small portion of production taking place in its neighbor to the south. Directed by Tom Shankland, the six part series…
Costa Rica and Iceland provide locations for National Geographic and Coors Light new branded-content campaign
Coors and National Geographic partnered for a six-part micro-documentary campaign titled ‘My Next’ which sent two explorers to Iceland and Costa Rica. The campaign took two expert adventurers out of their comfort zones to send them on bucket-list expeditions. Submarine…
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Alaska
Alaska has cancelled its filming incentive programme and will redirect the funds elsewhere in the economy. For the past few years the state has offered a base 30% filming tax credit that specifically rewarded productions shooting in remote areas at…
Alberta
Alberta has become the sole filming location for all three seasons of FX's crime series, Fargo. The province was also featured in the Academy Award winning The Revenant. A period survival story, The Revenant follows a hunter seeking revenge on…
Canada
Canada remains a top international filming location, with Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal as the main production hubs rivalling the likes of New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles. Generous provincial filming incentives are a key element of Canada’s overall success, as…
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia in eastern Canada has changed its filming incentive. In July 2015, the province switched its existing tax credit to a 25% funding programme applicable to all Nova Scotia production expenses. The new programme is modelled on the Alberta…
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Canada: Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)
In Canada the goods and services tax or GST is a federal tax of 6% on most goods and services sold in Canada. Some goods and services are exempt from GST. Provincial sales tax or PST rates differ from province…
Canada: The Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC)
In Canada the goods and services tax or GST is a federal tax of 6% on most goods and services sold in Canada. Some goods and services are exempt from GST. Provincial sales tax or PST rates differ from province…
The Alberta Production Grant
There is no provincial GST in Alberta. Behind the scenes personnel, ie crew, are taxed at 15% of gross (23% for cast and in-front-of-camera personnel). Under the legislation, 23% tax must be withheld on the gross income earned from acting…