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Members of the Bergen County Film Commission along with New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission Executive Director Steve Gorlick, Bergen County …
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A film director from the Northeast is considering using his home-ground for his next project. Jon Baird, originally from Peterhead, is in talks over…

Taipei City’s Cultural Affairs Department (CAD), which established a film commission in January to encourage cooperation with the film industry, …

Hollywood is considered a very film-friendly city, said Elizabeth Wentworth, vice president of the Film Commission of the Broward Alliance. …

…Jamaica is a premier location for movies, but getting funding seems to be difficult for some local filmmakers.

…needed to do more to help the film industry. And, especially when compared to the United States, Saulter said Jamaica was a cheaper location to make films.

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The Montana Film Office has worked with the production team since December 2007 to bring the film to the state. Film Office staffer John Ansotegui worked with the National Park Service and the production company location manager, Alasdair Boyd, to choose the site for the shoot. …

When location manager Iain Smith turned up on the beach at St Andrews at 5am in the morning, he assumed the shoot would go smoothly this time round. The opening shot for Chariots of Fire showed the athletes in training, running through the sea. Since …

"The commission could help by developing broad investment channels," says Kang Han-seop, chairman of the Korean Film Commission. …

To manage this state-wide stage system effectively, he said, the State Film Office would need to oversee the stages moreso than our regional film …

RODANTHE, N.C. When the movie crew for “Nights in Rodanthe” renovated the house called “Serendipity” for its big screen appearance, nasty storm clouds threatened.

Every state in the union (and more than one city) has its own film commission, tasked with bringing home a slice of the Hollywood bacon. …

The most aggressive region in Korea is Gyeonggi Province through its Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency, launched in 2004, and the Gyeonggi Film Commission in 2005. Those bodies are behind the construction of a huge complex dubbed “Hallyu-wood,” (hallyu being the term used for “Korean wave” of entertainment) while joining venture capital funds to raise coin for films. Their programs range from the small — renting expensive software to small CG and game production companies — to the large — the Gyeonggi Location Incentive offers cash; this year two films have nabbed $50,000 each.

Miracle was shot last fall, mostly on location in Tuscany, and in the fabled Cinecitta Studios in Rome – "a studio built by Mussolini," Lee notes with no …

Said: Sally Joynson, Chief Executive at Screen Yorkshire: "Promoting the region as a film location across the globe is at the heart of our work to ensure …

USA Today has a fun list of which movies and TV shows have been shot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It’s a good reminder that you don’t necessarily have to live in Los Angeles or Manhattan to wake up and find a film crew shooting outside your front door. Nor do you have to live near a famous landmark, like Mount Rushmore (pictured, in North by Northwest).

“I just love shooting films in New Jersey. I always try to film here since you have so much control over the location. In New York you have to deal with hassles like parking and unwanted noise. I’ve used Point Pleasant, Brick, and even George Washington’s old house in Morristown as locations for filming,” Valenti said.

LOWELL — The Fighter, the long-anticipated movie chronicling local boxing legend Micky Ward’s life, is inching closer to becoming reality. Scouts for Paramount Studios spent part of the weekend in Lowell, visiting sites central to the film’s plot …

The Michigan Film Office estimates studios have spent $400 million since April on hotel rooms, crew salaries, equipment and other location expenses. …

Also, the Finnish government has set up a film commission to lure film fraternity of this country. Scenic beauty of Finland makes it an apt destination for …

Shreveport has attracted at least 18 projects in 2008, totaling more than $200 million in production budgets, and more than 80% of that will likely be spent in Louisiana, according to estimates from the state’s Office of Entertainment Industry Development.

To determine shooting locations, the office works with the movie’s location scout.