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Diving dollar has gold lining for silver screen - The Age

Diving dollar has gold lining for silver screen
The Age, Australia - 18 hours ago
THE plunging Australian dollar promises to be a bonanza for big-spending American film and TV productions shooting in Australia. The Melbourne Film Office


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Shot in Texas: More wrangling over film incentives - Dallas Morning News

One proposal has a little bump for films shot here and deemed family-friendly, says Bob Hudgins, head of the Texas Film Commission.


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County in big screen spotlight - Ipswich Evening Star

Location filming can therefore help Suffolk to showcase the beauty of the county's countryside and historic heritage.” Anyone who knows of a Suffolk


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Location Awards honor industry best - Variety

“This awards gala honors our hard-working location managers whose main motto is ‘keep filming in California,’ ” said Sheri Davis, director of the Inland Empire Film Commission and awards co-chair along with Janice Arrington of the Orange County Film Commission and Pauline East of the Antelope Valley Film Office. …


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Location managers honored at COLAs - Hollywood Reporter

The location managers behind Stage 6/Screen Gem’s “Fired Up” and Universal/Imagine’s “Frost/Nixon” tied for location manager of the year while the location team behind DreamWorks’ “Eagle Eye” took location team of the year, two of the top prizes at Sunday’s 14th annual California On Location Awards.


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Upcoming film being shot in downtown Phoenix - ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

According to the Phoenix Film Office, scenes for "Middle Men" were shot near 1st Avenue and Monroe Street. The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) says the film,


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Made in North Carolina - Hollywood Reporter

"More than just location," says Johnny Griffin of the Wilmington Regional Film Commission, "these productions took advantage of production facilities,


Scene From Leatherheads, Filmed in NC
Hollywood Reporter


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Film group to host meeting - DeSoto Appeal

The Association for the Future of Film & Television will meet from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Playhouse on the Square, 51 S. Cooper. The event is hosted by two influential local supporters: Linn Sitler, commissioner of the Memphis & Shelby County Film Commission, and Dean Deyo, president of the Memphis Music Foundation.


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Rome Film Festival to push tax benefits - Hollywood Reporter

The initiative, sponsored by the Rome and Lazio Film Commission and cinema associations API and ANICA, will include access to expert advisors who will be


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Legislative panel OKs film-incentives hike - Deseret News

Marshall Moore, director of the Utah Film Commission, said Kevin Costner recently visited Moab and wants to shoot two large-budget westerns in Utah.


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Mayor Bloomberg and NYC & Company Open Travel and Tourism Office … - Canada NewsWire (press release)

The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting (MOFTB) is also actively recruiting the production of Indian films to New York City.


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Film rolls in the Bluffs - Daily Nonpareil

“Our company is based in Iowa because of the exceptional economic development program that the State of Iowa Film Commission has enacted to encourage TV and Film Production,” Weiner said in an electronic message. “We might not have considered Iowa for the location if it were not for this program, but Iowa has turned out to be a Field of Dreams.”


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‘Sowryam’ pulls Swiss crowds - Arab Times

Film Location Switzerland director Andre Brice told AFP that he did not have an exact count of Indian films made here, but added that at the peak, there were as many as 30 productions here a year.


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Alternate ending for Michigan's film incentives? - MLive.com

"My bill says, let's put a cap on it at $100 million, so the Film Office can award these up to a certain point in a calendar year, then they have to stop.


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Show that you love local films - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

"It is hugely encouraging that this is, in part, an initiative of the Louisiana Film Office and the Lt. Governor's Office in Baton Rouge, " Duffey said.


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Evo Media's CEO gets on board the Cape Film Commission - Bizcommunity.com

Emiley Vollmer, the CEO of Evo Media, is a newly appointed board member of the Cape Film Commission (South Africa). The Commission's decision gives recognition to the


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NJSEA and Film Commission to look for other locations - South Bergenite

After Bergen County Film Commission (BCFC) members stated at a press conference on Sept. 29 that they wanted a feasibility study conducted on the viability


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Zack & Miri' director to host film office benefit - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

religious send-up "Dogma" in Western Pennsylvania in 1998, will also host a Q&A session following the film. Proceeds benefit the Pittsburgh Film Office.


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Busan, Sapporo sign MoU on film collaboration - Screendaily.com (subscription)

The Korean city of Busan and Japanese city Sapporo have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on film production, distribution and training programmes within the film industry in each city.


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Film commission seminar urges more incentives - Hollywood Reporter

Oct 4, 2008 | expert Bill Bowling's advice Saturday to a gathering of film commission representatives and government officials from across the Asia-Pacific region.


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Japan to launch film commission as part of policy shift - Screendaily.com (subscription)

Addtionally, deputy director Yasushi Nozawa revealed further details about the Japan Film Commission (JFC) to be formally launched in April 2009,


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Livermore Valley Film Commission Succeeds in Bringing Productions … - PR.com (press release)

The Livermore Valley Film Commission, formed three years ago to promote filming in Livermore, California, has added Pleasanton and Dublin, California to its


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