Archive for October, 2015

NETHERLANDS, CHINA AGREE ON FILM CO-PRODUCTION, FRESH FOOD TRADE DEALS

by Janene Pieters The Netherlands signed two very promising agreements with China this week. On Monday State Secretary Sharon Dijksma of Economic Affairs signed a vegetable trade deal involving paprika peppers with China. The two countries also signed a co-production deal to facilitate film alliances. The Netherlands one of the first countries to supply China with […]

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Georgia Ranks Number Three in Film Production, More Plans for Improvement

By JoAnn Merrigan You may have noticed a lot of movie buffs in town for Savannah college of Art and Design’s (SCAD’s) 18th annual film festival. It brings together industry experts, not to mention stars.  But it’s just about watching films. It gives SCAD students the opportunity to rub elbows with many in the industry.  And […]

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Film Production Set to Return to the Coast

By Brandon Shope WILMINGTON — Production companies will soon be able to apply for film grant funds to film in North Carolina. It is a move that would mean more jobs for state crews. The $30 million film grant will be primarily geared toward attracting medium-sized projects such as television shows. Those programs have the […]

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The Bond effect? Britain’s booming film industry growing more quickly than ANY other part of the economy as growth slumps to just 0.5%

Between July and September the UK’s movie business grew by 5.9% In the last five years alone it has has soared in value by over 50% Film boom was revealed in disappointing growth figures published today Overall, the UK economy grew by just 0.5% in the 3 months to September By TOM MCTAGUE, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR […]

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Guy Daleiden on the leaps in Luxembourg film industry and what the UAE could learn

Jessica Hill For an idea of what a future home-grown UAE film industry could look like, consider Luxembourg. The small European country has a population of only 550,000, of which the majority are expats — just like the UAE. But Luxembourg has been packing some punches in the international moviemaking arena. At last year’s Oscars, […]

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Chinese Box Office to Increase Foreign Film Cap, Allow Audits

Francis Eduard Ang China has announced that it will increase the cap for foreign film imports and allow for the auditing of its box office, according to a report by Chinese-language newspaper Want Daily. http://en.yibada.com/articles/77245/20151024/chinese-box-office-increase-foreign-film-cap-allow-audits.htm

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How much does Australia really subsidise overseas films? And is it worth it?

Greg Jericho Ridley Scott’s next film and the latest Chris Hemsworth vehicle, Thor: Ragnarok, will be filmed in Australia. The joyful announcement by the foreign minister, Julie Bishop, and the arts minister, Mitch Fifield, celebrated their fine work in persuading 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studies to bring their productions here. The fine work was really done by […]

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India’s Film Industry — A $10 Billion Business Trapped In A $2 Billion Body

Rob Cain India has the largest democracy in the world. A huge and fast growing middle class. It makes more movies than any other country, 1,500 to 2,000 annually. And its people are famously fanatical about those movies and their movie stars. By almost any measure, India should be the world’s highest grossing territory in […]

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1st film announced under UK-China co-production treaty

By Tom Cunliffe “Girl with a Pearl Earring” director Paul Webber, together with an as yet unnamed Chinese director, will make a documentary provisionally entitled “Earth: One Amazing Day.” This will be the first feature that is made under UK-China co-production treaty that was announced in 2014. The documentary is a sequel to “Earth” (2007), […]

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Film and TV jobs are migrating to New York and Atlanta, but workers are still better off in L.A.

Annlee EllingsonStaff WriterL.A. Biz My husband returns home next week after living in Atlanta for six months. We moved to Los Angeles 17 years ago because it’s the entertainment capital of the world, and he worked steadily in television here for a decade and a half. But like for many Hollywood workers and their families, […]

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