Archive for November, 2015

As filming returns to L.A., neighborhood complaints rise

By Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Daily News Television and commercial production crews are back in Los Angeles amid an uptick in production across the city. But as more shoots occur on downtown bridges and San Fernando Valley boulevards, Los Angeles residents are pushing back. Complaints about filming were up nearly 20 percent this year, compared with 2013, according to […]

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B-Town production houses are now doubling up as talent managers

By The Hitlist Team Bollywood production houses are going beyond just churning out films. An increasing number of filmmakers are not only giving a break to newcomers, but also managing the greenhorns and inking multiple film contracts (at least three) with them. Their mantra being if they give freshers that big break, selling them and […]

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Naseeruddin Shah cautions Pakistani film directors

According to a local report, veteran Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah expressed the hope that Pakistani directors would stop making films which were bad copies of Bollywood. Naseeruddin Shah is a stellar actor, who has enchanted audiences with his acting prowess over the years, also does not shy away from issuing a bold statement every now […]

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Florida film incentives program will sunset without lawmakers’ support

By Paul Guzzo | Tribune Staff Following three straight years of failing to convince the Florida Legislature that the film and television industry could be a major economic driver for the state, industry leaders will attempt to do so once again in January. Only this time there is more at stake. The current incentive program sunsets […]

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Ohio out of money for film crews

By Chelsey Levingston Staff Writer At one point, Hamilton actually lost production of the movie “Tiger” to another filming site, and the director of Film Hamilton is worried about losing more projects despite the city’s successful run of luring now four films to tape here. In between the time Southwest Ohio was scouted for places to […]

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Onwards and Outwards Resources: Women in the Film Industry

A selection of articles and resources which explore the position of women in the film industry today, the obstacles that they face and the innovations that they have made. A Vivid Cinema: Women in the British Film Industry, ICA Blog, 2015 Our British Female Directors, Dogwoof, 2015 Reports and Statistics, Women in Film and Television UK, […]

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Film seminar educates

By Stuart Taylor VALDOSTA — An upcoming film industry seminar offers participants a chance to learn about the business of film. Linda Burns, an Atlanta-based producer, is running the seminar and will educate participants about different film jobs as well as the expectations of those jobs, set etiquette and terminology. “It’ll give people the nuts […]

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Slovakia Reaps Film Industry Benefits

by  FNE Staff BRATISLAVA: The Slovak film industry is seeing the results of governmental film investment initiatives, on both the domestic and the international landscape, while expanding distribution support. Speaking with FNE, Martin Smatlak executive director of Slovak Audiovisual Fund said 2015 has been “the most successful year.” The country’s new film incentives landed its first foreign production, […]

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Finnish Independent Film is Doing Better Than You Might Think

By Tina Poglajen | Indiewire This year, the Love and Anarchy film festival in Helsinki dedicated one of its program sections to Finnish indie films. A closer look reveals that outside the system of state-funding, indie films that go off the beaten track with their storytelling, genre films and alternatively produced, niche fiction and documentary […]

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DGA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRAINING PROGRAM

The New York Assistant Director Training Program is designed to provide opportunities for a limited number of individuals to become Assistant Directors in Film, Film Television & Commercial production. This is a two year program consisting of up to 350 days of on-the-job training combined with seminars and special assignments. A rotation system places Trainees […]

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