Archive for March, 2021

By Annlee Ellingson  –  Staff Reporter, L.A. Biz Mar 1, 2021, 1:14pm EST The California Film Commission announced a slew of movies that will film in the Golden State thanks to tax credits, including projects from Jason Bateman, the Coen brothers, Evan Longoria, Steven Soderbergh, and Reese Witherspoon. In all, 22 films — 11 studio […]

Sponsored by British Film Institute, by British Film Commission1 March 2021 The dual challenges of the pandemic and Brexit have been tumultuous to navigate for the UK’s film and high-end TV (HETV) production sector. And yet the industry has adapted not only to survive, but to flourish. With recently-published British Film Institute (BFI) statistics revealing […]

2:00 AM PST 3/1/2021 by Scott Roxborough A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, independent buyers are “cautious and wary” as Berlin’s virtual market kicks off: “They have a backlog and they are reluctant to buy anything new until they’ve cleared that.” A year into the coronavirus pandemic, executives setting up Zoom meetings and preparing to […]

By Andreas Wiseman, Tom Grater March 1, 2021 4:06am As the virtual European Film Market officially gets underway Monday, there are multiple hot-button topics reverberating behind the scenes. It starts with the growing frustration felt by a number of international buyers who are unhappy about being unwound by sales firms and packaging agents from high-profile […]