Louisiana Filming Locations
Shreveport Shreveport is a great way to get a downtown city life from Louisiana. Famous for its nightlife and 25,000-square-foot “Once In A Millennium Moon Mega Mural,” Shreveport has been in many famous movies and TV shows. Productions have included True Blood, X-Men...
Film Labor Unions Collaborate on Return-to-Work Agreement
Film professionals and studios agree to implement COVID-19 protocols and return to production. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Hollywood’s unions have agreed to resume production in the COVID-19 era with expanded sick leave,...
American Film Market Goes Online
The annual conference will take place digitally from November 9 – 13. The American Film Market, the annual gathering of 7,000 industry professionals in Santa Monica, California is moving to a virtual format this fall. The new AFM 2020 seeks to replicate the live...
PGA Unveils COVID Production Guidelines
The Producers Guild of America presented industry groups with safe film set suggestions that can prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Producers Guild of America recently published its comprehensive, 56-page “COVID Safety Protocols for Producing Independent...
Independent Film Production During a Pandemic
Destination Film Guide publisher Jeff Gayduk was fortunate to catch up with Matt Glass and Jordan Long, independent film producers from HCT Media.
American Film Market Moves Online for 2020
The annual industry event will be completely virtual to ensure safety conference-goers. The annual American Film Market (AFM) conference, which is organized by the Independent Film & Television Alliance, announced this week that the 2020 event will be completely...
NBC, BET and Netflix Productions Resume Amid COVID-19
Popular network and streaming projects will resume filming with added health precautions. The Chicago franchise, three shows all filmed in the city on the NBC network, will begin filming in the weeks to come as the Chicago Film Office started issuing filming permits...
COVID-19 and the Future of 2020’s Fall Festivals
What does the future hold for these key elements of the awards circuit? When the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) pushed back its Oscars telecast date back to April 25, 2021, it created a ripple effect that will alter the fall festival season...
