An early November two-day Fam Tour, hosted by Visit Greater Palm Springs, introduced a group of LMGI members to many of the location gems of California’s High Desert. ...
Another season of the Emmy-winning anthology series True Detective—True Detective: Night Country—is set at an Arctic research station in the fictional mining town of Ennis, Alaska, so close to the Arctic circle that it exists in darkness eight months each year....
Demand for shooting in extreme conditions is getting bigger, insist many location managers, despite new technology proving successful in simulating environments. ...
They’re young, smart and enthusiastic about what they do. In this occasional column, key assistant location manager Paul Messana, a genXer himself, talks with the upcoming generation of location professionals on the rise. ...
A delegation of LMGI members ventured to the US Virgin Islands (USVI) for a seven-day island exploration tour hosted by the US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism....
The Location Managers Guild International is proud to announce and congratulate four LMGI members who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, “Class of 2024”. ...
This past October, Feria de Valladolid, in conjunction with the Valladolid Film Commission and Spain Film Commission, upped their game with the expanded 3rd Annual Shooting Locations Marketplace (SLM), sponsored by the Junta de Castilla y León and Valladolid City Council. ...
In September 2023, the Zagreb Film Office invited LMGI President John Rakich (Toronto), members Benjamin Hendriks (Netherlands) and Emma Jane “EJ” Richards (United Kingdom) to participate in a seven-day nationwide tour of Croatia’s most film-friendly locations, followed by a panel discussion at the fifth PROFilm Days Symposium in Croatia’s capital city, Zagreb.
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This past August, LMGI members toured Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. LMGI member Jonas Spokas, head of the production service company Baltic Locations, organized the trip with the Director of the Vilnius Film Office, Jurate Pazikaite. ...
In July, LMGI members Aaron Hurvitz, Sabine Schulmeyer and Nick Rafferty were among nine guests from around the world invited by Locations Africa for a tour of two very special regions of Africa....
