from: FilmWorksLA.com — FilmL.A. Pilot Report: L.A.’s Share of TV Dramas Sees “Dramatic” Decline Earlier this month, FilmL.A. released its fifth report from its eight-year study of television pilot production. The report presented a mixed bag of findings: FilmL.A.’s official count shows that 152 broadcast and cable television pilots were produced during...
Learn More
from: FilmWorksLA.com — “One of the things that’s getting very lost in the business of movies, where people go… very often to Canada to shoot films… is that we lose the ability to capture parts of our own culture.” – Director James Mangold (Director’s Commentary, Walk the Line) As it turns out, many of the Film Works supporters who’ve signed onto...
Learn More
from: Robert Goldrich, SHOOTonline.com — The independent filmmaking community has turned out not only for the ongoing Los Angeles Film Festival but also made its presence felt at the recently wrapped AFCI Locations Show. Timing and proximity facilitated the coming together as the Locations Show on Friday and Saturday (6/15-16) corresponded with the opening weekend...
Learn More
from: Richard Verrier, LA Times — Writer-director Ava DuVernay stands outside a well-maintained Spanish mission-style duplex in South-Central Los Angeles, home to the heroine of her story, a hardworking nurse who works the night shift and struggles to maintain a relationship with a husband serving a prison sentence. “When people think South-Central or...
Learn More
from: TheHollywoodReporter.com — While the Milken Institute praises the state’s efforts to stop runaway production, it argues that passing the pending extension of the $100 million annual tax incentive program still isn’t enough to remain competitive. Independent economic think tank the Milken Institute on Thursday issued an in-depth report that praises...
Learn More
from: FilmWorksLA.com — California Film & Television Tax Credits: Too Few to Meet Filmmaker Demand On June 1, the California Film Commission (CFC) awarded a new round of film tax credits under the California Film & Television Tax Credit Program. A total of 28 projects was selected by lottery from an initial pool of 322 program applicants. Capped...
Learn More
