If you are interested in scouting your next film in Abu Dhabi, I met two representatives from the Abu Dhabi Film Commission in Los Angeles this weekend.

David Shepeard and Marcelle Aleid will be very happy to send you more information about shooting in Abu Dhabi. You can check out their website at http://www.film.gov.ae.

You also contact Marcella at macelle@film.gov.ae. (Tell her Peter says hi!)

“The Documentary New Zealand Trust acknowledges the huge leap of faith by the New Zealand Film Commission in its new documentary development funding support.

Unlike short and feature dramatic films, documentary filmmakers did not have an official route for documentary development and production funding within the NZ Film Commission.

With the global popularity of cinematic and festival documentary genre, there has been an increasing call for a proper structure for funding those documentaries that go beyond the broadcast format supported by NZ On Air. The NZ Film Commission’s latest funding development guidelines will allow documentary project development, production funding and producer’s assistance to festivals and markets.”

Read this article from Scoop.

The Ten Commandments of Filmmaking
How to Work (and Survive) in the
Film and Television Industry
by Peter D. Marshall