For some time, the French VFX sector suffered an acute case of brain drain, as young professionals would graduate from internationally admired institutions and nearly immediately take their talents abroad.
“Years ago, when I spoke with students from [the renowned school] ArtFX, something like 95 of them planned to leave after graduation,” says VFX supervisor Emmanuel Pichereau. “Only when I consulted with this year’s graduating class, I saw many of them change their mind about staying in France.”
What changed, of course, has much to do with France’s newly revamped tax plan, which now offers a 40 rebate to productions that spend at least 2.27 million with local VFX studios.
In the two years since the plan went through, projects including “The Last Duel,” “John Wick: Chapter 4” and six other large international productions were persuaded to bring substantial visual-effects slates to Gaul. French animators are also in demand.
And as new work bids...
“Years ago, when I spoke with students from [the renowned school] ArtFX, something like 95 of them planned to leave after graduation,” says VFX supervisor Emmanuel Pichereau. “Only when I consulted with this year’s graduating class, I saw many of them change their mind about staying in France.”
What changed, of course, has much to do with France’s newly revamped tax plan, which now offers a 40 rebate to productions that spend at least 2.27 million with local VFX studios.
In the two years since the plan went through, projects including “The Last Duel,” “John Wick: Chapter 4” and six other large international productions were persuaded to bring substantial visual-effects slates to Gaul. French animators are also in demand.
And as new work bids...
- 5/10/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
Raphael Benoliel, Rachael Penfold participated in the latest ScreenDaily Talk.
France’s newly enhanced tax rebate for international TV and film productions, known as the Trip, is making the country a very attractive location in which to shoot and do VFX work, said French line producer Raphael Benoliel, whose credits include two seaons of Netflix’s Emily In Paris and Lionsgate/Summit’s John Wick Chapter 4.
He was talking on the latest ScreenDaily Talk on shooting in France. Watch the session in full, above. That the talk was produced in partnership with Film France, The French film commission by...
France’s newly enhanced tax rebate for international TV and film productions, known as the Trip, is making the country a very attractive location in which to shoot and do VFX work, said French line producer Raphael Benoliel, whose credits include two seaons of Netflix’s Emily In Paris and Lionsgate/Summit’s John Wick Chapter 4.
He was talking on the latest ScreenDaily Talk on shooting in France. Watch the session in full, above. That the talk was produced in partnership with Film France, The French film commission by...
- 1/27/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Raphael Benoliel, Rachael Penfold participated in the latest ScreenDaily Talk.
France’s newly enhanced tax rebate for international TV and film productions, known as the Trip, is making the country a very attractive location in which to shoot and do VFX work, said French line producer Raphael Benoliel, whose credits include two seaons of Netflix’s Emily In Paris and Lionsgate/Summit’s John Wick Chapter 4.
He was talking on the latest ScreenDaily Talk on shooting in France.
The Tax Rebate for International Production (Trip), offers a rebate of up to 30% of the eligible production spend to a cap of €30m.
France’s newly enhanced tax rebate for international TV and film productions, known as the Trip, is making the country a very attractive location in which to shoot and do VFX work, said French line producer Raphael Benoliel, whose credits include two seaons of Netflix’s Emily In Paris and Lionsgate/Summit’s John Wick Chapter 4.
He was talking on the latest ScreenDaily Talk on shooting in France.
The Tax Rebate for International Production (Trip), offers a rebate of up to 30% of the eligible production spend to a cap of €30m.
- 1/27/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Roadside Attractions is opening Roberto Benigni’s new Pinocchio movie from filmmaker Matteo Garrone on Christmas Day stateside on 2,000 screens. It’s more good news for those theaters which are braving the Christmas holiday. This past Thanksgiving proved that families will venture out during the pandemic where they feel safe and head to the movies; Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age moving to a $14.2M five-day opening.
Having grossed $1.1M in the UK via distributor Vertigo Releasing back in August from an English language version, that Pinocchio print will be booked at U.S. and Canada theaters versus a subtitled one. Garrone’s Pinocchio opened in Italy a year ago where it grossed $17.1M, repping 84% of the pic’s $20.4M WW box office to date. The movie also played this past year’s Berlin Film Festival.
In this live-action version, which Roadside acquired U.S. on back on Nov.
Having grossed $1.1M in the UK via distributor Vertigo Releasing back in August from an English language version, that Pinocchio print will be booked at U.S. and Canada theaters versus a subtitled one. Garrone’s Pinocchio opened in Italy a year ago where it grossed $17.1M, repping 84% of the pic’s $20.4M WW box office to date. The movie also played this past year’s Berlin Film Festival.
In this live-action version, which Roadside acquired U.S. on back on Nov.
- 11/30/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Garrone describes the casting as “two dreams come true in one film”.
Italian actor Roberto Benigni has signed up to the key role of Geppetto in Matteo Garrone’s upcoming live-action version of Pinocchio.
Toni Servillo, who starred in Garrone’s Gomorrah, was previously signed up for the role.
Garrone described the opportunity to direct Benigni, who won the best actor Oscar for Life Is Beautiful in 1997, as “two dreams come true in one film”.
Garrone is set to direct his own screenplay, which is an adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s classic tale of a puppet who must show his...
Italian actor Roberto Benigni has signed up to the key role of Geppetto in Matteo Garrone’s upcoming live-action version of Pinocchio.
Toni Servillo, who starred in Garrone’s Gomorrah, was previously signed up for the role.
Garrone described the opportunity to direct Benigni, who won the best actor Oscar for Life Is Beautiful in 1997, as “two dreams come true in one film”.
Garrone is set to direct his own screenplay, which is an adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s classic tale of a puppet who must show his...
- 10/26/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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