LMGI COMPASS
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Spring 2023
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Spain Welcomes
Location Professionals
at Event in Valladolid!
Late last year, while much of Europe was cocooning at home, Berlin-based
LM Henrik Greisner/LMGI received an intriguing proposal for 48 location
professionals from the UK, Mexico, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Canada
and the United States to attend the second "Shooting Locations Marketplace
Summit & Expo," sponsored by the Spain Film Commission and the Ferria de
Valladolid. The two-day event, held on October 21 & 22, 2022, provided the perfect
venue for location managers, scouts and producers from around the globe to
meet each other and network one-on-one with more than 40 international film
commissions.
Said LM Sam Hutchins/LMGI (NY), "It is rare that we get a chance to
spend time with colleagues like this. The ability to compare the different
responsibilities we carry in different jurisdictions; the way we run our sets
and staff and our departments was so helpful and will make me better at my
job going forward."
LM Michael Wesley/LMGI (Los Angeles) agreed. "It was a pleasure and very
informative to meet filming representatives from countries such as Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Abu Dhabi and Jordan in addition to our host nation. It gives
all of us involved with advancing a filming project to a foreign destination
great confidence with these initial greetings."
Location manager and production executive James Lin delivered the opening
keynote address that focused on international location filming, breaking
down how production decides where to film a project and what each region
can do to attract more filmmakers.
Aurelia Thomas/LMGI, Ebro Delta – Catalonia
Leann Emmert/LMGI, La Palma – Canary Islands
Nancy Wong/LMGI, Catalonia
