Hot Spots: How Northern Ireland Is Plotting Its Next Steps To Meet The Demands Of The Global Production Boom
19.10.2022 - 18:25
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Northern Ireland has long been known for its bewitching locations from its dramatic coastlines to its abundant forests and its rugged mountain scenery. Couple that with a well-reputed crew base and it’s not hard to see why HBO’s Game of Thrones called the region its home for nearly a decade.
International productions have continued to flock to the territory with Netflix’s Paul Feig-directed fairy tale adventure The School for Good and Evil, which drops today, marking the streamer’s first major production to shoot in Northern Ireland. The streamer also just wrapped Kevin Hart comedy heist film Lift there while Alcon Entertainment’s new Amazon TV series, Blade Runner 2099, is set to shoot in the region next year.
But as the goalposts for the film and television industry continue to shift and the global production boom shows no sign of abating, Northern Ireland is ramping up its efforts to strengthen its skill sector and give a leg up to its next generation of storytellers from the region for the benefit of its local industry and international productions looking to shoot in the territory.
“The global boom in production is a big, big strain everywhere,” says Andrew Reid, Head of Production at Northern Ireland Screen. “We have been growing our crew base for the last 15 years or so and we have a very deliberately structured training program, which we are expanding.”
Last week, the national screen agency, which promotes and supports development of a sustainable film, television and animation sector in Northern Ireland, unveiled its new four-year strategy titled Stories, Skills and Sustainability, with the plan to do exactly what it says on the tin: create avenues for its local storytellers to climb up the ladder while also
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