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Looking to build on the exposure offered by recent hits like Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” and “Lupin,” France’s Centre National du Cinema has set out an ambitious reinvestment plan for the country’s production ecosystem. This past July, the Gallic national film body announced a $11.5 million scheme to “shock and modernize [France’s] production apparatus,” dividing those public subsidies between eight studios and 12 digital facilities as part of a larger initiative to lure international shoots.
Among the selected projects are a handful of post-production studios, the country’s first LED-operated digital soundstage – spearheaded by an alum of Disney’s “The Mandalorian” – and the Tsf Backlot – an expansive, open-air studio run by the country’s leading production services facilitator.
“There’s been an explosion of series production, and that’s going to continue for the next few years,” says Tsf marketing director Laurent Kleindienst. “So we want to be ready. We...
Among the selected projects are a handful of post-production studios, the country’s first LED-operated digital soundstage – spearheaded by an alum of Disney’s “The Mandalorian” – and the Tsf Backlot – an expansive, open-air studio run by the country’s leading production services facilitator.
“There’s been an explosion of series production, and that’s going to continue for the next few years,” says Tsf marketing director Laurent Kleindienst. “So we want to be ready. We...
- 1/9/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
As French outfits move to expand their studio offerings, industry eyes have turned to a 20-hectare stretch of land 20 miles south of Paris. There, in the commune Plessis-Pâté, sits the Tsf Backlot 217, a converted air base that has become one the Gallic industry’s banner initiatives.
One of France’s leading production suppliers, Tsf scoped the onetime military airfield for the 2017 shoot of Jean-Francois Richet’s period thriller, “The Emperor of Paris.” Rather than relocating to Eastern Europe, the film’s design team recreated the cobblestone streets of 19th century Paris on the former base’s two miles of unused tarmac. Delighted with the results, Tsf renamed the base Backlot 217, and opened it for business the following year.
Since then, the backlot has been used for a variety of commercials and period films, with the long stretch of runway recreating the streets of Paris for Roman Polanski’s recent “An Officer and a Spy,...
One of France’s leading production suppliers, Tsf scoped the onetime military airfield for the 2017 shoot of Jean-Francois Richet’s period thriller, “The Emperor of Paris.” Rather than relocating to Eastern Europe, the film’s design team recreated the cobblestone streets of 19th century Paris on the former base’s two miles of unused tarmac. Delighted with the results, Tsf renamed the base Backlot 217, and opened it for business the following year.
Since then, the backlot has been used for a variety of commercials and period films, with the long stretch of runway recreating the streets of Paris for Roman Polanski’s recent “An Officer and a Spy,...
- 1/17/2020
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
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