Film policy opens door to endless possibilities We anticipate that the policy combined with the central online permit and location system we have built, will serve to reduce the turnaround time on permits. This is a major step forward in attracting filmmakers to the Garden Route, Walton says. Thursday, 03 June 2021, 11:27 The Garden Route has hosted productions for The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Black Sails, Temptation Island, Love Island, and several BBC and German documentaries. INSET: GRDM Mayor Memory Booysen
GARDEN ROUTE | KAROO NEWS - The Draft Garden Route Film Policy Framework, compiled by the Garden Route Film Commission (GRFC), was unanimously approved by the Garden Route District Municipality (GRDM) council on Tuesday 25 May.
Cutting red tape can open Garden Route to lucrative film industry
Naziziphiwo Buso Digital reporter 23 May 2021
To cut the red tape and improve the turnaround time in approving filming location applications, all municipalities in the Garden Route should go digital.
This, Garden Route Film Commission chair Patrick Walton said would result in towns in the region tapping into the R3bn Cape Town film industry, as production companies would not be frustrated to a point of giving up during the application process.
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